I'm a veterinarian. I look after sick and injured animals. 
That sounds like such a rewarding job! What kind of animals do you usually care for?
I can work with all species, but I work with domestic animals like cats and dogs rather than wild animals. 
I don't blame you! Household pets are probably a little easier to handle! How did you get started in your profession?
I have always loved animals and always wanted to get into veterinary medicine. 
That's awesome! What kind of services do you provide? Do you perform surgery, or anything similar?
Yes, I do lots of spay and neuter surgeries, adn I also treat many cuts and infections. Lately ticks are a real problem. 
Ew! I can't stand ticks! Thank goodness there are people out there like you to help our pets! What else do you like about being a vet?
Ticks of domestic animals
Ticks of domestic animals directly cause poor health and loss of production to their hosts by many parasitic mechanisms. Ticks also transmit numerous kinds of viruses, bacteria, and protozoa between domestic animals. These microbes cause diseases which can be severely debilitating or fatal to domestic animals, and may also affect humans. Ticks are especially important to domestic animals in tropical and subtropical countries, where the warm climate enables many species to flourish. Also, the large populations of wild animals in warm countries provide a reservoir of
said, "We’ve proved that you can operate without killing. It’s twice the work for us, but it can be done, and it’s very rewarding to operate that way.”
By early 2012, in five years of running the municipal shelter, RAPS had "handled more than 2,000 dogs, 1,800 cats, 300 rabbits, 50 farm animals, 350 small animals (like birds, reptiles and ferrets) and temporarily housed 1,500 injured wildlife." "Wildlife such as skunks, raccoons and birds are