Holly Cheever, DVM – Director, Paw Project-New York

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    Dr. Holly Cheever

    Dr. Holly Cheever is Co-Director, Paw Project-New York.

    In addition to her private practice Voorheesville, NY, The Village Animal Clinic, serving companion animals and wildlife, Dr. Cheever presents programs to elementary through college level students on environmental and animal welfare issues. She also is a regular lecturer at veterinary schools, providing mentoring in the practice of veterinary medicine with an emphasis on animal welfare. She serves as a consultant for local, state, and national animal protection organizations, and assists law officers in animal abuse cases, both by lecturing to them on how to implement the State’s anticruelty laws effectively, and by serving as an expert witness for the prosecution. She has also worked for many municipalities and states to eliminate the cruelty involved in urban carriage horse tourist rides.

    For her work in helping to prevent animal cruelty, Dr. Cheever has won awards from the New York State Troopers, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the Humane Society of the United States. She was named Veterinarian of the Year by the New York State Humane Association in 1991, and was Good Housekeeping’s veterinary columnist from 1997 to 2001.

    Dr. Cheever is a founding member of the Leadership Council of the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (affiliated with the Humane Society of the United States) and is also vice president of the New York State Humane Association. She is on the advisory board for the New England Antivivisection Society, having retired from their Board of Directors.

    Dr. Cheever was educated at Harvard University, graduating summa cum laude, and was ranked #1 on graduation from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University. She resides on a small farm sanctuary in upstate New York with her husband and a host of barnyard friends; their four grown children return to the farm as often as they can.