BLACKSBURG, Va., April 28 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
In a small animal clinic in Powhatan, Virginia, a teenage Jessica Waltersheld an8-week-old puppy while a veterinarian put it down.
The puppy had a broken leg from jumping off a doghouse with the owner's son. The owner, hearing the cost,opted to euthanize instead.
"It was kind of my opposite of the James Herriot moment,"said Walters, '09,Ph.D. '14,DVM '16."I knew at that point in time that I couldn't be a small animal vet, because I have the knowledge and the equipment to help you, and I can't, because of the money."
She still wanted to be a veterinarian. She just knew she wanted to be one on a different scale:population he...