ed out those surveys, I was busy emailing surveys to veterinarians that I found on the web. I choose to email vets because I was curious to find out if they would respond or blow me off. To my amazement two animal clinics emailed back. One emailed back on the same day I sent it out and the other emailed the next day. The first email they answered some of the seven questions but not all of them. The second email was quite different from the first. This person had asked for a time frame so that he could do some research on the topic. He also gave me a website that listed veterinarian schools and he suggested that I email them instead of veterinarians. Although I emailed him back with a time frame, I never got a response back.During the week of April 17th I didn't receive any more emails from the vets I sent surveys to. This was a little discouraging but on the other hand it was neat that two were willing to respond. On April 20th, I gave the survey to the students in my English class. I wrote the survey on the board and it was up the students if they wanted to participate. Not everyone had to do the survey because it was mainly for people with pets. I got a total of six surveys from the class. When I got home, I noticed that I had more surveys on people with pets than professional veterinarians. I really wanted more responses from vets so on April 21st, I went to the website of veterinarian schools that the previous vet had given me. I sent out surveys to different schools hoping for a response. Then out of the blue, it dawned on me that I could email some zoos. I found three zoos to email and I went with some of the bigger zoos such as Philadelphia Zoo, San Diego Zoo and Columbus Zoo. At this point in my journey I just waited to see if they would respond. While waiting I started my rough draft of my paper. I checked my email on April 23rd and found that I had gotten a response from the Philadelphia Zoo. This man wa...
