Our profession has the second highest suicide rate of any professional group in the country. Some studies indicate that as high as 1 in 6 veterinarians has considered suicide. Read more.

We are an adoption guarantee facility. This means that EVERY animal considered adoptable by our veterinarians, will be cared for until an acceptable adoption family is identified.

New graduating veterinarians now have an average of $183,000 in student debt.

Veterinary and Veterinary technician students do not have access to good, applied learning experiences.

For anyone interested in learning about the veterinary profession, it is difficult to find paying work that is animal related. Most places want volunteers.

The profession lacks leaders and mentors to guide and encourage future professionals.

Many veterinarians become business owners. Currently there is little, if any, education in veterinary school related to running a business.

Most veterinarians (59%) would NOT recommend that their own children or friends enter the profession.

More than half of the veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the profession, feel that a very negative and toxic culture prevails in veterinary medicine today. A true sense of disappointment and lack of hope is a constant theme.