Position Statements

From time to time, feline practitioners will respond to emerging new knowledge or issues concerning veterinary professionals caring for cats. These position statements represent the view of the Feline Veterinary Medical Association.

• 2025 Socialization of Feral Kittens
• 2024 Creation of a Midlevel Practitioner in Veterinary Medicine (Colorado Proposition 129)
• 2024 Indoor/Outdoor Lifestyle
• 2024 Responsible Breeding in Feline Medicine
• 2023 Free-Roaming Cat
• 2021 General Principles of Feline Wellbeing
• 2020 Pediatric Sterilization in Cats
• 2020 Transportation of Cats in Motor Vehicles
• 2020 Welfare of Shelter Cats
• 2019 Meeting the Physical and Emotional Needs of Owned Indoor Cats
• 2019 Respectful Handling of Cats to Minimize Fear and Pain at the Veterinary Visit
• 2019 Ownership of Non-Domestic Felids
• 2019 Microchip Identification of Cats
• 2017 Declawing
• 2017 Hybrid Cats
• 2014 Euthanasia in Cats in a Clinical Setting
• 2012 Positive Reinforcement
• 2010 Veterinary Hospice Care for Cats (See 2021 End of Life Toolkit and 2023 AAFP/IAAHPC Feline Hospice and Palliative Care Guidelines)
• 2010 End of Life Issues in Feline Medicine (See 2021 End of Life Toolkit and 2023 AAFP/IAAHPC Feline Hospice and Palliative Care Guidelines)

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Position Statement Endorsements by the AAFP

• 2011 AAHA Raw Protein Diet