Very few veterinarians are Black. These students are trying to change that
Kia Williams and Taylor Emery are students at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg. They recently launched a local chapter of the National Association of Black Veterinarians (SNABV). Williams is the chapter’s president. (Credit: Roxy Todd)
Nationally, only about three percent of all veterinarians are Black, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Students at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg are working to change those statistics, as Roxy Todd reports.
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