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If you already have a clear idea of the type of job or day-to-day activity that you think you''ll end up pursuing (i.e. have a veterinary practice but also work as a consultant for the SPCA), you might want to explain that in more detail. But that''s highly optional; the essay, as it stands, at least makes the connection between the two programs more concrete.

8. RE: CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH. OK, I scrapped it. It was too abstract and dreamy. On the cheesy side. It''s best not too wax poetic right at the end, especially when the body of your essay is already both colorful and persuasive. By wrapping up with the previous paragraph, the text doesn''t just peter out -- it ends on a concrete and memorable note. As a result, the entire essay feels tighter and more cohesive.

Congratulations on a great job and a very interesting career, and best of luck with the application process.

Regards,


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Edited Essay:

Describe your interest in animal issues; why do you want to pursue a Masters of Science in Animals and Public Policy?; What do you feel this program will give you?

It didn''t happen in one day. When I look back and try to pinpoint the moment when I started to see things differently, too many events come to mind. Was it when I first read Jane Goodall''s "In the Shadow of Man"? Or in junior high, when talk of endangered species, habitat loss, acid rain, and ozone layer depletion became commonplace? Did it occur when I had to euthanize my first litter of kittens because of pet overpopulation? There are other possibilities: when I saw David Suzuki give a live talk on deforestation and our ecological foot print, for instance, or during college, when I learned about the harmful effects of large-scale farming.

Somewhere along the way, I realized that I needed to do more than merely recycle pop bottles, avoid aerosol cans, and make sure my animals were neutered and well cared for. All of these experiences have helped me develop the awareness that drives me today. Animals have always played a significant role in my life. I grew up in rural Canada as an only child for the first six years of my life, and during that time my pets were my constant companions. I played make-believe not with dolls or other little girls, but with the barn cats, who were nice enough to tolerate the dresses and baby carriages. My sheep dog Charlie treated me as one of his flock, herding me from place to place as he saw fit. When my sister and cousins were born, they became part of my circle of friends, but Charlie and the other animals were never excluded from our games. I simply assumed everyone loved animals as much as I did.

My first experience with animal cruelty came when I was in fourth grade. Two older kids with a sadistic streak tied one of my classmates to a tree and tortured his kitten in front of him. I still remember the description of the torture from the newspaper: the kitten had sticks shoved trough his body, and his eyes had been gouged out. I cried for weeks afterwards. I don''t know what happened to the two boys, but I suspect that the incident was treated as yet another case of "boys will be boys."

Since then, I have since witnessed first-hand many other atrocities committed against animals while working at an SPCA. Dogs dragged behind snowmobiles, cats with their limbs frozen off, horses starved to death, and innumerable puppies and kittens thrown away like so much garbage. Determined to help stop the abuse, I became involved with activism and policy, assisting in fund-raising activities and writing letters protesting the unfair treatment of animals.

While earning my B.Sc. in Agriculture, I learned that the family farm was an ideal of the past. Farming has become big business, and the results of large-scale operations include overcrowding, antibiotic and pesticide use, and clearcutting of the rainforest. Knowing that I had to contribute to environmental protection on a personal level, I made the decision to eat only free range meat. Limiting my meat consumption proved no easy task, since free range meat is often hard to obtain in small quantities and prohibitively expensive for a student. Finally, convinced by the literature on animal welfare and the environmental movement supporting complete abstinence from meat consumption, I decided to give vegetarianism a try. Giving up meat was perhaps the most difficult thing I have ever done.

Nothing tasted better than a bloody rare barbecued steak or strips of deliciously greasy bacon, yet I knew that proper policy-making had to start with personal sacrifices. It took me two full years to master my cravings and become a lacto-ovo vegetarian.

Vegetarianism complemented my ever-increasing interest

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