I vehemently object to unlicensed students practicing on the public’s pets as early as their first year of vet school without adding the safeguard of mandatory, fully-informed owner consent. Plainly, a sign that merely states “students working here” is less than full consent and, indeed, smacks of avoidance and obfuscation.

Further, it was also plain from the last comment period that the public--to whom you owe your duty--is squarely opposed: of 94 comments, 74 expressly were opposed unless full consent was required for all student practice and 28 expressly were opposed to a sign in the office saying “students working here.”