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Colorado Sun: Colorado pet owners bark about the high — and rising — cost of caring for their companions
The Dumb Friends League Veterinary Hospital at CSU Spur, near the Stockyards Events Center, offers a wide variety of donor-subsidized services — everything from urgent care to surgery to spay and neuter procedures ... Part of the reason the DFL set up the facility here is that it sits in the midst of a “veterinary desert,” says Rachel Heatley, director of advocacy for the organization.
Denver Gazette: Colorado’s veterinary shortage
“There’s a veterinary shortage and this is not just in Colorado. It’s at least nationwide, if not worldwide,” said Rachel Heatley, director of advocacy at Dumb Friends League, part of the Vet Care Coalition. “But in Colorado, it’s particularly odd, because we have one of the top veterinary schools in the world here, and we still don’t have enough veterinarians.”
Custom-built mobile VR science lab takes innovative learning experiences statewide
From county fairs to schools, CVMBS alum Sarah Haynes walks visitors to Sci on the Fly along a table covered in fascinating biology samples sure to spark the interest of even the most shy passersby: antlers, animal skulls – one with its brain still intact! – a set of lungs, snake skin, bisected hooves, and more.
State Magazine: Animal Attraction
The virtual reality lab in Vida features a program that’s improving anatomy education worldwide.
State Magazine: Horsing Around
Equine athletes make a splash at new veterinary clinic in the Vida building.
Rocky Mountain PBS: A new Dumb Friends League hospital seeks to lessen the costly burden of veterinary care
VIDEO: The Dumb Friends League Veterinary Hospital at CSU Spur, which opened its doors just last month, will provide low-cost veterinary care to the Globeville, Elyria, and Swansea neighborhoods and beyond. As a satellite campus, CSU Spur merges research, education, and art into three buildings around water, food, and health.
Fox 31: New CSU campus at National Western Complex stacked with variety
The new Colorado State University Spur campus at the National Western Complex is being called a laboratory, a veterinary clinic, a market, a museum, an art studio, a classroom and more.
A window on veterinary medicine: Dumb Friends League opens innovative hospital in the Vida building
In January, the Dumb Friends League will open a new veterinary hospital on the CSU Spur campus at the National Western Center in north Denver. It is the first veterinary hospital in the nation to put medical care for pets on full display for visitors. Nearly 100 CSU veterinary students will train each year with the Dumb Friends League.
See, Do, Learn: The new CSU Spur campus is the educational anchor at the National Western Center
Spur is focused entirely on public education, research, and community outreach. And its programs center on food, water, and animal and human health.
Building for the Future
An update on college construction projects