Resources & Archives NEAVS' Veterinary Education Packets Pack in Plaudits from 'Down Under' and All Over (Summer 2000) — When NEAVS and Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine announced that Tufts would end all terminal surgical labs on all species in the coming academic year, veterinary students across the country - and many from around the world - began asking NEAVS how they could achieve cruelty-free training at their schools. In response, NEAVS sent our information packet and brochure, Alternatives to Live Animal Labs - for an ethically sound veterinary education. The materials are being distributed free of charge to requesting veterinary schools, students and prospective students. The brochure emphasizes that the American Veterinary Medical Association does not require veterinary students to learn by killing healthy animals. Topics covered include: learning surgery and physiology without killing animals, the importance of an enhanced spay/neuter experience for students, and questions to ask before applying to vet school. There is also testimony from successful practicing vets proving that killing animals need not be a part of veterinary training. Even as you are reading this, NEAVS information packets are on their way to the Australian Veterinary Association's national conference. The packets will be hand-delivered by veterinary student Andrew Knight, who recently received the World League for the Protection of Animals Award for the Promotion of Compassion for Animals. For copies of NEAVS' veterinary education brochure, contact NEAVS. And be sure to look for NEAVS' third publication in our Viewpoints series: NEAVS, Veterinary Medicine, and the Making of an Anti-Vivisectionist. Available this summer, this thought-provoking publication profiles veterinary students, an ethicist and practicing veterinarians as they explain why the future of veterinary medicine lies in learning to heal animals without harming them during training. Back to UPDATE 2000 Series, Vol. 1, No. 2 Summer mainpage.