Dr. Joel Murphy receiving the FVMA GOLD Star Award from Dr. Don Howell, FVMA District 4 Representative, and Dr. Julie Mosher, PCVMA President.
And
Dr. Murphy and his new Yeti Cooler he won in the FVMA PAC Fund raffle held at the June PCVMA meeting. Over $1,000.00 was raised toward matching PAC funds from the FVMA.
Thanks to VEG for donating the Yeti Cooler!
PINELLAS ANIMAL FOUNDATION
PINELLAS COUNTY VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
December 1, 2024 Volume 35 # 11
NO DECEMBER MEETING
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Latest Newsletter:
PCVMA Newsletter 12/1/2024 Volume 35, No. 12
President: Dr. Julie, Mosher, DVM (Edge Animal Hospital)
President-Elect: Dr. Kevin Kelly (Veterinary Emergency Group) (2024-25)
Past-President: Dr. Joel Murphy (Animal and Bird Medical Center of Palm Harbor)
Secretary: Dr. Sandra Truli Springer – (Truli Holistic Veterinary Services)
Treasurer: Dr. Don Howell (Midway Animal Hospital)
PCVMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dr. Todd Bliss – (All Pets Hospital) (2024-25)
Dr. Brooke Certa – (Coastal Animal Clinic) (2024-25)
Dr. Kim Donovan – (Oakhurst Veterinary Hospital) (2024-25)
Dr. Ernie Godfrey – (Pinellas Animal Hospital) (Life Member)
Dr. Jacqui Olson – (Animal Hospital of Dunedin) (2024-25)
PCVMA NEWSLETTER & PINELLAS ANIMAL FOUNDATION
Dr. Don Morgan – Donmorgansr@aol.com
PCVMA News Letter:
Dr. Don Morgan – Donmorgansr@aol.com
President’s Message
Hello Pinellas Colleagues,
Happy Holidays everyone! I am so happy to see that our hurricane fundraiser went to three very deserving local vet techs. We had a wonderful 2024, as an organization and have even more planned for 2025.
I hope you are all able to relax and enjoy some family time this month!
Julie, Mosher, DVM
Dr.mosher@edgevet.com
PCVMA DUES – 2025
Please support your county organization providing you with information and opportunities on continuing education, political/legislative issues, business/financial issues, Florida Pharmacy Dispensing and the Florida Laws and Rules required CE, approved CE Webinars, in-person meetings, social events throughout the year and admission to the PCVMA Annual Baseball Outing with a Tampa Bay Rays game at Tropicana Field in the Left Field Terrace Suite. Membership dues also allow you to receive the PCVMA monthly newsletter containing all meeting notices, classified ads and maintenance of the pcvma.org website.
Dues are $160.00 per year per veterinarian. Checks can be mailed in the enclosed preaddressed envelope. Credit cards can be processed by calling the PCVMA office 727-397-7387(leave message) or 727-410-7856(cell)
Dr. Don Howell – PCVMA Treasurer
Midway Animal Hospital
10700 Seminole Blvd
Largo, FL 33778
(727) 391-9928
WOULD EVERYONE TAKE A MINUTE TO REVIEW ANY CLASSIFIED ADS YOU MAY HAVE POSTED IN THIS NEWS LETTER. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU WANT THEM REMOVED, OTHERWISE YOU MAY CONTINUE TO GET LOTS OF UNNECESSARY PHONE CALLS OR E-MAILS. ANY CORRECTIONS ARE ALSO WELCOME.
PCVMA 2024 MEETINGS AND EVENTS SCHEDULED
December – Happy Holidays
Scheduled for 2025:
January no meeting
February 17, 2025 – Adequan – Bascom’s Chop House
March 10, 2025 – ANTECH – Veterinarians – Bascom’s Chop House
March 11, 2025 – ANTECH – Technicians – Holiday Inn Harbourside, IRB
April 10-13, 2025 – FVMA AC Bonnet Creek – Disney
May 19, 2025 – Zoetis RX Team – Bascom’s Chop House
June 16, 2025 – Zoetis DX Team
July 14, 2025 – Purina – Bascom’s Chop House
August 2, 2025 – PCVMA Baseball Outing – Rays vs Dodgers
September – Open
October 25, 2025 – Bowser & Catsino Ball – Belleair Country Club
November – Open
PAF News
Three non-DVM office team members applied for hurricane assistance from the Foundation.
$1,500.00 from the Bowser and Catsino Ball was allocated and $500.00 was presented to each
recipient at their offices by Dr. Morgan. May their Holiday Days be a little brighter..
Donald H. Morgan, DVM
President
Pinellas Animal Foundation, Inc
10825 Seminole Blvd A-3
Seminole, FL 33778
Don Morgan, DVM
President – PAF
The Humane Society of Pinellas (HSP) is dedicated to reducing the rate of euthanasia in Pinellas County. Neonatal kittens are a particularly vulnerable population with more than 2,000 euthanized in Pinellas last year due to lack of resources. HSP is seeking the public’s partnership to drastically reduce this number through our Kitten Crusaders Program. Together, with the help of veterinary clinics, animal hospitals, shelter/rescue partners, and citizen foster homes, we can provide loving care to kittens in need. There are many ways to be a part of the solution! Please contact Amanda Audia, HSP’s Director of Operations at AmandaA@HumanePinellas.org to join the Crusade to save these precious animals and make a positive impact in our community!
Dr. Brenton Gallas
Medical Director
Humane Society of Pinellas
Pinellas County Animal Services News
“During Hurricane Milton, the staff of Pinellas County Animal Services housed and cared for over 1400 pets at four Pet Friendly Shelters throughout the county. Staff was also stationed at the main shelter in Largo, caring & safely housing nearly 300 stray dogs and cats. Thankfully, the shelter only sustained minor damage to the roof and the flooding was isolated to the parking lots and play yards.
After the storm and with the assistance of multiple rescue groups, PCAS was able to secure transport for 86 dogs and 8 cats to rescues located in unaffected northern states. This is especially helpful to increase capacity at our shelter for strays on “disaster hold,” which is a longer period of time in an effort to reunite displaced families and their pets. It total, we have reunited 265 pets with their families since the local state of emergency began on September 24th with Hurricane Helene.
As we approach Thanksgiving, I would like to personally thank all those who advocate for pets and their families in Pinellas County. The outpouring of assistance from donated pet food to free veterinary care to help displaced families was certainly the silver lining we all needed as we recover during this difficult time.”
Thank you,
Jennifer Renner, B.Sc., CPM (she/her)
Interim Director – Community Outreach & Volunteer Program Manager
Animal Services – Pinellas County Government
12450 Ulmerton Rd – Largo, FL 33774
jrenner@pinellas.gov office 727-582-2636
SPCA Tampa Bay
Happy Holidays from all of us here at SPCA Tampa Bay. Some important updates for you this month are:
- We are currently having our Day of Giving. If you would like to help us help the homeless animals
of our community, the ways to give are: text PAW to Give4, call 844-SPCA-PAW, or donate online
at https://www.spcatampabay.org/day-of-giving Every gift will be matched this month, doubling the
effect of your gift.
- We will be having a series of adoptions promotions throughout this month. Watch for updates on our
social media channels. We are trying to get as many adoptable animals in homes for the holidays.
- We have some construction/maintenance on our kennel housing. We are experiencing some short-
term limitations in our ability to house large dogs. We are hopeful that our kennels repairs will be
completed soon. If people are in need of rehoming large breed dogs, please call for availability.
Wishing you all the best for the rest of 2024!
Cynthia Mitchell, DVM
Chief Veterinary Officer
SPCA TAMPA BAY
727-220-1770