Activities of the CAV e xecutive Committee

CAV held their first committee meeting for the year in march. It was great to see the energy and enthusiasm for the planned project work which we will be starting to share with our members in due course.

t he year is flying by, and over the first quarter CAV have been busy with code of welfare reviews. We continue to contribute as a key stakeholder in the rewriting of the Code of Welfare: Dogs before it is circulated for wider consultation prior to presentation to the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) in october. t he committee has also provided valuable feedback on the draft updated Code of Welfare: Cats, also prior to NAWAC submission.

We are extremely grateful to members for their response and feedback on the proposed regulations on subgingival dental procedures and prolonged tethering in dogs following public consultation. CAV were able to provide feedback to mPI with overwhelming support for the subgingival dental procedures regulation, which will allow Allied Veterinary Professionals (AVP) to perform these procedures again with urgency. We asked that this regulation be progressed in an expedient manner for the benefit of our members and the animals they care for. We are aware that the proposed suite of regulations on prolonged tethering in dogs is more complex in nature and again are grateful to our membership for providing feedback.

CAV are looking forward to their next committee meeting in June, especially since this will also mark the start of the NZVA Centenary conference ( tākina Events Centre, Wellington, 28–30 June 2023). l