WHO AM I __ #1

I am simply, a college student chasing her dream. Now I don't say dream[s] because I only have one dream. I want to become a veterinarian and help get all thehelpless animals that are abused and treated bad out of those abusive homes and into new ones. I want to get the poor homeless animals off the streets and into new loving homes. I feel like this is why I was put on this earth, to help the animals that weren't born with voices and give them a chance to speak, a chance at being loved. I feel like I have a gift of being able to understand animals and them being able to understand me (as crazy as that sounds).

My biggest influence is my very own dog and the faces of all the animals who are in shelters, taken from their abusive owners. My dog was adopted by me and my mother in August of 2007 and would cower at the sight of my hand as I would bend down to pet him. He is a small Jack Russell Terrier and the thought of any one hitting an animal that only weighs 15 pounds is horrific. He was beat enough times in his life before me that he feared the same hand that fed him, the same hand that was suppose to show him love and affection.

Animal cruelty is something that needs to be stopped all over the world. It takes place in simple things such as wearing a wool coat or having a leather wallet. People don't think about the animals that were brutally tortured as we enjoy those beautiful leather boots or that beautiful hat that has a stuffed bird on it. Now I am no angel. For I love eating pizza (that has cheese, which comes from dairy, that comes from cows who were tortured) and having a good wallet. I just don't see how and why people can find an animal screaming in pain and writhing in hurt, so amusing.

Looking at the big picture, there still is no justification in stabbing a cow or kicking a dog or burning a cat or whipping an elephant. I think what needs to happen is that people need to be educated on rights and wrongs of animal treatment. From a young age you see toddlers kicking at pigeons and pulling a dog's hair... going to the circus and being afraid of tigers and lions... thinking that when a dog growls at you when you are near their food is a "bad dog" and he should be "punished" -- when he is only doing what's natural for him (protecting his food).

I think that if I am successful, my personal biography will a good one. I think my personal experience as of yet is limited, but i've done my share of saving animals and finding them homes and getting homeless animals off the street -- and those few nights, I slept real good..