In celebration of the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine’s 125th anniversary, the entire community is invited to visit the Pullman campus for cake, an update from Dean Dori Borjesson, a variety of lawn games, and a showing of the award-winning international film War Tails on Friday, Oct. 4.
Free vanilla, chocolate and gluten-free cake options will be available to anyone in the community from 3–5 p.m. — or until the cake is gone — at the college’s Cake on the Lawn event. The event will take place on the Bustad Lawn in front of WSU’s Bustad Hall, directly across Grimes Way from WSU’s Lighty Student Services Building.
Games and activities will include a digital photobooth, trivia, cornhole, ladder ball and other traditional lawn games. Prizes will be awarded to game winners and Butch T. Cougar is expected to make an appearance.
Following the Cake on the Lawn event the college will host a free screening of the international documentary War Tails from 5–6:30 p.m. in the Compton Student Union (CUB) Auditorium.
The film, in line with the college’s Rabies Free Africa program mission to eliminate rabies by 2030, investigates the harsh reality faced by more than 1 million homeless pets in Ukraine and the team working to rescue them. As the dedicated veterinarians and volunteers assemble, their mission becomes saving animals and people from rising rabies cases in the war-torn region.
“Rabies is a preventable disease that takes the lives of tens of thousands each year,” said Dean Dori Borjesson. “Vaccinating dogs is not just a local responsibility but a global imperative. By ensuring widespread canine rabies vaccination in Ukraine, Africa and beyond, we can save both animal and human lives and move closer to eradicating this deadly disease on a global scale.”
Dan Fine, producer of the documentary and WSU alumnus, will introduce the film and a Q&A with College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Dori Borjesson, the film’s main subject Khrystyna Drahomaretska, Adam Parascandola from Humane Society International, and Mark Dyce, WSU alumnus and refugee pet volunteer, will follow.
View the War Tails trailer on YouTube. For more information, email Anna Wheatley at awheatley@wsu.edu.
