October 8, 2003

AU professor serves as keynote speaker at Tufts University

Dr. Brenda Griffin of the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine recently served as the keynote speaker at the dedication of the Luke and Lily Lerner Spay and Neuter Clinic at Tufts University in Grafton, Mass.

She presented "Multiplying people instead of pets: community solutions for homeless pets" on Sept. 29 to open the new clinic, which is named after two rescued cats, Luke and Lily. Tufts students will use the clinic to spay and neuter cats and dogs that can be adopted from animal shelters.

Dr. Griffin is an assistant research professor in AU's Scott-Ritchey Research Center. In July she was named the national companion animal veterinarian of the year by the American Veterinary Medical Association.

She established Auburn’s Operation Cat Nap, a program in which feral cats are trapped, neutered and returned to their home areas. She also started the AU veterinary college’s shelter medicine program where students provide health care for animals at the Lee County Humane Society.