Last week, the Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education was
delighted to hear that our own Heather Bacon was announced as the recipient of BVA's Trevor Blackburn Award in
recognition of her outstanding contribution to improving animal health and
welfare in developing countries through education, charity work and research.
The award particularly recognises Heather’s work with Animals Asia to
rehabilitate victims of the bear bile industry; her role as Veterinary Welfare
Education and Outreach Manager at the University of Edinburgh’s Jeanne Marchig
International Centre for Animal Welfare Education, in encouraging the use of
manikins and models in place of live animals in veterinary teaching; her
research and clinical practice to raise animal welfare and veterinary skills
standards within the global zoo community; and her work with street dogs
involved in Trap-Neuter-Return programmes.
On learning that she had been awarded the Trevor Blackburn Award, Heather
commented:
“I’m truly honoured to receive the Trevor Blackburn award. To be recognised
alongside previous recipients, and the wonderful contributions that they’ve
made to animal health and welfare overseas is incredible. However, I’m acutely
aware that none of my work would be possible without an amazing array of
colleagues and friends around the world who support, facilitate, and advise me
in order to ensure that the educational work that I do is not ‘lost in
translation’. I feel incredibly lucky to be able to do the work that I do, and
hope that awards such as this, which are so important in recognising the global
impact of the UK veterinary community, will inspire vets across the UK to make
a difference internationally.”
https://www.bva.co.uk/news-campaigns-and-policy/newsroom/news-releases/heather-bacon-receives-the-trevor-blackburn-award-for-raising-standards-of-animal-health-and-welfare-in-developing-countries/
Well done, Heather - the team all send their sincere congratulations on this latest achievement!
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