Susan Krebsbach, DVM
VETERINARY CONSULTANT

Dr. Susan Krebsbach with one of her cats.

Dr. Krebsbach has an extensive background in veterinary medicine and animal welfare work. She is a 1995 graduate of Ohio State University, where she was co-founder of the student chapter of the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights (AVAR). She helped launch an alternatives surgery program that allowed students to utilize cadavers of animals who had died of natural causes or who were euthanized for medical reasons in their training, rather than performing terminal surgeries on healthy animals. After graduation, Dr. Krebsbach worked at several small animal clinics in Wisconsin before launching her own veterinary animal behavior consulting service in 2000.

Dr. Krebsbach has been a frequent lecturer at veterinary schools and in other forums over the years on a variety of issues, ranging from feral cats and early-age sterilization to behavioral issues, the use of alternatives and farm animal welfare. She has worked for AVAR as a veterinary consultant and served as editor of AVAR's student newsletter, Alternatives, for eight years. She has substantial knowledge of veterinary school curriculum issues and alternative methods of training.

In her free time, Dr. Krebsbach helped found a feral cat rescue group, Dane County Friends of Ferals, and established a monthly clinic to provide spay and neuter surgeries for feral cats in her community, which many veterinary students from the nearby University of Wisconsin have participated in.

Prior to pursuing her veterinary degree, Dr. Krebsbach earned her bachelor's degree in industrial engineering at University of Wisconsin and worked for IBM as a systems engineer and marketing representative.