Are you a member of the media working on a story about agriculture, animals, veterinary medicine, avian influenza, disease outbreaks, or depopulation?
We would like to encourage you to contact us, and we can put you in touch with Veterinarians Against Ventilation Shutdown veterinarians or other subject matter experts.
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Ventilation shutdown and the breath-taking violence of infectious disease emergency management in industrial livestock production
February 4, 2024
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Latest Sonoma County front in avian flu crisis: How exposed farm-raised birds are killed
“After Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu was detected at Weber Family Farms, the company turned to a practice called “ventilation shutdown plus heat,” or VSD+, to put about 115,000 birds to death.”
By Phil Barber
January 30, 2024
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'Extremely cruel' mass-killing method used in Oregon’s first commercial bird-flu outbreak
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The Rise of Heatstroke as a Method of Depopulating Pigs and Poultry: Implications for the US Veterinary Profession
December 2, 2023
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Horrific methods used to 'cull' poultry with Avian flu
“Unfortunately, the AVMA has refused to hear our resolution, prevented future resolutions from being submitted, and has, most recently, barred anti-VSD+ veterinarians from attending the AVMA’s recent Cargill-sponsored Humane Endings Symposium where new life-ending research was discussed.”
March 18, 2023
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Veterinarians clash over method of mass culling livestock
“The AVMA denied admission to some veterinarians who have publicly denounced the organization's acceptance of ventilation shutdown plus, or VSD+.”
Veterinary Information Network
February 2, 2023
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NOT HUMANE, NOT AVMA APPROVED, AND DEFINITELY NOT EUTHANASIA: WELFARE AND EFFICACY ISSUES OF SWINE DEPOPULATION BY VENTILATION SHUTDOWN
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Jayapal Introduces Animal Welfare Bill to Prevent Inhumane Killing of Slaughter-bound Animals
December 14, 2022
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Is criticizing ventilation shutdown harmful to veterinarians?
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The horrific bird flu that has wiped out 36 million chickens and turkeys, explained
Bird flu currently poses little threat to humans, but it’s hell for the birds.
By Kenny Torrella
May 5, 2022
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Veterinarians question use of ventilation shutdown
AVMA draws scorn over its qualified endorsement of method for depopulation
June 30, 2020 By Jennifer Fiala