Disaster Search Dog Teams Honored by College of Veterinary Medicine At Western University of Health Sciences.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com POMONA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2001 Eight of the California advanced search dog teams recently returned from service at ground zero in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of were honored in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. today by the College of Veterinary Medicine veterinary medicine, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of animals. An early interest in animal diseases is found in ancient Greek writings on medicine. Veterinary medicine began to achieve the stature of a science with the organization of the first school in the at Western University of Health Sciences Founded in 1977 with a student body of 36, it now has over 2,000 students. The College of Veterinary Medicine was the first to open in the country in 20 years and the first in Southern California. , located in Pomona, 35 miles east of the downtown area. In conjunction with its annual "A Tribute to Caring" fundraising event, the University donated $15,000 to the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (NDSDF NDSDF National Disaster Search Dog Foundation ), a non-profit organization that turns rescued and donated dogs into the FEMA-certified rescue dogs. The organization sent a total of 13 dogs and their handlers to the World Trade Center site after the terrorist attacks to search for victims. Presiding over the event was Shirley Johnston, DVM DVM Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. DVM abbr. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine DVM Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. , Ph.D., founding dean of the college, which is the first and only veterinary medical school in Southern California. Debra Tosch, NDSDF executive director and a search dog handler herself, accepted the donation on behalf of her organization, which is based in Ojai, Calif. Handlers and dogs from Los Angeles, San Diego and Sacramento, Calif. were present to receive commemorative medallions and certificates. Among the ranks of handlers were firefighters, a paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic and a stockbroker. The event took place in Los Angeles at the Animal Specialty Group, a provider of state-of-the-art veterinary medical and surgical care and one of the college's principal teaching institutions. As a response to the terrorist acts, Western University diverted 20 percent of proceeds from the fundraiser, which usually benefit the university's scholarship fund, to relief organizations working to help victims and their families of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. In addition to the donation to the Foundation, 10 percent of the funds raised were sent to the "Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund." Four of the university's five colleges train students to become pharmacists, osteopathic physicians, physical therapists, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants. The university's College of Veterinary Medicine will open its doors to its charter class of students in fall 2003. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.110201/bb7 |
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