These men and women do not practice human medicine, but they do pure science, touch hearts and save lives with the same professionalism. To be a veterinarian is to understand the body language of animals. They are heroes and heroines in defense of animal welfare.
Giving love in exchange for grunts is their main mission with gloves and medical gowns on. Without exception they hold paws and heal sores, they battle deadly diseases in exchange for a bite. To be a veterinarian is to accredit the immortality of nature and to want to preserve it, to hear the meows, moos, whinnies, cackles and barks and to interpret them.
To identify oneself with this vocation is to enjoy the wet earth, the countryside, the mountains, the open spaces, the moon, the rain; it is not to care if animals think, but to understand that they suffer.
To love veterinary science is to get closer to instincts, to lose fears, to win friends who almost never disappoint you, to detest enclosures and cages, to spend time appreciating herds, flocks and flights of birds.
To choose animal science is to know how to decipher wagging tails, affectionate scratches and affectionate bites, it is to be able to understand sad eyes, drooping ears, restlessness or abnormal rest.
To be a veterinarian is to recognize gestures and attitudes of pain in order to alleviate them, it is to have the courage to enter a different world and be the same. To be a veterinarian is to participate daily in the miracle of life, to protect the animal kingdom with profound teachings.
