UA News: A Pasture of Professors
The University of Arizona's teaching herd provides College of Veterinary Medicine students education straight from the horses' mouths.
Chris Richards / University Communications
This excerpt was taken from UANews.
Dominique Williams grew up with a "healthy fear" of horses. They are large, prone to skittishness and slightly unpredictable.
"A lot of people call horses big cats, and I've found that to be true," Williams said. "They startle easily, and if they're startled, I am going to get concerned. For me, it was fight or flight."
Despite her initial misgivings, Williams experienced fear's transformation into burgeoning respect thanks to the time she spent working with the horses, sheep and cattle that comprise the teaching herd living at the University of Arizona's Campus Agricultural Center.