Protect the Legality of Complementary Veterinary Therapies Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/protect-the-legality-of-complementary-veterinary-therapies.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 7 Apr 2026 06:05 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Anonymous [Signature #383] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8416641?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:29:33 UTC 8416641 Katherine Taylor [Signature #382] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8401207?utm_medium=rss Alternative modalities are not a substitute for vet care, but can relieve stress and facilitate the natural healing process. Our animals deserve options.

]]> Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:37:45 UTC 8401207 Colleen Bivens [Signature #381] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8396508?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:47:56 UTC 8396508 Anonymous [Signature #380] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8394210?utm_medium=rss Complemantary therapies are not veterinary medicine, and we have the right to use other alternatives.

]]> Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:36:50 UTC 8394210 Susan Tanida [Signature #379] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8393467?utm_medium=rss Having cats who have some stress related conditions confirmed by vets, I feel strongly that stress relief complementary treatments including massage should not be considered veterinary care.

]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:27:15 UTC 8393467 Phil Cohen [Signature #378] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8392639?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:58:45 UTC 8392639 Susan Kelley Cohen [Signature #377] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8392535?utm_medium=rss Please allow professional to do what they know. Keep veterinarians in their field of specialization and not take over that of others.

]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:45:11 UTC 8392535 Jane E. Walker [Signature #376] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8392163?utm_medium=rss We have to keep alternative therapies available to our animals.

]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:10:51 UTC 8392163 Anonymous [Signature #375] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8370666?utm_medium=rss Just as humans are allowed alternatives, so should our pets.

]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:06:37 UTC 8370666 Elaine Bierman [Signature #374] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8370445?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:55:47 UTC 8370445 Carole Curtis [Signature #373] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8349051?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:35:00 UTC 8349051 Linda Walsh [Signature #372] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8340144?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:32:52 UTC 8340144 John Richardson [Signature #371] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8339706?utm_medium=rss Keep government out of my decision making process!! NO to this bill and others like it. We need LESS government - NOT MORE!!

]]> Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:17:37 UTC 8339706 Debbie DeSelle [Signature #370] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8339638?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:06:25 UTC 8339638 Elaine Evans [Signature #369] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8338276?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:05:42 UTC 8338276 Elysha Sowers Richards [Signature #368] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8337130?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:09:05 UTC 8337130 Jenna Avery [Signature #367] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8335459?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:23:29 UTC 8335459 Sharon McDonough [Signature #366] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8334666?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:25:50 UTC 8334666 Darby Holmes [Signature #365] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8334354?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:10:35 UTC 8334354 Anonymous [Signature #364] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8330745?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Aug 2010 03:03:46 UTC 8330745 Jackie Prontiker [Signature #363] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8330645?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:35:00 UTC 8330645 Timothy Campbell [Signature #362] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8329751?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:17:17 UTC 8329751 Steven Smith [Signature #361] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8328534?utm_medium=rss As a small animal veterinarian practicing in Los Angeles, I value the efforts of complementary therapy by chiropractic professionals.

]]> Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:50:59 UTC 8328534 Steven Machado [Signature #360] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8328365?utm_medium=rss There are so many different ways to help our pets just as there are many ways to help humans. Let the public decide with their dollars.

]]> Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:04:26 UTC 8328365 Kay Robinson [Signature #359] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8325844?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Aug 2010 05:41:09 UTC 8325844 dawn Rominger [Signature #358] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8324510?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:32:31 UTC 8324510 Sandra Trent [Signature #357] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8324316?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:18:27 UTC 8324316 Randal Sedwick [Signature #356] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8324147?utm_medium=rss Kindly refrain from legislating everybody to death.

]]> Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:18:05 UTC 8324147 Rebecca Sedwick [Signature #355] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8324078?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:00:38 UTC 8324078 Juanita Alvarez [Signature #354] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8323620?utm_medium=rss what credentials do politicans have that determines a non evasive modularity should only be practice by a vet? Exactly how are you going to prevent it coming from a distant -- do you even know that this can be done? Are you prepared to pursue this across state lines, countries?

]]> Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:31:17 UTC 8323620 Kristine Azzarello [Signature #353] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8323498?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:49:52 UTC 8323498 Belinda Jones [Signature #352] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8323329?utm_medium=rss Humans and animals have a right to access non-invasive therapies that promote well being.

]]> Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:56:25 UTC 8323329 Deb Fitzgerald [Signature #351] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8323288?utm_medium=rss Let our dear animals have ALL the opportunities to be and stay well.

]]> Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:41:51 UTC 8323288 Christine Haden [Signature #350] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8323221?utm_medium=rss The state of CA cannot afford a paid board of veterinarians to oversee animal care. Why are we taking a hammer to something that only needs a diamond cutter?

]]> Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:26:34 UTC 8323221 Anonymous [Signature #349] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8321581?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:06:17 UTC 8321581 Elizabeth Cambareri [Signature #348] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8321349?utm_medium=rss I can go to a message therapist or chiropractor without my doctor's knowledge/referral - why should I not be able to do the same for my animals? I am against the portion of this bill that requires that anyone practicing alternative therapies to veterinary medicine must be a veterinarian.

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:54:16 UTC 8321349 Marilyn Doud [Signature #347] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8321212?utm_medium=rss Doctors do not perform rehabilitation services for their human patients - they refer them to physical therapists. Veterinarians need complementary therapists to perform the treatments they prescribe - my vet is certainly not going to come to my barn and give my horse a weekly massage!

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:52:07 UTC 8321212 Catherine Stewart [Signature #346] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8321203?utm_medium=rss We should have the right to decide on what type of care our animals receive. Alternative modalities of healing are crucial for animals and for people.

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:48:37 UTC 8321203 Melanie Weller [Signature #345] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8321176?utm_medium=rss Medical Doctors have no training in rehab principles. Neither do Veterinarians. Physical Therapists can be very skilled at applying techniques to animals, and keep many animals and owners in top performing condition, happy, and healthy. They should be allowed to practice on animals as well.

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:36:04 UTC 8321176 Sandi Renfro [Signature #344] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8321140?utm_medium=rss Massage, complementary veterinary therapies, animal chiropractic, and other animal-associated services provide relief to equines and other animals just as they do to humans. It would be a crime to make these practices illegal when they do nothing detrimental, but help ailing animals get some relief from discomfort.

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:20:01 UTC 8321140 Faith Chinnock [Signature #343] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8321096?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:00:08 UTC 8321096 Anne Howard [Signature #342] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8321082?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:54:25 UTC 8321082 Jane Radcliffe [Signature #341] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8321018?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:29:33 UTC 8321018 Kristin Ledzius RN [Signature #340] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8320983?utm_medium=rss Please protect our right to choose and/or provide complimentary care for ourselves and our pets.

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:18:04 UTC 8320983 Amy Menzie [Signature #339] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8320925?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:56:34 UTC 8320925 Benedikte Whitman [Signature #338] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8320711?utm_medium=rss The care of my horse is my responsibility and I should have the right to get chiropractic, massage, dentistry, etc from practitioners who have trained in those skills. Just becasue someone is a Dr. of Vetrinary medicane, does not give them the skill to be a dentist or a massuse. In human medicine, your doctor does not fill your teeth, give you a massage, or manipulate your joints - their expertise is eslewhere. Why would we not do that for equines as well.

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:50:11 UTC 8320711 Annamarie Saggio [Signature #337] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8320690?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:44:05 UTC 8320690 Robert Brann [Signature #336] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8320683?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:42:03 UTC 8320683 Anonymous [Signature #335] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8320682?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:41:47 UTC 8320682 Cynthia McKievick [Signature #334] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8320155?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:36:04 UTC 8320155 Donna Wallace [Signature #333] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8319949?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:52:58 UTC 8319949 buzzy oster [Signature #332] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8319670?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:59:24 UTC 8319670 Anonymous [Signature #331] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8319560?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:28:11 UTC 8319560 Heike Stabenow [Signature #330] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8319433?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:49:45 UTC 8319433 Anonymous [Signature #329] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8319371?utm_medium=rss Acupuncture and Pressure Point therapies to heal her prized animals. To allow these Complementary Therapies to be stopped would mean the cause the continued pain and summering, and even death, of some of our precious animals who cannot be healed by traditional medical means.
Sincerely,
Vandria Rayner

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:34:14 UTC 8319371 Tawfic Halaby [Signature #328] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8319365?utm_medium=rss FROM PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LEGISLATION

Sec 10 paragraph (f) of the bill amends Section 4826 (f) of the CA Business and Professions Code.

“SEC. 10. Section 4826 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:4826. A person practices veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry, and the various branches thereof, when he or she does any one of the following:……..(f) Performs physical rehabilitation or musculoskeletal manipulation upon an animal, unless otherwise a

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:33:15 UTC 8319365 Kristine Maas [Signature #327] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8319360?utm_medium=rss FROM PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LEGISLATION

Sec 10 paragraph (f) of the bill amends Section 4826 (f) of the CA Business and Professions Code.

“SEC. 10. Section 4826 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:4826. A person practices veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry, and the various branches thereof, when he or she does any one of the following:……..(f) Performs physical rehabilitation or musculoskeletal manipulation upon an animal, unless otherwise a

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:32:12 UTC 8319360 Susan Osofsky [Signature #326] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8319349?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:29:37 UTC 8319349 Carla Simmons [Signature #325] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8319315?utm_medium=rss Alternative therapies are a necessary and much-needed supplement to good veterinary care; please defeat this bill so that that help for anmals can continue

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:21:36 UTC 8319315 Sheri Van Wert [Signature #324] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8319236?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:07:12 UTC 8319236 Karen Boos [Signature #323] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8319234?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:07:06 UTC 8319234 L. Yaco [Signature #322] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8319145?utm_medium=rss AVMA is again trying to rule the world. Stop them now. Thank you.

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:43:00 UTC 8319145 David Swiger [Signature #321] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8319128?utm_medium=rss Please preserve alternate care therapies for animals.

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:39:17 UTC 8319128 Zenda Beail [Signature #320] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8319081?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:31:44 UTC 8319081 Kendra Wilson [Signature #319] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8319053?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:25:40 UTC 8319053 Mary Kennedy [Signature #318] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8319042?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:23:17 UTC 8319042 Anonymous [Signature #317] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317780?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:30:16 UTC 8317780 Mary Argo, PhD [Signature #316] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317563?utm_medium=rss People need to be able to hire whomever they want to help their animals. No one should restrict the right to people who have a DVM degree. Some of the worst work I've seen has been from people who have no idea how alternative medicine works. Stop this ban immediately!!!

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:04:43 UTC 8317563 Einar Berg [Signature #315] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317491?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:28:57 UTC 8317491 Christine Cyr [Signature #314] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317399?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:38:07 UTC 8317399 Victoria Swiger [Signature #313] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317362?utm_medium=rss I am a Tellington TTouch Practitioner and a retired Veterinarian Assistant. The work I do does not take the place of Veterinary Medicine. In fact, I have a number of Veterinarians that refer to work on their clients. Please don't change the legislation that has been in place for years.

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:14:33 UTC 8317362 Dee Kenville [Signature #312] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317297?utm_medium=rss Please do not pass this and limit our ability to take care of our animals in these hard economic times.

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:36:31 UTC 8317297 Anonymous [Signature #311] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317260?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:16:03 UTC 8317260 Pamela Gardner [Signature #310] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317247?utm_medium=rss Animals need this! Don't make it harder!

]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:10:41 UTC 8317247 Jane Richey [Signature #309] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317244?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:09:33 UTC 8317244 Susan Wheeler [Signature #308] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317241?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:08:03 UTC 8317241 Dawn Sutti [Signature #307] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317202?utm_medium=rss Please protect the rights for therapists to continue practicing who are EXPERTS in the field of animal chiropractic care and amazing holistic techniques in the use of acupuncture and herbs which has already proven to be extremely vital in the healing process for so many animals today. These professionals are
badly needed! PLEASE STOP THIS BILL COLD!

]]> Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:48:04 UTC 8317202 candace rim [Signature #306] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317174?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:31:03 UTC 8317174 Virpi Portier [Signature #305] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317172?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:29:03 UTC 8317172 Roberta Dunn [Signature #304] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317170?utm_medium=rss This proposed legislation is an abomination. Don't let it happen.

]]> Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:28:28 UTC 8317170 Sara Scott [Signature #303] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317158?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:18:14 UTC 8317158 Jean Lindgren [Signature #302] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317108?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:45:44 UTC 8317108 Leslie McMahon [Signature #301] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317058?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:16:43 UTC 8317058 Alice Levey [Signature #300] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317022?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:05:00 UTC 8317022 Kelly MacLaughlin [Signature #299] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317018?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:04:09 UTC 8317018 Anonymous [Signature #298] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8316906?utm_medium=rss I support this petition.

]]> Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:52:24 UTC 8316906 Tauna Grinager [Signature #297] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8316835?utm_medium=rss I want to make the decisions for my horses' care, not be told what is allowed.

]]> Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:24:45 UTC 8316835 Kathleen Sherman [Signature #296] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8316776?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:56:52 UTC 8316776 Christy Friederich [Signature #295] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8316747?utm_medium=rss Thank you for your support of a service that saves many valuable animals.

]]> Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:42:51 UTC 8316747 Henry Freet [Signature #294] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8316741?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:38:01 UTC 8316741 Suzanne Walker PTA [Signature #293] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8316723?utm_medium=rss I am a licensed, practicing Physical Therapy Assistant and an Equine Massage Therapist in Mass. I work very closely with a vet for all of the horses that I massage. I do believe that alternate therapy practitioners should be legal. I also believe they should be adequately trained and certified.

]]> Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:30:38 UTC 8316723 Jeff Vanderheym [Signature #292] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8316622?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:45:31 UTC 8316622 Georgeanne Hardesty [Signature #291] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8316552?utm_medium=rss Everyone should have a right to choose treatment whether it be traditional or non-traditional with themselves or their wards or pets.

]]> Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:26:52 UTC 8316552 Tom Durkin [Signature #290] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8316550?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:26:38 UTC 8316550 Douglas Caldwell [Signature #289] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8316531?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:17:57 UTC 8316531 Amelia Davis [Signature #288] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8316502?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:02:23 UTC 8316502 Kathleen Young [Signature #287] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8316486?utm_medium=rss This work should be kept in the hands of those who do it best.

]]> Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:56:06 UTC 8316486 Christopher Gibney [Signature #286] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8316433?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:37:29 UTC 8316433 Ann Clower [Signature #285] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8316363?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:12:54 UTC 8316363 Anonymous [Signature #284] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8316329?utm_medium=rss This Law (mockery that it is) would prevent you from getting even message therapy on your cat or dog unless it’s thru a licensed Vet. This would just end all sorts of good work many volunteers do with dogs at the Humane Societies and Rescue groups also any holisitc treatment that you may prefer to a vet.

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