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Committee – BAHVS
President – Ilse Pedler ilsepedler@protonmail.com
Junior Vice-President – Brendan Clarke brendan@towerwoodvets.co.uk
Senior Vice-President – Chris Day chrisdayvet@hotmail.com
Hon. Secretary – nazrene moosa nazmoo@icloud.com
treasurer – Sara Fox-Chapman sfc.holistic@gmail.com
Publications Editor – malene Jørgensen malene@laforcevitale.eu
IAVH Representitive / Faculty Veterinary Dean – Peter Gregory gregorypeter23@gmail.com
Faculty veterinary representative – Barbara Jones barbjones570@gmail.com
Committee member –
mark Elliott homeopathicvet@btinternet.com
Committee member – Geoff Johnson somersetvet@yahoo.com
The British Association of Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeons (BAHVS) was formed in 1981, to advance the understanding, knowledge and practice of homeopathy. It aims to stimulate professional awareness of homeopathy and to encourage and to provide for the training of
Board – IAVH
President – Ilze Pētersone ilzevet@inbox.lv
Vice President – minako Kuroda minakocooper@gmail.com
treasurer – mirjam Blatnik mirjam.blatnik@gmail.com
General Secretary – David Bettio david.bettio@omeopatia.org
Vice-General Secretary — Cinzia Ciarmatori cinzia.ciarmatori@gmail.com
Political subcomittee – Petra Weiermayer petra.weiermayer@gmx.at
Education subcommittee – Stefan Kohlrausch stefan.kohlrausch@arcor.de
newsletter subcommittee –malene Jørgensen malene@laforcevitale.eu
Research Subcommittee marcela muñoz montoya mmunozmontoya@yahoo.fr
Website & Forum Subcommittee Don Hamilton donhamiltondvm@posteo.net
LIGA contact – marc Bär info@homeopatte.ch
materia medica Subcommittee — Edward De Beukelaer edebeukelaer@outlook.com
veterinary surgeons in the practice of homeopathy.
This publication is copyright. No part of it may be reproduced without the permission of the Editor. Material published does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the BAHVS or the Editor.
It is an open forum for differing approaches to the subject of veterinary homeopathy and it’s application, allowing for constructive interchanges of ideas.
The BAHVS does not necessarily endorse products or the companies advertised.
Ilse Pedler
President, BAHVS
New President’s Letter September 2020
When I started my journey in homeopathy 30 years ago, I felt like I was just satisfying a curiosity about this strange therapy that a couple of my friends were talking about. I thought I would just read some books, go to a couple of talks and that would be it – curiosity satisfied. How wrong could I have been! I also remember my first day on the HPTG course and being completely in awe of all the inspirational and knowledgeable tutors and realising perhaps for the first time, that this was something that was going to change my life.
It seems incredible that I now find myself as president of BAHVS, a position I didn’t even dream I would ever be in. Even more daunting having taken up the reins from Chris Day, someone who has probably had more impact on veterinary homeopathy in the UK than anyone else in the last 40 years!
This year has seen huge and unexpected changes, not only for us as an association but also for the veterinary profession as a whole. I hope that the next year or three doesn’t hold quite so many surprises for me. In fact, when I was asked to stand for the junior vice president’s role 3 years ago, I was assured that ‘I didn’t have to do much’, attend a couple of committee meetings, write an article or two for the magazine if I felt like it, nothing too onerous. So in complete naivety I accepted the offer and three weeks later the RCVS published their changes to their position statement on complementary therapies. Never has the term
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