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Posts by Crystal Heath, DVM

Sheriff Barrett "I'm a dog murdering piece of poop." Blue Mounds Wisconsin Ridglan Farms

Sheriff Barrett "I'm a dog murdering piece of poop." Blue Mounds Wisconsin Ridglan Farms

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I’m gonna go out on a limb and say it: if we want police in the future to help us get animals out of labs, I don’t think this is the best messaging.

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Yes, I have food stuck in my teeth. But this is important.

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The Ridglan Beagle Rescue: The Dangerous Side of “Trust the Organizers”
The Ridglan Beagle Rescue: The Dangerous Side of “Trust the Organizers” YouTube video by Crystal Heath

The Ridglan Beagle Rescue: The Concerning Outcome of the “Trust the Organizers” Mentality.

#animalrights #vetmed #onehealth #activism #vegan

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2N0...

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Submit your comments on the USDA Dog Welfare Regulations By April 20, 2026 — Our Honor Submit your comments on the USDA Dog Welfare Regulations by April 20, 2026

🚨 Submit your comments to the USDA by April 20th!

The government has an opportunity right now to choose courage over inertia. To choose the interests of animals over the convenience of institutions.

They do not need another study on how little we can give them.

www.ourhonor.org/blognew/usda...

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Beagle with tongue touching top of nose

Beagle with tongue touching top of nose

Can you touch the top of your nose with your tongue?

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What Animal Advocates Must Learn From Dolores Huerta Until a few years ago, I was naive to the quiet rule that governs almost every social justice movement: don’t talk about your negative firsthand experiences with movement leaders.

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What Animal Advocates Must Learn From Dolores Huerta
Crystal Heath DVM
Apr 04, 2026
Until a few years ago, I was naive to the quiet rule that governs almost every social justice movement: don’t talk about your negative firsthand experiences with movement leaders.

What Animal Advocates Must Learn From Dolores Huerta Crystal Heath DVM Apr 04, 2026 Until a few years ago, I was naive to the quiet rule that governs almost every social justice movement: don’t talk about your negative firsthand experiences with movement leaders.

Every animal advocate must educate themselves about the dynamics within social justice movements that enable injustice within our organizations.

This is something I wish I had understood before getting involved.

Have you experienced these dynamics? 🧵

#animalrights #vegan

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Advocacy is great but we need power, we need political power -- I am really impressed with publications like @sentientmedia.org which does evidence based journalism and the efforts of @crystalheathdvm.bsky.social for her work to understand and educate others.

Join me in financially supporting them

1 month ago 1 1 1 0
Why Threatening Comments By the Public are Harmful to Animal Advocates
Why Threatening Comments By the Public are Harmful to Animal Advocates YouTube video by Crystal Heath

WSU says it canceled its equine surgery lab due to “threats.”

Threats and harassment undermine credible advocacy and shift attention away from evidence. They are coercive tools used by oppressors.

If you’ve seen threats, send screenshots to info@ourhonor.org

www.youtube.com/shorts/Z351I...

1 month ago 2 0 1 0
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“With a thousand lies and a good disguise” → Success built on deception and image management

“Hit ‘em right between the eyes” → Targeting people emotionally or psychologically to win

“Now dance, f*er, dance”** → Turning others into pawns; control and humiliation

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The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid (Official Music Video)
The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid (Official Music Video) YouTube video by OffspringVEVO

In light of what we know about Cesar Chavez. This song reminds me of when I was in one such group.

Its about someone who gets ahead in life not through integrity or skill, but by lying, exploiting, and manipulating others.

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Veterinarians vs. Outdated Training: The Fight to Save Horses Scheduled for WSU Surgical Lab
Veterinarians vs. Outdated Training: The Fight to Save Horses Scheduled for WSU Surgical Lab YouTube video by Crystal Heath

I thought that the media would listen to veterinarians.

That didn't work. We partnered with animal rights groups but
now the call to save animals used for WSU's 3rd year elective veterinary surgery lab is being framed as some kind of "animal rights" campaign.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-nn...

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Debate Over Colorado Bill To Prohibit Ventilation Shutdown (VSD+) Depopulation of Poultry By 2029
Debate Over Colorado Bill To Prohibit Ventilation Shutdown (VSD+) Depopulation of Poultry By 2029 YouTube video by Crystal Heath

Colorado lawmakers considered prohibiting Ventilation Shutdown Plus (VSD+), a mass killing method used during disease outbreaks, by 2029.

A survey of 3,000+ veterinarians found only 1.1% support VSD as humane.

Unfortunately, the bill was postponed indefinitely.

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1 month ago 5 1 0 0
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Veterinarians, Alumi and Students Call on WSU College of Veterinary Medicine to Spare the Lives of 8 Horses and 60 Goats — Our Honor Veterinarians, alumi and students call on Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine to Spare the Lives of 8 Horses and 60 Goats

Learn more and sign the letter:
www.ourhonor.org/blognew/wsu

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CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou Tells WSU Vet Students: Object to the Horse & Goat Killing Lab
CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou Tells WSU Vet Students: Object to the Horse & Goat Killing Lab YouTube video by Crystal Heath

Former CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou is urging veterinary students at Washington State University to consider becoming conscientious objectors.

Eight healthy horses and about 60 goats are scheduled to be killed in a surgery lab.

#VetMed #VeterinaryStudents #WSU

www.youtube.com/shorts/nomGu...

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Watch How Industry Testifies To Enable VSD+ –  Jerry Wilkins, Colorado Egg Producer's Association
Watch How Industry Testifies To Enable VSD+ – Jerry Wilkins, Colorado Egg Producer's Association YouTube video by Crystal Heath

WATCH: Industry testimony defending VSD+ in Colorado.
Notice the strategy:

Crisis
“160 million laying hens nationwide”

Authority
“directed by USDA APHIS Veterinary Services”

Sympathy
“Depopulating is gut-wrenching to a farmer.”

Normalization

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1 month ago 2 4 0 0
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Madeline Robertson of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Calls VSD+ “Humane” — Veterinarians Disagree
Madeline Robertson of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Calls VSD+ “Humane” — Veterinarians Disagree YouTube video by Crystal Heath

WATCH: Colorado bill SB26-123, to prohibit VSD+ by 2029

“Prohibiting the use of the ventilation shutdown method removes a humane rapid option…” – Madeline Robertson of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union

#OneHealth #VetMed #h5n1 #animalwelfare

www.youtube.com/shorts/d8u7l...

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🚨 Colorado VSD+ Hearing 🚨

" Colorado Farm Bureau opposes this bill as it would take away the most humane and practical method of depopulation currently available." - Brandon Melnikoff

Only 1.1% of more than 3,000 veterinarians surveyed believe VSD+ is an ethical and humane method of depopulation.

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WATCH: Colorado Senator Lisa Cutter Speaks Out After VSD+ Ban Effort Collapses SB26-123
WATCH: Colorado Senator Lisa Cutter Speaks Out After VSD+ Ban Effort Collapses SB26-123 YouTube video by Crystal Heath

🚨BREAKING🚨

Colorado Senator Lisa Cutter delivers closing remarks after bill SB26-123, to prohibit VSD+ by 2029, was postponed indefinitely.

“It is really a sad and shocking realization that the welfare of these animals just doesn't seem to matter.”

www.youtube.com/shorts/sqGic...

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WATCH: Colorado Bill to Ban VSD+ SB26-123 Postponed Indefinitely, Senator Lisa Cutter Speaks
WATCH: Colorado Bill to Ban VSD+ SB26-123 Postponed Indefinitely, Senator Lisa Cutter Speaks YouTube video by Crystal Heath

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

WATCH: Senator Lisa Cutter announces that Colorado bill SB26-123, to prohibit VSD+ poultry extermination by 2029, has been postponed indefinitely.

This outcome shows just how difficult it is to protect farmed animals from the most cruel practices.

www.youtube.com/shorts/JkcnU...

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Veterinarian Pleads With WSU Vet Students: You Have the Power to Save These Horses
Veterinarian Pleads With WSU Vet Students: You Have the Power to Save These Horses YouTube video by Crystal Heath

We have only a few days left to convince the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine to allow Triple J Horse Haven in Apple Valley, CA, to rescue the horses rather than kill them in the 3rd-year surgery lab. Please help us spread the word!

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It seems many people think all beef calves stay with their mothers and graze on non-arable pastureland that can't be used to grow crops for humans. That is becoming increasingly not the case.

#onehealth #vetmed #foodsecurity

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The U.S. has 30–80 million free-roaming cats.
About 15–40 million are breeding females.

That produces roughly 105–280 million kittens every year.

If all companion-animal veterinarians shared the work of sterilizing those kittens, each would need to perform about:

• 6–17 surgeries per day

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Call 202-224-3121
Tell your representatives and senators:
Oppose the Farm Bill if the Save Our Bacon Act stays in.

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Hidden on pages 744–746 of the Farm Bill is a provision called the “Save Our Bacon Act.”

It could override state laws that ban pork from pigs raised in gestation crates.

This isn’t just an animal confinement issue.

It’s also a public health issue.

#onehealth #FarmBill #prop12

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A dairy producer describes their Day-1 calf protocol for newborn calves:

Vaccines + Excede (a long-acting 3rd-generation cephalosporin antibiotic) because our confinement increases the risk of infections.

Doing this with dogs & cats is considered poor antibiotic stewardship.

#onehealth

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As a Veterinarian, I Urge You to Oppose Section 12007 of the Farm Bill — Our Honor Please copy and paste the letter below and send to your representatives. You can also sign on to this letter below. But sending it personally is more effective. Do both!

Links to sources here: www.ourhonor.org/blognew/12007

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27% of medically important antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used in pig production—almost as much as human medicine.

• Pork causes 787k foodborne illnesses/year
• 60% of sows carry Salmonella
• 83% of Campylobacter on pork chops is resistant to antibiotics

AMR already causes ~700k deaths globally.

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Are Zoos Really Saving Red Wolves From Extinction?
Are Zoos Really Saving Red Wolves From Extinction? YouTube video by Crystal Heath

Are Zoos Really Saving Red Wolves From Extinction?

What can zoos be doing to better educate the public about the true causes of wolf species decline?

#RedWolves #wildlifeconservation #OneHealth

www.youtube.com/shorts/jfUyq...

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Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine is actively causing moral injury in its students. The sad part is, none of the students know it yet, and neither did the soldiers in Vietnam.

#onehealth #vetmed #humaneeducation #veterinarian

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