Human-Animal Bond

The Spokesman-Review

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Phyllis Erdman was the 2024 distinguished lecturer of the 2024 Bustad Lecture.  Her talk was on the human-animal bond’s role in veterinary education. If you were unable to attend the event, you can watch her talk and see the powerpoint presentation here. The Bustad Lecture is an annual honor of late veterinarian and longtime WSU College […]

Associated Press

Phyllis Erdman will discuss the human-animal bond’s role in veterinary education as the distinguished lecturer of the 2024 Bustad Lecture at 5 p.m. Friday, March 22, in room 1002 of the Animal Disease Biotechnology Facility building on the Washington State University Pullman campus

Scott Campbell’s role at WSU reflects a growing recognition of the grief associated with a pet’s death and the toll veterinary care can take on people in the profession.

Presented in recognition of a more than four-decade-long career dedicated to helping others.

A “Celebration of Life and Remembrance for Our Animal Companions” offers pet owners and veterinary care teams an opportunity to reflect on animals who have passed. The free event will take please Oct. 21 inside the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center.

A beautiful green hosta plant, full with bright and fragrant summer blooms, accentuates nine neatly placed stones in a corner of Jack Crossen’s backyard. The stones, Crossen says, represent the nine lives of cats and mark the final resting spot of his beloved ragdoll cat, Riley. “For weeks after he died, I would go out […]

Meg Daley Olmert will give the 2023 Bustad Lecture at 5 p.m. March 24 on the WSU Pullman campus. The lecture will also be live-streamed.