After spending the past few years running a pet food bank in her community, Zhawanoogbiik Danielle Riley of Chippewas of the Thames is heading off to study veterinary medicine at Lakehead University. She wants to focus on large animal care so she can help pets like Reba, her American miniature horse.
This week Chippewas of the Thames community members are bidding a bittersweet goodbye to Zhawanoogbiik Danielle Riley, an 18-year-old who's devoted much of her young life to helping animals. Members of Chippewas of the Thames First Nation are bidding a bittersweet goodbye to Zhawanoogbiik Danielle Riley this week, an 18-year-old who's devoted much of her life to helping animals in the Indigenous community near London, Ont.
At Lakehead, she will study veterinary medicine with a focus on large animal care. Since the pandemic, Riley has run and operated a pet food bank on the ranch where she lives with her family.It's a place where people can pick up free pet food but also — through relationships Riley has built with outside organizations — access sterilization surgeries for their animals and other services.
"I know that from owning horses, it's very difficult to find vets for large animals," she said. "So being able to bring that piece of education and come back is going to help our community and the surrounding area."
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