Mission Statement:

Ethical Veterinary was formed around three specific goals: to prevent animal illness, to protect animals’ innate interests, and to strengthen the understanding between animals and people.

The health and comfort of each patient is prioritized above industry interests, cultural trends, or convenience. Ethical Veterinary’s recommendations derive exclusively from accumulated scientific research, clinical findings, and just as importantly, common sense. Ethical Veterinary is not a practice concerned with labels like holistic, alternative, or Western. Instead, it is rooted in simple, timeless wisdom: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and the proof is in the pudding.

For this reason, Dr. Jefferson does not engage in any of the following: overvaccination, anti-vaccination, reliance on homeopathy/non-evidence-based remedies, overuse of prescription pharmaceuticals, declawing, cosmetic ear cropping/tail docking, or convenience euthanasia. Ethical Veterinary regularly barks back about widespread industry misconceptions, reminding clients that 1.) exposure (“positive test”) does not equal disease 2.) old age is not a disease, and 3.) physical exams are the cornerstone of sound veterinary medicine.