Every summer, students in the College of Veterinary Medicine volunteer their time to travel to across the U.S. with the Humane Society’s Rural Area Veterinary Service. This year they will be traveling to the Turtle Mountain and Cheyenne River Indian reservations in North and South Dakota. Many people on these reservations are elderly, unemployed, and live without running water. Two-thirds of the population survives on less than one-third of the American average income. Their livestock and companion animals have no local veterinary service.
For two weeks in July, OSU students will help at a temporary clinic offering free spay/neuter and wellness care to over 1,000 animals on these reservations. The team will also treat animals with pre-existing conditions such as wound care, injuries, parvovirus and distemper. You can make a difference in the lives of these animals and their people by helping to pay for travel and supplies: https://www.crowdrise.com/teamturtlemtncheyenneriver/fundraiser/jenniferkelsey.
