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Maddie's Fund To Give $1.25 Million to the College of Veterinary
Medicine at Western University
ALAMEDA, CA - September 27, 2002 (INB) -- Maddie's Fund, the Pet Rescue
Foundation (http://www.maddiesfund.org), has awarded $250,000.00 to
support the first year of a new Shelter Medicine Program at the College
of Veterinary Medicine at Western University in Pomona, California. The
$250,000 grant is part of a $1.25 million proposal to be implemented
over five years. The program will be named Maddie's(SM) Shelter Medicine
Program after the beloved Miniature Schnauzer of Maddie's Fund founders
Dave and Cheryl Duffield.
Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program is intended to help achieve the
Maddie's Fund no-kill nation goal by educating veterinary students in
shelter medicine, collaborating with animal shelters to directly and
significantly reduce the number of dogs and cats killed in shelters, and
providing continuing education in shelter medicine for veterinarians,
veterinary technicians, and animal shelter personnel. To accomplish
these ends, the University intends to integrate no-kill philosophy and
methods into its core curriculum for veterinary students; provide
medical consultation and other services to animal shelters, including
no-kill animal shelters; and make clinical experiences at no-kill
shelters a significant component of its program.
Established in 1998, the College of Veterinary Medicine at Western
University is the first new veterinary school to open in more than two
decades. Located 35 miles east of Los Angeles, it is the only
veterinary college in Southern California and will admit its first class
in the fall of 2003. The school is committed to a reverence-for-life
philosophy in teaching veterinary medicine. "Our students will learn all
the technical skills they need to be competent professionals-and they
will do it in a manner that does not harm animals in the process," said
Dean Shirley Johnson, DVM, PhD.
"Maddie's Fund is very excited about investing in Western
University," said Maddie's Fund Veterinary Consultant, Dr. Laurie Peek.
"The school's ethic of compassion is in perfect harmony with Maddie's
no-kill vision and philosophy."
About Maddie's Fund
Maddie's Fund, The Pet Rescue Foundation (http://www.maddiesfund.org),
is a family foundation endowed through the generosity of Cheryl and
Dave Duffield, PeopleSoft Founder and Board Chairman. The foundation
is helping to fund the creation of a no-kill nation. The first step
is to help create programs that guarantee loving homes for all
adoptable (healthy) shelter dogs and cats throughout the country.
The next step will be to save the sick and injured pets in
animal shelters nationwide. Maddie's Fund is named after the
family's beloved Miniature Schnauzer who passed away in 1997.
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