The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) has acknowledged Beau Whitaker, DVM, a associate at Brazos Valley Equine Hospital, in Salado, Texas, as recipient of the grand prize 2022 Good Works for Horses Award, sponsored by Zoetis.
Whitaker is honored for his decade of volunteer service with Horse Empowered Learning Programs Inc. (HELP), which supplies therapeutic using and equine-facilitated studying alternatives to people in higher Austin, Texas, with bodily, emotional, and cognitive challenges. Whitaker was acknowledged Nov. 19 through the opening session on the AAEP’s 68th Annual Convention, in San Antonio, Texas. In conjunction, a $1,000 donation to HELP is being made in Whitaker’s identify.
From June by means of August 2022, the Good Works for Horses marketing campaign spotlighted selfless acts of service carried out by AAEP members which might be having a constructive impact on the equine group. Horse homeowners and organizations had been inspired to appoint AAEP members for month-to-month recognition. Three veterinarians had been acknowledged every month in a Win-Place-Show order, and every month’s total winner remained eligible for the grand prize.
Until just lately, Whitaker, the June honoree, oversaw well being of this system’s horses for the previous 10 years, along with serving on the board of administrators from 2012 to 2018 and on the Scholarship Committee since 2017. As herd veterinarian, he was accountable for treating and managing age-related and different medical situations, securing grants from trade companions without cost or deeply discounted medicines and vaccines, and evaluating potential horse donations to make sure an acceptable demeanor and manageable well being points earlier than acceptance into this system’s herd.
His nominator, Stephanie Powell, director of HELP, extolled Whitaker’s legacy of service to the PATH International-certified nonprofit. “Many horses donated to our programs come with a wide variety of health challenges, which need to be balanced to be in a herd, serve our special clients, and live in often compact facilities. Without the care, guidance, and support of veterinarians like Dr. Whitaker, our program, and the lives we reach would not be possible.”
