Welcome
Urban Animal Management (UAM) is a discipline which encompasses all those activities which help manage our urban companion animals. It covers aspects as diverse as microchipping of dogs to market research about the community's attitudes to pet ownership. Because of its breadth, UAM depends on the interactions of people with many different job descriptions and training, including: Animal Management Officers, Veterinarians, Marketers, Town Planners, Dog Trainers and Politicians.
For 16 years, the Australian Veterinary Association promoted and encouraged good urban animal management policy and practice through its Urban Animal Management Committee (UAM), principally through an annual conference. UAM always promoted open sharing of information, and much of the information generated over those years is available on this website. The proceedings of fifteen of these conferences are available to download, or you can purchase paper copies of individual conferences, or the entire collection on a CD. Click here to order.
In 2006, the old UAM Committee was abolished. Functions associated with the support for and training of Animal Management Officers have been taken up by the newly formed Australian Institute of Animal Management - this includes the annual conference. Please contact the Institute: conference@aiam.com.au
Functions associated with resources for veterinarians, Local and State Government, policy advice and working with councils and developers to provide for the needs of pets and pet owners in our community are continued by the Australian Veterinary Association’s newly formed Centre for Companion Animals in the Community. Our website will be available soon; in the meantime, please contact us by emailing info@uam.net.au
The Australian Veterinary Association LimitedUnit 40, 6 Herbert Street
St Leonards NSW 2065
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email: avahq@ava.com.au
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SITE UPDATED: AUGUST 2007