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<span style="color: rgb(28, 206, 60); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Veterinarians <span style="color: rgb(169, 88, 228); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 218, 0);"> Veterinarians need to take classes in math and sciences and take many demanding exams before entering and graduating veterinary school and begin the practice of veterinary medicine and experiencing the benefits and drawbacks of the job. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(235, 20, 85);"> To be a veterinarian there are many requirements <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(235, 20, 20);">. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> First of all, a veterinarian needs to have experience with animals, enjoy <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">working <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> with animals, have good social skills, and have good grades in different sciences and math in middle school. In high school, they need to take classes strongly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"> influencing <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> the sciences and math and biology and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">earn <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">good grades in those classes. In college, undergraduate pre-veterinary coursework is 3-4 years.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(241, 75, 75);">There are only 28 veterinary schools in the whole U.S. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> This <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">makes <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> entry to veterinary schools highly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(175, 50, 231);"> competitive <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> and hard to get into. Acceptance to schools is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 0, 218);">highly weighed on veterinary experience, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(175, 50, 231);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">such as work with a veterinarian, previous work with scientists in labs, or research and health science, experience with animals, such as work at an animal shelter, farm, or stable, extracurricular activities, and grades. UWM <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">accepts <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> only about eighty students per year (Becoming). In the whole U.S., 2100 students <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">graduate <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> per year and 8500 <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">enter <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> each year. 75% of entrants are women. Pre-veterinary courses should <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">influence <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> the sciences, such as chemistry, physology, physics, zoology, and etc. (Veterinarians) There are two phases in most veterinary colleges. The first phase is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"> based <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> around preclinical sciences; anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, and microbiology. Most time is spent in laboratory study, and classrooms. The second phase is mostly clinical; students <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">will learn <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> the principal of medical and surgery in classrooms and hands on experience. The knowledge <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">will be tested <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> in a clinical setting, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">supervised <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> by a veterinary school graduate, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">performing <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> surgery, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">treating <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> animals for various purposes, and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">dealing <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> with pet owners and people. (Veterinarians) To become a veterinarian, a person must have four years of college education, and an additional four years of veterinary school. Then before being able to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">begin <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> practice of veterinary medicine, the student must pass a <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 0, 254);">demanding <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> "National Veterinary Medical Board Exam". To practice in each state, a state board exam must <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">be passed <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. Finally, the student must <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">graduate <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> with a "Doctor of Veterinary Medicine" degree, from the four year program, at an <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 0, 218);">accredited <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> college of veterinary medicine. (Becoming)

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(245, 112, 121);">Typical work of a veterinarian varies from a wildlife veterinarian, treating wild animals or zoo animals, to a private clinical veterinarian, treating small, companion animals. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> In a private clinic, the vet will usually only <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"> treat <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(175, 50, 231);">companion animals or food animals <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> (animals <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">being raised <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> to be <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(175, 50, 231);">slaughtered <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> for food, such as cattle, sheep, or pigs.). They may or may not <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">work <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> out of a truck heavily loaded with <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(175, 50, 231);">equipment <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. They sometimes <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">may work <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> outside in all different kinds of weather, mainly when <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">treating <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> cattle, sheep, horses, or other 'farm animals'. A clinic is a more common type of private veterinary work. A typical, public <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(175, 50, 231);">/cooperate <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> veterinary clinic <span style="color: rgb(7, 7, 8); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">works <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">more with small, companion animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits, and possibly other small animals such as hamsters, guinea pigs, birds, and reptiles. (Veterinarians) "At East Towne, a typical day for me is usually surgery in the morning 8-noon, and then in the afternoon, is usually <span style="color: rgb(169, 88, 228); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);"> treating <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> sick animals, or just <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">giving <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> checkups." (Dr. Kelly Kasum, DVM) A typical day varies at different clinics, but the average day for a veterinary clinic is usually open early, so that pet owners <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">can bring <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> their pets for treatment before they go to work. In-patient pets are a <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(175, 50, 231);"> priority, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> usually because they have either had surgery or another treatment and need to be <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(175, 50, 231);">monitored. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> The most typical work day is working with small animals, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">giving <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> vaccinations, checkups, and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">treating <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> sick animals. Even though a veterinarian <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(175, 50, 231);">primarily <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> deals with working with animals, people (pet owners) must be <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(175, 50, 231);">dealt <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">with also. A good veterinarian must be <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(175, 50, 231);">sympathetic and have a good bedside manner <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. Pet owners become more and more attached to their pets, and want good treatment. Also, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">talking and meeting <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> with other veterinarians is another way of dealing with people. Veterinarians often <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">consult <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> each other on different cases and issues. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(175, 50, 231);">Working together toward the benefit of the animals is common. (How) <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(244, 113, 113);"> Although there are many benefits of the job, there are also some drawbacks. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">As any job, the work can be occasionaly dangerous. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">Working <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> with large animals, such as a large, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(175, 50, 231);">aggressive <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> dog can be dangerous, as well as <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">working <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> with cattle, sheep, and horses, large animals that are not used to being <span style="color: rgb(169, 88, 228); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">worked <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">with. However, most veterinarians <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> enough experience to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">keep <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> the danger low, and to not be harmed. Another drawback, is the fact that there are only 28 veterinary colleges in the U.S. This <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">makes <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> it very hard to get into <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(175, 50, 231);">veterinary school, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> and when <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">accepted <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, the work is very competitive. One other drawback is the fact that a veterinarian <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">is on call <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 24/7. Any time a patient <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">is injured <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, even in the middle of the night, a veterinarian must go and <span style="color: rgb(7, 7, 8); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">treat <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> it. However, more and more 24 hour emergency vet clinics are beginning to open, so normal daytime veterinarians do not have to be on call at night. Usually, a veterinarian <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">will work <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> past the average age of retiring, because of the amount of time is takes to go through veterinary school, and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">earn <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(190, 121, 241);">degree, then start actually <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">practicing <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(190, 121, 241);"> veterinary medicine.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(246, 121, 135);">There are more benefits of the job then there are drawbacks. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">One benefit is that veterinarians are paid highly. The actual <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(175, 50, 231);">salary of a vet varies, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">depending on the type of work they do, but the average salary is about $75,000-$85,770 per year. (Best) Another benefit, is that since veterinary school is so hard to be <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 0, 254);">accepted <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> into, after <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">graduating <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, jobs <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">are <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> widely <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">available. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Jobs are not difficult to find. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">Working <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> with animals every day can either be a drawback or a benefit. Veterinarians need to enjoy work with animals, so this is usually a benefit. Also, vacations, sick days, and possibly health insurance expenses <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">lowered <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. If the veterinarian <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">is working <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> for the government or industry, health care, health insurance, continued education <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 0, 254);">expenses tend <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">to be the benefits. The best benefit is the feeling that an animal is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">helped <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> and possibly had its life <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">saved <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, due to the veterinarian. <span style="color: rgb(169, 88, 228); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">

<span style="color: rgb(47, 181, 28); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> The end! <span style="color: rgb(169, 88, 228); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 198); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(236, 140, 65); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
 * FINAL DRAFT:: **

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Animal Abuse <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Imagine you are taking a walk. Suddenly, you see a dog, chained up in a yard, clearly abused and neglected. Its fur is matted, its ears are distorted, and it has open cuts and gashes. You suspect it has been used for fighting and other abuse. How do you handle this situation? You may be tempted to ignore this situation because it is “not your problem” or that someone else can handle it. However, you may be the only one aware of the problem. You need to report the case immediately. <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Over 43,000 animals are abused each year. Out of that 5600 die. Most commonly, dogs and cats are abused, but other animals are too. Most commonly, they are neglected, abandoned, and are used for fighting or are shot. These are only a few ways that animals are abused. Studies show that people who abuse animals, are often linked to other abuse cases, such as child abuse or elderly people abuse, and other crimes. If people were more aware of what animal abuse is, they would be able to identify it when they see it and report it. Then more animals would be saved. <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Animal abuse is very harsh, cruel, and sad. For example, 2 boys tied a 3 month-old puppy’s ears, mouth, and nose shut with duct tape, so tight that she could barely breathe. They then dunked her in paint and tried to light her on fire with a lighter. The lighter did not work, so they then threw her in the oven. Her body was so charred that the investigators said they could not even tell that it was a dog. <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Some people may say that animal abuse is ok. They may say that the animal is “their property” and that they can do what they want with it. They may say that it is only an animal. What they don’t understand is that animals are living creatures and they deserve to be treated fairly too. Just because animals cannot talk does not mean they do not have any rights. Other people just do not feed their animal and neglect it. They may think that since they are not physically and directly abusing it that it is not abuse, but it is. The animal is counting on you for food and care. They have no other way of getting food or water. Other people say that they do not support or like animal abuse, but they do not really know what it is or how cruel it is. If they see it, they may not even know that it is animal abuse. If people are more informed on animal abuse, more cases can be reported and more animals saved. <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">If you see animal abuse, report it to your local humane society or police. It may only be one animal, but chances are, if there is one animal, there are most likely more being abused. Another way to help is to simply get informed on animal abuse, and inform others. This will help for more cases to get reported and save more animals.