Pre-Vet club reaches out to Pierce community

Helen Ramirez

The Pre-Vet Club offers hands-on training with animals either in the farm or in a classroom setting, according to Kristopher Galang, 27, Public relations chair of the Pre-Vet club.

The club has over 100 members so the students can meet others that share the same love for animals and if they need help with homework the other students in the club can help, confirmed Galang.

21-year-old Carpio is the Vice President of the Pre-Veterinary Club (Pre-Vet).

“Most of the people we have are very young,” Carpio said. 

Many of them are 17 or 18 years old, but overall the club has members that range between the ages of 18 to 20.

“Most of the Pre-Vet students have like this drive,” Carpio said.

“Their all very driven and passionate.”

Jacqueline Pineda, a member of the Pre-Vet club said that she used to be a student that came to class and went straight home, but the Pre-Vet club has helped her change.

“Now, I’m here, and I’m all over the place,” Pineda said.

Pineda volunteers at an animal hospital and helps take care of the animals in the Pierce farm.

She describes how she has woken up early to come to Pierce and feed the animals.

“It makes you not want to eat meat,” Pineda said that after working at the farm.

Pineda loves meat, but after she’s worked in the farm and goes home to eat meat she said she often thinks, “Should I eat that? I was just with a cow.”

The Pre-Vet club also takes students on field trips to gain animal care experience, Galang added.

Recently, the Pre-Vet club took a field trip to learn about Asian elephants and got a chance to ride on them.

“We don’t just focus on animal care experience,” Galang said.

“We also donate time to the downtown women’s shelters. So there’s a lot more for, over all, bettering the community,” Galang added.

Originally, Caprio had her focus on fashion and attended Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM).

“There are two things I really loved, and it was fashion and animals,” Carpio said.

She wanted to do something as a “short career” to make money to pay for her major. After she finished at FIDM she came to Pierce to pursue her dream of becoming a veterinarian.

“A lot of people say I love animals and stuff but it’s a different feeling,” Carpio said.

“Just knowing that you’ve changed an animal’s life is really really extraordinary,” Carpio added.

“The feeling you have is just amazing. It’s like your heart just never thinks you’d ever love or like something so much,” Carpio said.

There’s no feeling like it in the world.”

The Pre-Vet club meets every Tuesday at 5:14 p.m. in the Animal Science building room 4100. All Pierce students interested are welcomed.

 

 

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