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More than a contest, AWJAC inspires future leaders

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Now in its 24th year, the AVMA Animal Welfare Assessment Contest and is one way undergraduates, graduate students, veterinary students, and AVMA members can learn more about the important topic of animal welfare. Former participants credit the contest as being a life-changing experience.

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Your Empathy Quotient and the Link to Astonishing Sales

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Universally, salespeople want to be attractive to buyers. If asked, most sellers would say their goal is to become a vital business companion to their high-value customers. Essentially, they want to become irresistible to those clients and prospects. A high empathy quotient (EQ) supports that goal. Your EQ is the ability to understand and respond to the emotions of others.

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Animal welfare competition tests critical thinking, ethical judgement skills

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The Fall 2024 AVMA Animal Welfare Assessment Contest, also known as AWJAC, recently brought together hundreds of competitors from across North America and Europe to apply science-based methods and ethical standards to assess the welfare of animals in a variety of settings.

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The 12 Owls of Christmas

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It’s easy to explain why birders find owls such as fascinating group: no other family of birds presents such a challenge to the observer. Of course, the great majority are strictly nocturnal, while most are also shy and secretive. Many are to be found in environments that we humans find challenging: tropical rainforests, boreal forests, Arctic tundra.

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In Memory – December 19, 2024

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Veterinarian obituaries in the In Memory section of the Journal of the AVMA, December 19, 2024

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My 10 Favourite Birds of Sri Lanka

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After my recent post on my 12 favourite species in South Africa, I decided to turn to Sri Lanka, where I lived after most of my youth in South Africa. As this country is way smaller than South Africa and I also did not live there for as many years, I thought it would be easier to limit myself to 10 species.

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