Tracy Bennett

DVM Diplomate American Board of Veterinary Practitioners - avian specialty

Dr. Bennett recieved her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Washington State University in 1994. She was one of the first students from WSU to enroll in the exotic animal track. While at WSU, she was the recipient of the Association of Avian Veterinarians scholarship. She began exotic pet practice in Seattle with the late Robert Shelley DVM, immediately after graduation. She founded the Bird and Exotic Clinic of Seattle in 1997 with her husband Dr. Lejnieks. Dr. Bennett became a board certified avian specialist in 2000. She is a past president of the Pacific Northwest Association of Avian and Exotic Veterinarians and is a board member of the Cockatoo Rescue and Sanctuary. She has assisted the Cockatoo Rescue and Sanctuary, the Pacific Northwest Herpetological Society, Seattle Animal Shelter, PAWS Wildlife and many other animal rescue organizations. Dr. Bennett has been a speaker at the Internation Conference of Exotics and recently spoke at the annual Association of Avian and Exotic Veterinarians in Savannah, Georgia.