Originally posted by slleipnir
I actually dont think I want to be a vet. Main for the fact you have to kill perfectly health animals sometimes and its hard seeing people when theyve lost a pet...
They generally aren't perfectly healthy animals, but I understand how hard it can be when we're talking about a being we view as a friend. But thank God for the people who CAN do it; what a horrible world it would be if there were no veterinarians!

My father brought a cat to school for a biology class he was teaching (back in the '40s - before I came along). He had to euthanize it then prepare it for the class. I had major resentment for that until I grew older and began to understand things a little more.

As to perfectly healthy animals, the way you keep them that way is to "vet" them from time to time. Sometimes it's hard to perform an uncomfortable procedure on your animal friend, but it beats letting them continue in illness or injury.

By the way, did you know that the cat's anatomy (unlike the apre of monkey, as so many still believe) is more like human anatomy than any other being on this planet?