We are CAMpaigning to save Complementary & Alternative Veterinary Medicine 
Because in November 2017 the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Council issued this statement banning vets from using complementary and alternative medicine as a first-choice treatment for our animals.​

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AT OUR MAY 9th MEETING TWO SIMPLE QUESTIONS WERE ASKED:
1. What evidence did RCVS look at prior to the change in statement regarding CAM for animals?
2. Can the RCVS define CAM and clarify what treatments are affected by the November statement? 
Sadly only the first question has been responded to and no list of CAM treatments has been forthcoming. 
CAM4animals is run 100% by volunteers and a specialist team are now unthreading the information supplied and will be replying to them in the near future. Once our report has been put together and sent to RCVS we will make a public copy available for the supporters we represent. In the meantime, please continue to write to the RCVS with your own questions regarding the CAM treatments you use, sign and share the petition, and keep spreading the word.

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​The RCVS statement means:

• Our freedom of choice as animal guardians has been compromised
• Homeopathy is leading this campaign but all Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) are affected
• ​Farmers will be forced to use antibiotics before proven alternatives like homeopathy. This is a major concern for organic farmers and may reduce our access to organic food.
• There is a serious threat to the fight against antibiotic resistance
• Our homeopathic and holistic vets are having their livelihoods threatened
• RCVS Council is failing to recognise the evidence that CAM therapies work

We are calling for:

• A full retraction of the statement on CAM
• An acknowledgement that animal guardians have the right to choose homeopathy and CAM as the primary treatment approach
• An open and honest debate about what natural medicine can do for animal health

​We are concerned that: (CAM)

• RCVS Council has stepped outside of its remit and Royal Charter. The RCVS is there to regulate the profession and NOT to stop its members from making qualified, clinical decisions.
• RCVS Council statement was influenced by certain Council members who are supported and associated with a network of organisations committed to discredit all CAM practitioners.
• There was no consultation with the experts of veterinary homeopathic medicine, the British Association for Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeons (BAHVS)​​.

Who are we?
We are a group of concerned animal guardians and professionals who feel strongly that any threat to our freedom of choice for our animals must be contested. We support the British Association for Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeons (BAHVS) official campaign to retract the RCVS statement.

What is CAM?
​The term 'Complementary and Alternative Medicines' include, but are not limited, to:

• Hydrotherapy
• Physiotherapy
• Acupuncture
• Chiropractic
• Herbal Remedies
• Homeopathy
• Massage Therapies, e.g. Bowen, Galen Myotherapy

(Raw feeding & supplements are also at risk)

Under the RCVS Council statement, these therapies will only be acceptable if they are used in conjunction with, or after conventional treatments. 

​We have repeatedly asked the RCVS to clarify what it means by 'conventional' treatments but have so far not received a response.

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Events

Following an amazing turnout for the March4animals in London on 16th April, you can now view images of the event. Click picture below to view the Gallery.

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Videos

Why Dr Geoff Johnson uses homeopathy

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BAHVS London demo take 2 from Del Norte Videographics on Vimeo.

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