Dr Cam Day is a veterinary surgeon, a veterinary behaviour consultant and media presenter.He claims to have three professions, the first as a pet-owner managing the mayhem of his Mutts, Moggies and other various creatures.

The second is as a husband to his wife Kathryn and as a parent of three children and the third is Veterinary Behaviour Consultancy.

He is one of the few veterinarians in Australia working full time as an veterinary behaviour consultant.

Consulting with dog and cat owners on a daily basis, he helps to solve problems such as aggressive behaviours, excessive vocalising, anxiety and panic disorders and compulsive behaviour and many other behavioural maladies in pets.

Dr Cam is committed to animal welfare and he is the inaugural and current Chair of the Queensland State Government Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, a role he has maintained since 2004.

He is also an Adjunct Associate Profession with the University of Queensland Veterinary School.

He consults to media organisations and has being doing veterinary talk-back radio continuously since 1984.

QUALIFICATIONS
Academic Record
December 1977		BSc.   University of Queensland
December 1981		BVSc University of Queensland
February 1995		MACVS - Animal Behaviour
July 2003		Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Queensland
Others
July 1993		Train the Trainer - Australian Institute of Management
Employment Record
December 1980 - April 1984		Associate Veterinarian, Albert Animal Hospital Springwood, Queensland
April 1984 - February 1989		Veterinary Education Officer, Fund-raising Coordinator, Public Relations Officer, Operations Manager, RSPCA (Queensland)
February 1989 - September 1990		Veterinary Consultant and Advisor, Animal Control, Brisbane City Council, 69 Ann St, Brisbane.
September 1990 - March 1993		Animal Welfare Policy Officer RSPCA (Queensland)
March 1993 -November 1995		Operations Manager RSPCA (Queensland)
Nov 1995-29 Nov 1996		Community Liaison Manager RSPCA (Queensland)
Nov 1996 - current		Self Employed -Cam Day Consulting - Consulting in Animal Behaviour and Animal Management
July 2004- June 2008		Appointed as inaugural Chairperson of the Queensland Government Animal Welfare Advisory Committee.
June 2008 - current		Re-appointed as Chairperson of the Queensland Government Animal Welfare Advisory Committee for further 3 years
Other Activities
Media
July 1984-December 1996		ABC 4QR  Radio Talk Back Veterinarian
July 1984 - November 1986		Pet Care Columnist Daily Sun and The Sun Newspapers
Jan 1991 - Feb 1993		ABC TV "Landline" Pet Vet
December 1993- June 1995		Radio 4BC Radio Talk Back 'Pet Vet'
Aug 1995 - Dec 1996		ABC Regional Radio Talk Back Veterinarian
April 1984-current		Numerous television, radio, newspaper and magazine appearances and articles
Jan 1997 - current		Radio 4BC's talk back "Pet Vet"
Jan 2004 - December 2004		ABC Radio Talk Back Veterinarian
Jan 1997 - 2004		Pet Care columnist for Brisbane News
Awards
February 1995		Meritorious Service Award  by Australian Veterinary Association
December 2002		Nominated for Australian of the Year by persons unknown
December 2003		Medal of Merit. Royal Children's Hospital and Health Service District
July 2003		Appointed Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Queensland
10th June  2005		Awarded the Vitae Lampada Gold Medal for Excellence in Medical and Health Education by retiring Professor John Pearn, Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital and Health Service District for contributions to undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.
1st July 2009		Re-appointed Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland
Memberships
Current
Member		Australian College of Veterinary Scientists (Animal Behaviour)
Chair		Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (QLD)
Past
Member		Royal Children's Hospital Experimentation Ethics Committee
Member		Brisbane Veterinary Practitioners Branch
Member		University of Sydney Post-Graduate Committee  of Veterinary Science
Member		Australian Veterinary Association Sub-committee on  Animal Welfare
Member		State Health Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee
Member		DPI Animal Research Institute Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee
Member		Griffith University Animal Research Institute Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee
Publications
Day, CT (1983)		Urban Pet Neuroses.  The Proceedings of the Urban Animal   Integration Symposium. Aust Vet Assn pp 37-49
Day, CT (1985)		The Viewpoint of the Queensland Animal  Welfare.  Grazing Animal Welfare.  Aust Vet Assn pp174-181
Day CT (1989)		The Human Companion Animal Bond-Education for Better Welfare. Proceedings of the Recreational Animal Welfare Symposium.  Aust Vet Assn. pp115-122
Blackshaw JK, Day CT (et al) (1990)		Aversive Responses of Dogs to Sonic, Ultrasonic and Flashing Lights Units.  Journal of Applied Animal Behaviour Science 25 (1990) pp1-8
Blackshaw JK, Day CT (1994)		Attitudes of Dog Owners to Neutering of Pets : Demographic Data and Effects of Owner Attitudes Aust Vet J 71, 4 pp113-116
Day CT  (1994)		RSPCA's Preferred Cat Management Options.  Proceedings of Cat Management Workshop.  Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage  pp69-72
Day, CT, (1997)		Shelter Sadness- The "Life and Death" Statistics of an  Animal Shelter and Local Authority Serving an Australian  Capital City ASAVA Conference Proceeding 1997.