Bozeman Veterinary Clinic

@AHS_Think12 Absent in Montana

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Check out who gets heartworms!

@AVMAvets I don’t know about fighting anti microbial resistance

This week is #NationalPublicHealthWeek so be sure to say "thank you" to a veterinary professional! Not only do we treat animals, we also protect communities from zoonotic diseases, defend our food supply and food safety, and fight antimicrobial resistance: bit.ly/3Zq4EeW

When discussion comes up about harmful practices some veterinarians seek to protect, such as cat declawing, ventilation shutdown plus, slaughterhouse gas chambers, or gestation crates, animal advocates often ask veterinarians: “What happened to do no harm?” Neither do physicians. Because in medicine, doing no harm is impossible. Every surgery, every treatment, every intervention carries the risk of some harm. Human medicine relies on a framework of beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice. This means weighing harm against benefit and acting in the patient’s best interest, respecting the patient’s choices and fairness in the distribution of care. In veterinary medicine, many of us are taught, “Animal welfare, not animal rights.” We are told in school that advancing animal rights could harm animal welfare. The argument is that if animals had expanded legal standing, it could increase our malpractice risk, raise insurance costs, push defensive “cover your ass” medicine, and ultimately make care more expensive and less accessible. It could also lead veterinarians to refer more cases to specialists instead of treating them more affordably in general practice. There is also the belief that giving animals rights would mean we would be denied lifesaving medications that come from animal experimentation, we would be denied animal protein that some believe humans and other animals need to survive, and we couldn’t have animals in our lives as members of our families. So the conclusion is not to support animal rights. The issue is not whether animals should have rights. The issue is whether we build legal frameworks that protect both patients and veterinarians. That is a tort reform problem, not a reason to deny rights altogether. We can produce animal protein without harming animals; we can create more innovations and cures by prioritizing research that focuses on access to care over vivarium-based research; and we can still have animals in our lives without buying and selling them for profit. Animals already have rights in many ways. Endangered species are protected from harm. Animals are legally entitled to food, water, shelter, and veterinary care. Many laws already recognize their interests, but enforcement of existing laws is often inconsistent. In some cases, animals are protected in ways that resemble rights. In other cases, those protections are ignored, especially in large-scale animal production systems. When people say, “Rights? Like letting animals vote?” they are misunderstanding the concept. Children have rights, and they do not vote. Rights are not all or nothing. They are defined, structured, and context-dependent. Have veterinarians been talking about animal welfare vs animal rights in the wrong way? Should we extend more rights to animals? And if so, what should those rights actually look like in practice? #vetmed #onehealth #vetstudent #vetschool #veterinarian

Breaking News: Llew Jones of Montana is caught with his hands in the cookie jar. He grabbed a $4,000,000 cookie. Receipts 👇 yellowstonecountynews.com/legislator-tak… Here is an excerpt from and article by Evelyn Pyburn: Significant federal funds flowed into Montana—and all other states—during the COVID-19 pandemic under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), with much of the funding aimed at stabilizing businesses during forced closures and worker shortages. A recent deep dive into those programs exposed some surprising and disturbing information—information that demands broader public awareness. One of those programs was the Down Payment Assistance Loan Program, which funneled $83,725,989.45 to approximately 160 businesses in Montana through low-interest loans. The records show that a dozen or so of those businesses were in Yellowstone County. They also show that three of those loans went to businesses associated with one state legislator, Republican Representative Llew Jones of Conrad. Besides raising questions about conflicts of interest, the total of the three loans put Jones over what the Montana ARPA website states is a cap of $3 million in allowable loans to any one recipient. Besides being a state legislator, Jones was serving on the commission formed to oversee the disbursement of ARPA loans: the Economic Transformation and Stabilization and Workforce Development Advisory Commission. The three Jones-affiliated businesses were granted a total of $4.365 million in loans from the Montana Down Payment Assistance Loan Program. Not only were members of the oversight commission committed to having no “conflict of interest” in the loans granted, but the cap on loans was $3 million. It would appear that Jones violated both stipulations, although whether the loan cap was meant to apply to one loan or loans in aggregate is not entirely clear. Jones was contacted for comment regarding this article, but no reply had been received as of press time. A review of the list of loan recipients reveals Jones was the only person actively serving as a state government office holder to receive a loan, although two other officials who had previously held state offices did receive Down Payment loans: former Democratic Governor Steve Bullock and former Republican House Majority Leader Ronald Ehli of Hamilton.. #MTPol #MTNews #MTSen #MTLeg @MTGOP @MTHouseGOP @MTSenateGOP @GovGianforte

Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued a cease-and-desist letter claiming the local prosecutor was noncompliant with state law. buff.ly/GQ46Uv2

@Mareworthy Veterinarians who perform euthanasias have a high suicide rate.

Hard truth: Sometimes the kindest choice is euthanasia. Today, we stepped in to help a mare in critical condition reach a dignified end. Waiting too long puts horses at risk. More here: mareworthy.com/news-and-resou…

@thefarmersheep Known to be fatal to your kind, just saying…

am tired of eating grass

@SusieM414141 Less kibble, more meat please

Does anyone know what causes a dog to do this while you’re eating? I’ve never seen this before.

@herefordnharley BCS 2

This bitch was literally crazy. Noticed her alone, walked down to see if she calved, noticed she’s got a head shake, moved to check ass end, bitch came at me, and I’m behind a sapling basically. She stumbled, fell, stayed. Dustin gave her draxxin with the gun. She died. Makes #10

@AVMAvets Can the VCPR be established via telemedicine?

Once the VCPR is established, veterinarians can look to a range of established and emerging technologies to augment telemedicine offerings and better serve patients and communities. Here’s a look at clinical scenarios to consider applying telemedicine: bit.ly/3MMEoZu

Dr. Erin Zamzow was a veterinary student at Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine when she was expected to perform procedures on animals she had spent weeks caring for—and then end their lives as part of her training. She refused. Along with a classmate, she chose not to participate, even though it meant delaying her graduation and not finishing with her class. The administration took time to accommodate their decision, and there was no guarantee it would work out in their favor. But she made it anyway. Her decision wasn’t about convenience—it was about drawing a line in a system that treated this as standard practice. And she held that line, even when it came with real professional consequences.

"Bond between dogs and humans dates back more than 15,000 years. Research suggests hunter-gatherers were feeding dogs and giving them ritual burials as early as the last ice age" theguardian.com/science/2026/m…

@PetCenterEd @animalsbehaving Who performs these euthanasias of convenience?

"while more #dogs are being successfully rehomed, the sheer volume of animals entering local authority shelters is placing an unprecedented strain on the system." phys.org/news/2026-03-e…

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If anyone made bodily-harm threats, law enforcement would be involved. Correct? I haven’t seen anything. I do not know any details. I do know first hand how they ‘operate’… For 50 years @wsuvetmed has been smokescreening their unethical veterinary behaviors at the expense of student and animal well-being. I hold some of that evidence. Rather than addressing their indolent animal exploitation issues, they historically exercise diversion strategies. This appears to be another of those @wsupullman tactics.

@MrsMassacre @NathanL37312766 Please stay away, yes!

Is this what you thought Yellowstone Park was like? Unmoving traffic jams lasting 1-3 hours; rivaling that of suburban areas in big cities. Nowhere to park. Insane prices. Tourists harassing animals, littering, picking flowers, influencers everywhere, sticking their hands in basins and ruining them, no good camping spots left because people use AI programs to snatch up the good ones within milliseconds of the site opening up, and most of your day spent behind Asian tourist busses. The overwhelming amount of tourists have made the park experience unbearable. You used to be able to go there and explore nature peacefully. Now it's worse than Disneyland.

We applaud WSU College of Veterinary Medicine for sparing the lives of the 8 horses. At the same time, we condemn all threats and harassment, and believe those who resorted to this tactic should be held accountable to the full extent of the law. Violence and intimidation don’t create change—they derail it and give institutions cover to deflect. If you have screenshots of threats, send them to us. We will hold anyone in our community accountable. Email us at info@ourhonor.org Real advocacy protects all species—including humans. #vetmed #vetstudent #vetschool

@Spindle_Hound Kibble does that

Is THIS the face of a gallumphing womble that tried to attend a picnic she was not invited to?

@drcrystalheath Of all the veterinary colleges I have explored, @WSUvetmed holds the least consideration for the humane care of teaching animals. Rather than cleaning up their act, they attempt to defend their teaching-animal abuse. This has been going on for 50 years.

Washington State University Terminal Lab Cancellation in the Media: What Will Happen to the Horses Now? x.com/i/broadcasts/1…