Another Award Nomination for Bowmanville Veterinary Clinic!

Bowmanville Veterinary Clinic Nominated for Two Summit Awards. Ontario Vet Clinic recognized for commitment to their patients, clients and community.

CALGARY, 17 October, 2011:

Bowmanville Veterinary Clinic was recently voted the “Clinic of the Year” by "Tech News" a Canada-wide journal published by the Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians. The competition judges on the basis of exemplary patient care, progressive medicine, excellent client communication, as well as contributions to the community. The staff at the Bowmanville Veterinary Clinic are keen ambassadors of the human-animal bond, and volunteer many hours through complimentary events.

The Bowmanville Veterinary Clinic “Junior Vet Program” was started in 2003 as a way of introducing young people, ages 10-14, to veterinary medicine. The program runs in the spring and fall over a six week period, with topics including diagnostics, x-rays, emergency medicine, first-aid for pets, surgery and exotic animal medicine. The program is free, and has graduated over 300 children. Each September, the clinic participates in the Clarington Municipality’s Safety Day to provide information to the public on zoonotic diseases such as rabies, leptospirosis and internal parasites. They also have run the “Celebrate Your Pet Day” for the last two years. The day is held on the clinic grounds and includes information booths, a clinic tour, exhibits from various exotic and pet associated businesses, games and a pet show for dogs, cats and exotics. It is a fun- filled educational day for pet lovers in the community. All proceeds from this event are donated to an animal related charity such as the Durham Humane Society Rebuilding Fund.

This on-going commitment has recently been recognized with nominations in the Animal Wellness and Community Collaboration categories for the Summit Awards, which will be presented at the 6^th Annual International Summit for Urban Animal Strategies (ISUAS) being held at Montebello, QC October 19-22 2011. According to ISUAS awards committee chair, Joe Mauro, the Summit Award for Animal Wellness, sponsored by Pet Secure Pet Insurance, recognizes a Nominee’s efforts to improve the overall levels of wellness for animals of pet families in a particular client base, community or industry sector.  Community Collaboration recognizes programs, codes of conduct, best practices, or legislative framework delivered across multiple sectors of the companion animal industry that improve levels of service and care provided to animals and people in a community.

The 2011 Summit Award winners will be determined by current ISUAS delegates and Alumnus in good standing, who will cast their ballots via a confidential computerized voting system. Award winners will be announced at a gala reception on Friday, October 21^th, 2011.

An initiative of PetLynx Corporation and its industry partners, the ISUAS is a gathering of executive-level thought leaders from all four sectors of the companion animal industry – animal control/legislation, animal health/wellness, animal welfare and animal services. The Summit is designed to enable participants to advance state-of-the-art urban animal strategies and implement these strategies in their communities.

The Summits for Urban Animal Strategies [Summit] attract Executive Thought Leaders from North America's Companion Animal Industry to develop strategies that will create and sustain healthy communities for pets and people. Executive level discussion, networking and world class speakers facilitate the executive working sessions.  The Annual Summit Awards are presented in conjunction with the Summit each October and bestow the recognition of industry peers upon individuals and organizations who are achieving success in each summit award category. The International Summit for Urban Animal Strategies will be held in Montebello, Quebec from 19 – 22 October 2011.

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The Summit Awards are focused on the value delivery area of the companion animal value chain. While the sponsors and allies who support and sponsor the Summits for Urban Animal Strategies are value providers (green ring) or members of the national and regional support groups (blue ring) all of the Summit Awards are focused on the value delivery area of the value chain (pink ring).

The value delivery area of the companion animal value chain is further divided into four sub-sectors, which are used to determine the merit basis of some of the Summit Awards. These sub-sectors are:
Animal Control & Legislative Enforcement: includes bylaw enforcement agencies, licensing agencies and municipal agencies whose primary focus is to protect people from animals.
Animal Welfare: includes humane societies, SPCA's and rescue groups whose primary focus is to protect animals from people.
Animal Health & Wellness: includes veterinary clinics, emergency hospitals, behaviour, chiropractic and therapeutic services and other service providers that focus on the health and wellness of animals.
Animal Services: includes all those service providers and value deliverers such as retailers, breeders, kennels, groomers, media, daycare and other services which are required by people and the animals they care for.