A day with the Emergency and Critical Care service in the Lewis Small Animal Hospital at the Veterinary Medical Center
 

Outreach at the College of Veterinary Medicine is driven by students and focused on community.

Mary Austin says spending time with her miniature donkey, Hardy Davidson, melts her cares away. Austin adopted 15-year-old Hardy just under a year ago. The two became fast friends and even developed a greeting: Hardy welcomes Austin to his paddock with enthusiastic braying.

In July 2018, Annette Hakala began fostering a sweet female pit bull mix who was full of surprises—four, to be exact.

Lacy Dunsmore describes her three-year-old quarter horse, Zeus, as easygoing. “He puts up with anything you throw at him and never misses a beat.” 

The University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine works to combat the industry-wide mental illness epidemic in veterinary medicine

Exploring the full landscape of veterinary medicine