You do bring an interesting persepctive Johanna. Recently there was a thread on here about "do you work for the money or for the love of what you do?" Many people said "it's just a job."

I have a brother and a sister-in-law who are vets. Being a vet is not necessarily the road to riches. They went to college for seven plus years --...($$$!)... studying biology, chemistry, mathematics, anatomy etc...and have...like all of us...bills, mortgage, food, etc.

They went into the field because they love working with animals. But they still have to make a living. The average salary for a vet is not any higher than a professional with equivalent education and lower than many corporate jobs.

There are bad vets...doctors, dentist, lawyers and file clerks.

But to suggest that it is horrible that 90% of vets went into the field for money is silly at best.