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Dr Emma Goodman Milne

BVSc FRCVS
Emma Goodman Milne
  • Location: France
  • Year of Fellowship: 2021
  • Route to Fellowship: Meritorious Contributions to the Profession

Areas of special interest

  • Extreme conformation
  • Welfare and ethics
  • Behaviour

Areas of support

  • Collaborative research
  • International issues
  • Professional mentoring
  • Promoting knowledge and best practice
  • Public engagement

Professional positions

  • Trustee, Dog Breeding Reform Group
  • Patron, Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund
  • Patron, Dogs Trust
  • Ambassador, The Brooke
  • Ambassador, International Cat Care

Awards

  • IFAW Vet of the Year 2008

Biography

Emma graduated from Bristol university in 1996. After 12 years in small animal practice, she worked as a clinical nutrition advisor for seven years.
Emma was a trustee of the Animal Welfare Foundation for six years and sat as their representative on the BVA Ethics and Welfare group for two years. She has written nine books on pet animal welfare and pedigree health problems and spoken at numerous conferences on different animal welfare subjects. Emma is best known for her work and campaigning on the health issues associated with extreme conformation and the ethics of showing.
In 2008 she was awarded IFAW’s Vet of the Year award for highlighting their work in South Africa.
She is a patron of the Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund (RWAF), a patron of Dogs Trust, a trustee of the Dog Breeding Reform Group (DBRG) and has worked with many other animal welfare charities since qualifying.
In 2017 she founded the initiative Vets Against Brachycephalism which now represents vets, nurses and welfare organisations from 66 countries around the world.

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