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THE BATTALION
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Wednesday, April 10, 2002
An animal’s 911
Aggie 5 for Animal Rescue bring
hope to abandoned animals
By Beth Muldoon
THE BATTALION
Cristalle Martin, president of Aggies
for Animal Rescue (AAR) and a senior bio
medical science major, said the best thing
about volunteering with AAR is the chance to
make a difference in the community and the lives
of animals.
“Although we do not rescue animals directly, we
volunteer at the animal shelter and other local res
cue organizations,” Martin said. “This gives stu
dents, faculty and staff a chance to indirectly serve
the community and help to rescue animals at the
same time.”
Martin said AAR is a recognized student
organization that consists of students, faculty and
staff from departments across campus. Its goal is
to provide members with an opportunity to
broaden their knowledge of several aspects of the
animal-related field through trips, speakers
and hands-on experience with animals.
Martin said the group provides support to
local animal rescue organizations such as
Golden Retriever Rescue and the Search
Dog Network.
“Since most of our members
are students, we don’t have
the financial support to res
cue animals directly”
Martin said. “However, we
do provide them with volun
teer support.”
For three years, AAR
has been helping ani
mals. Among other
activities, AAR traps
cats for the Brazos Feral
Cat Allies, cleans and trims goat feet and horse
hooves and tours the Texas Cooperative Wildlife
Collection.
Another of AAR’s main goals is to educate the
Bryan and College Station communities about ani
mal rescue. However, AAR recruits professionals
to give presentations at its meetings so members
are also educated.
Jim Yeager, a member of Texas Task Force 1 and
the Search Dog Network, and his partner. Flash, a 7-
year-old golden retriever, recently visited one of
AAR’s organizational meetings. Yeager said there
are many different types of search dogs.
“Flash has been trained for wilderness searches to
find lost people,” Yeager said. “He once found a
body that had been buried for 15 years.”
Flash proved his honing skills during a demon
stration where he located Yeager’s wife, who was
hidden somewhere on West Campus. He found her in
less than five minutes, with a little help and instruc
tion from Yeager, his owner and partner.
Julie Storm, the public relations representative for
AAR, said the organization is working on a new edu
cation program for Bryan and College Station.
“We plan to go to elementary schools and give a
presentation which will include how to take care of
animals, the importance of spaying and neutering
and fun facts about animals,” Storm said. “We want
to teach information that is fun and interesting, but at
the same time important.”
Martin said students of any major can be a mem
ber of Aggies for Animal Rescue.
“Our members range from biomedical science
and animal science majors to economics and chem
istry majors,” Martin said. “Everyone and anyone is
welcome to join AAR.”
AAR will hold its final meeting for the semester
April 27 at 7 p.m. in Kleberg Center 127.
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