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Pets are popular with KU students
Boots tucks his paws and tail in close and nestles down in the grass with a milk bone.
Special to the Kansan
By Anne PeressIn
Zach Campbell, Wichita senior, runs one hand over Boots' shiny coat and holds open an environmental studies book with the other.
Thirty minutes later they both break for a game of frisbee.
"He needs exercise, and we both need to relax." Gambbell said.
KU's campus is a stimulating academic environment and often an animal kingdom as well. Dogs rest under trees all over campus, waiting for their owners to retrieve them after classes. Puppies and even ferrets have roamed Wescote Beach.
"She requires all my free time really," Lucy Kidgway, Kerrville, Texas senior, said of her dog, Bailev.
Many students sacrifice their limited amount of leisure time for their pets.
Ridgway said Bailey was slightly difficult to handle when she was a puppy because she to take Bailey out constantly and walk her. Bailey, now a little over a year old, has calmed down somewhat and become more accustomed to her environment.
Many student find that their pets are added burdens when looking for places to live. Because students move frequently, they face an array of landlords and regulations that often prohibit pets.
For example, Campbell just moved out of an apartment that does not allow pets into a house where Boots can live, too. Some simply cannot find living arrangements with enough space for their pets.
David Hebert, Wichita senior, searched for more than two months before he found a house that had a yard big enough for his purebred black Labrador retriever, Sage, who Hebert bought in Montana a year ago. Although the house is 12 miles from campus, Sage appreciates the 10 acres of land surrounding the house, giving him freedom to roam.
"I have to live somewhere with a yard," Hebert said. "I'd never think of shutting Sage up inside. It's
wrong to confine him and trap him that way. He needs space to run."
Ridway sometimes leaves Bailey with a friend when she goes out at night. When in class, Ridway often ties Bailey to a tree on campus, leaving her to soak up rays and all kinds of attention.
Despite the chunk of time and money her dog requires, Ridgway said that Bailey was worth it. She thinks it is important to spend free time with her dog.
"Dogs are very loyal," Ridgway said. "They really appreciate what you do for them. You can see how dogs have been treated by watching them."
Campbell and Ridgway both said that food and the rare trips to the vet were inexpensive. Campbell estimated that Boots cost him an average of $20 to $30 a month.
Tony Friede, Lawrence graduate,
believes just as firmly as Campbell
and Ridgway do that the time and
money invested in a pet pay off.
"They are absolutely worth it," he said, stroking the downy-white belly of his purring cat, Mel, who had just jumped into his lap.
Friede cannot just pack his bags and leave town anymore. He first has to make arrangements for 10-month-old Mel.
He bought Mel at the Lawrence Humane Society last spring because he did not like coming home to an empty apartment.
Mel only cost $18.50, but her required spaying cost $40. State policy requires that every animal adopted from the shelter be spayed or neutered. An applicant for adoption has to pay the humane society the spaying or neutering fee before the animal leaves the shelter, to ensure that the animal reaches the vet's office.
Edmee Rodriguez / KANSAN
About 40 to 45 percent of applicants are students. About half of these applicants are rejected, said Renee Harris, manager of the Lawrence Humane Society.
The shelter does a thorough background check on each applicant to verify that he or she is able to care for the animal, Harris said. About 2 1/2 years ago, 30 percent of all adopted animals returned to the shelter after adoption. Now only 3 to 4 percent return.
Zach Campbell, Wichita senior, walks his dog Boots. Campbell is one of several students willing to spend the money necessary to take care of a pet.
Students have returned animals to the shelter when they have moved. Others have left pets in empty apartments or houses.
"Dealing with people's ignorance is pretty tough sometimes," Harris said.
Friede will be moving to a job in
Denver in two months, and his cat and fish will accompany him. The reason they are going with him is simple.
"It's unconditional love," Frieda said. "It doesn't matter whether you've had a good day or bad day, they always love you just the same."
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