September 24, 2009
To: Members of the 186th General Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
RE: Veterinary Support for HB 344 (An Act Prohibiting Devocalization) The following 212 veterinarians support H.B. 344, a bill that will prohibit non‐ therapeutic devocalization of dogs and cats in Massachusetts:
Nicholas Dodman, BVMS, MRCVS, DVA; Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists; Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists; Author ‐ Westborough
Joel M. Woolfson, DVM, Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons ‐ Weston and Topsfield
Amanda Abelson, DVM ‐ Grafton Yassine Absar, DVM ‐ Chelsea Susan Adams‐Conley, DVM ‐ Acushnet Elizabeth Allegretto, PhD, DVM ‐ N Grafton Katrina Altmaier, DVM ‐ Grafton Linda Aronson, DVM ‐ Berlin Alan Bachrach, VMD ‐ Petersham Lucy Bartlett, DVM ‐ Bourne Kara Bassignani, DVM ‐ Holbrook Kelly Bentley, DVM ‐ Weston Julie Bergeron, DVM ‐ Salem Philippe Blais, DVM ‐ Westboro Claire Blanchard Gulick, VMD ‐ Great Barrington Karen Bohon, DVM ‐ Orleans Rachel Boss, DVM ‐ Lynn Brian Bourquin, DVM ‐ Belmont Elizabeth Bradt, DVM ‐ Salem Robert Breen, DVM ‐ East Freetown Lauralyn Brown, DVM ‐ Turners Falls Ginger Browne Johnson, DVM, CCRP ‐ Stoughton Ron Buffman, DVM ‐ Stoughton Thomas Burns, DVM ‐ S Yarmouth Catherine Byrnes, DVM ‐ Gardner Patti Calarese, DVM ‐ Belchertown Sarah Cazabon, DVM ‐ Belmont Erika Cervasio, DVM ‐ Mansfield Robin Chapman, DVM ‐ Rutland CJ Churchill, DVM ‐ Chelmsford Maria‐Elena Cloherty, DVM ‐ Acton Steve Cloutman, DVM ‐ Plymouth Steven Cloutman, DVM ‐ Plymouth Rebecca Coldwell, DVM ‐ Hudson Stephen Constant, DVM, Dipl. ACT ‐ Chicopee
Amanda Oden Corliss, DVM ‐ Andover Nancy Cottrill, DVM ‐ Woburn Jocelyn Cowan, DVM ‐ Uxbridge Kathi Cowe, DVM ‐ East Taunton Nancy Crowley, DVM ‐ Beverly Alison Davis, DVM ‐ Falmouth Rosario Delgado‐Lecaroz, DVM ‐ Upton Erika Depapp, DVM ‐ Boston Danny Dickason, DVM ‐ Still River Jonathan Diehl, VMD ‐ Winchester Amy Dobecki, DVM ‐ North Grafton Tracy Doherty, DVM ‐ Boston Thea Doidge, DVM ‐ Roslindale Kate Domenico, DVM ‐ Saugus Christopher Donner, VMD ‐ S Orleans Jennifer Downes, DVM ‐ Holden Raimon Duran‐Struuck, DVM ‐ Boston Katherine Dzulinsky, DVM ‐ East Longmeadow Jennifer Everett, DVM ‐ Edgartown Jennifer Fagerquist, DVM ‐ Spencer Nancy Famigletti, DVM ‐ Florence Robert Feccia, DVM ‐ Leominster Randall Feld, DVM ‐ Lexington Renee Fenty, DVM ‐ Waltham Alberto Fernandez, DVM ‐ Monument Beach Syed Fiazuddin, DVM ‐ Whitman Thomas Finney, DVM ‐ Hanson Lauren Fiske, DVM ‐ Gardiner Melinda Franceschini, DVM, PhD ‐ Jamaica Plain Michael Frost, DVM ‐ Westfield Marya Gabriel, DVM ‐ Mattapoissett Anya Gambino, DVM ‐ Boston Erin Geshwiler, DVM ‐ Hopkinton Susan Gillham, DVM ‐ Westboro Ariane Goerlich, DVM ‐ Wellesley Jeremy Gransky, DVM ‐ Natick Julie Greene Charron, DVM ‐ Billerica John Grillo, DVM ‐ Newbury Scott Groper, DVM ‐ Brookline Minjeong Gwon, DVM ‐ Waltham Melvin Haddad, DVM ‐ Brockton Aspen Hammond, VMD ‐ Brookline Linda Hanneman, DVM ‐ Stow Patricia Hart, DVM ‐ Chelmsford
Lori Hartzband, DVM, DACVR ‐ S Weymouth Cari Hiler, DVM ‐ Millis Leslie Hirsch, DVM ‐ West Roxbury Shayna Hnatowich, DVM ‐ Swansea Elizabeth Holman, DVM ‐ Waltham Heidi Howell, DVM ‐ Brewster Megan Hwang, DVM ‐ Hanover Sarah Ingram, DVM ‐ West Newbury Jay Jakubowski, DVM ‐ Brookline Michelle Jasny, VMD ‐ Vineyard Haven Nandini Jayaram, DVM ‐ Fairhaven Nandini Jayaram, DVM ‐ Fairhaven Amy Johnson, DVM ‐ Jamaica Plain Anne Johnson, DVM ‐ Framingham Jennifer Johnson, DVM ‐ Marshfield Andrea Johnston, DVM ‐ Hopkinton Patricia Jordan, DVM ‐ Fall River Sara Joseph, DVM ‐ Canton Jonathan Kelman, DVM ‐ Acton Jennifer Kenworthy, DVM ‐ Hadley Sheela Kerr, DVM ‐ Millbury Moon Kim, DVM ‐ Tewksbury Robert King, DVM ‐ West Brookfield Kimberly Kleinfeld, DVM ‐ S Dartmouth Paul Kotas, DVM ‐ North Falmouth Betsy Krueger, DVM ‐ Natick Vicki Kucia, DVM ‐ Uxbridge Victor Labranche, DVM ‐ Haverhill Laura Landman, DVM, MPH ‐ Belmont Laura Le Van, DVM ‐ Concord Amy Learn, VMD ‐ Lynnfield Anne Lewis, DVM ‐ Gloucester Debora Lichtenberg, VMD ‐ Pelham Deborah Linder, DVM ‐ Quincy John Lindermuth, DVM ‐ Pepperell Deborah Lindsey, DVM ‐ Sturbridge Morgan Long, DVM ‐ Greenbush Lisa Maciorakowski, DVM ‐ Brookline Sally Mahoney, DVM ‐ W Harwich Pamela Martin, DVM ‐ Hanover Anne Masloski, DVM ‐ Florence Dan Massoff, DVM ‐ Braintree Jennifer Mateleska, DVM ‐ Hanson Rebecca Mattson, DVM ‐ North Adams
Sarah McCormack, DVM ‐ West Bridgewater Susan Meaney, DVM ‐ Beverly Farms Julie Medley, DVM ‐ Needham Irina Miles, DVM ‐ Arlington Shanna Minior, DVM, MBA ‐ Boston Andrea Moolenbeek, DVM ‐ Natick Brian Moore, DVM, MS ‐ North Grafton Mayrav Moreshet, DVM ‐ Boston Beth Moseley, DVM ‐ Waquoit Jay Moses, DVM ‐ Mill River Katherine Moynihan, DVM ‐ Sudbury Anita Murphy, DVM ‐ Worcester Deborah Veo Nicholson, DVM ‐ Uxbridge Robert Nicholson, DVM ‐ Upton Barbara Ann Nygard‐Besse, DVM ‐ Leicester Cathleen O'Donnell, DVM ‐ Plymouth Jane O'Donnell, VMD ‐ Somerville Alison O'Hagan, DVM ‐ Shrewsbury Antonietta Orlandi, DVM ‐ Natick Lisa Oswald, DVM ‐ Arlington Judie Paulauski, DVM ‐ Quincy Roger Peduzzi, DVM ‐ Hudson Elizabeth Perkins, DVM ‐ Boston Scott Pett, DVM ‐ Hamilton Caroline Pinsky, DVM ‐ Wayland Margaret Piwonka, DVM ‐ Amherst Amy Plavin, DVM, CVA, CVSMT ‐ Montague Joseph Pocher, DVM ‐ Natick Christina Poor, VMD ‐ Dover Anna Portnoy, DVM ‐ Swansea Sheri Procious, DVM ‐ Quincy Karen Ravanesi, DVM ‐ Sandwich Stanley Read, DVM ‐ Lexington Chejerla Reddy, DVM ‐ Somerset Catherine Reese, DVM, DACVS ‐ Boston Joan Regan, VMD, DACVR ‐ W Roxbury Elizabeth Reilly, DVM ‐ Hopedale Amy Richards, DVM ‐ Norton Aurora Richards‐Stipnieks, DVM ‐ Medfield Nicole Rickard, DVM ‐ N Dartmouth Michael Robinson, DVM ‐ Medway Linda Rogers, DVM ‐ Framingham Kenneth Rosenberg, DVM ‐ Taunton James Ross, DVM, PhD ‐ Southborough
David Rousseau, DVM ‐ Wakefield Eva Ryden, DVM, PhD ‐ Hudson Michael Ryer, DVM ‐ Marion Anne Rylestone, DVM, PhD ‐ Ware Robert Sagor, DVM ‐ Greenfield Christine Savidge, DVM ‐ Boston Sean Sawyer, VMD ‐ Northbridge Robert Schmitt, DVM ‐ S Deerfield Misty Sell, DVM ‐ Boston Julie Shanahan, DVM ‐ Lee Ellie Shelburne, DVM ‐ Northhampton Nako Shinohara, DVM ‐ Medford Bonnie Shope, VMD ‐ Acton Amy Shroff, VMD ‐ Waltham Marion Silk, DVM ‐ Framingham Carlos Silvera, DVM ‐ Fall River Allen Sisson, DVM, MS, DACVIM ‐ Boston Caren Smith, DVM ‐ Newton Daria Smith, DVM ‐ Lexington John Spodick, DVM ‐ Tyngsboro Chagit Steiner, DVM ‐ Newton Abbey Stella, DVM ‐ Westfield Andrea Ster, DVM ‐ Grafton Norm Stillman, DVM ‐ Plymouth Bethany Surgan, DVM ‐ Belmont Sheryl Swankin, DVM ‐ Wayland Robert Tedaldi, DVM ‐ Newton Kate Thomas, DVM ‐ Dracut Melanie Thomas, DVM ‐ Medfield Ann Thompson, DVM ‐ Plymouth Jan Thompson, DVM ‐ Mill River Pat Trzcinski, DVM ‐ Medford Charles Tucker, VMD ‐ Boxford Maureen Turner, DVM ‐ Boxford Laura Unkauf, DVM, MPH ‐ Barre Janice Valenzuela, DVM ‐ West Boylston Xuan Mai Vo, DVM ‐ Boston Andrew Voorhis, DVM ‐ Woods Hole Pam Wilmot, DVM ‐ N Chelmsford Barbara Wohlfahrt, DVM ‐ Pittsfield Dave Wolfthal, DVM ‐ Lakeville Jill Wroten, DVM ‐ Medford George Yancey, DVM ‐ Leicester Stephen Zanotti, VMD ‐ Winchester
Jennifer Zilinski, DVM ‐ Worcester For more information about the issue of devocalization, please view the fact sheet on our website at www.hsvma.org/pdf/devocalization‐facts.pdf. If you have further questions, feel free to contact us at (530) 759‐8106 or
[email protected]. Sincerely, Barbara Hodges, DVM, MBA Veterinary Consultant Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA) 635 Anderson Road, Suite 13 B Davis, CA 95616 530.759.8106 Phone