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ADDRESSING CALIFORNIA'S VET SHORTAGE: SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY HELPS PUSH
AB-1237 AND AB-1399 FORWARD


“THE ECONOMICS OF BECOMING A VETERINARIAN ARE VERY DIFFICULT,” SAID DR. GARY
WEITZMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY.

BY DANA WILLIAMS • PUBLISHED APRIL 19, 2023 • UPDATED ON APRIL 19, 2023 AT 5:30
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Sometimes, the wait for an appointment can be weeks or even months, reports NBC
7’s Dana Williams.

Pet owners throughout San Diego County have been feeling the impact of a
statewide veterinarian shortage. Sometimes the wait for an appointment is weeks
or, even, months.

“The vet shortage is incredibly dire right now,” said Dr. Gary Weitzman,
President and CEO of the San Diego Humane Society. “In California alone, we are
probably short on vets by at least 30% of what we need.”

The San Diego Humane Society employs 26 veterinarians and dozens of veterinary
technicians. While they may have enough people to staff their team, they want to
help the greater community.

“The economics of becoming a veterinarian are very difficult,” Weitzman said.
“There’s always been a disconnect. It’s so expensive to go to vet school, and
the earnings don’t actually compare with the expense once a veterinarian
graduates.”

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But, it is not the pay that often draws people to the industry.

“It really is a profession that one does because of commitment, passion and
love,” Weitzman said.

That’s why SDHS sponsored two bills, AB-1237 and AB-1399, to both encourage
people in California to become vets in areas that need the most help and
alleviate the pressure on private practices through virtual appointments.


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The California Public Interest Veterinary Debt Relief Act, AB-1237, will offer
payments of up to $150,000 to help with school debt. The trade-off is that the
veterinarian needs to commit five years to working either at an animal shelter
in California or in an underserved community.

“Here at shelter medicine, you know, we’re doing anything from reptiles to
animal neglect, livestock,” said Dr. Daniel Barbour, a staff veterinarian at
SDHS.

Barbour said working in shelter medicine can be a different beast, and while
they do not make as much as colleagues who choose to work in private or
specialized medicine, it is worth it because of the unique animals you are able
to help.

“I could be on medicine, I could be seeing appointments, I could be on routine,
I could be on spay/neuter surgery, I could be helping out with specialty
surgery,” Barbour said. “It’s definitely rewarding.”

He added that it is not unlikely for veterinarians to tackle 25 to 30 procedures
each day.

As for the second bill, AB-1399, it hopes to expand the abilities of vets to be
able to see patients virtually, like telehealth, to reduce the number of
in-person appointments that are stretching clinics thin.

“By giving them services through Zoom or, you know, another platform online,
that’s going to help tremendously and decrease that number of people coming into
private practices until they absolutely have to,” Weitzman said.

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