Despite Founder’s Focus on Vet Team Mental Health, Associated Veterinary Partners Allows Declawing, a Practice Harmful to Both Cats and Vet Staff
If declawing is contributing to moral stress for even some veterinary team members within Associated Veterinary Partners, as City the Kitty’s survey could suggest, it represents a preventable source of ethical conflict that could be eliminated with a single company-wide policy.
For a leader who has urged the veterinary profession to confront the systemic causes of moral injury, the question remains unanswered: Why does Co-founder and COO, Dr Bill Wagner, of Associated Veterinary Partners continue to allow an inhumane amputation procedure that may be creating the very ethical conflict and harm to veterinary professionals that he has spent years warning about?