Death, Sex & Money - After Suicides, a Texas Veterinary Community Opens Up
Death, Sex & Money
Slate Audio
4.6 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2018
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Veterinary medicine has a suicide rate that's one of the highest in the healthcare profession. For the veterinary community in Dallas, those statistics hit home last year.
If you’re considering suicide, or are worried about someone who might be, please get help. We’ve compiled a list of resources here. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255 and is open 24 hours a day.
This piece was produced in partnership with the Dallas Morning News. See their photographs and video from the veterinary hospital in Dallas that we visited here.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we begin this episode, I want to let you know that it's about suicide. If you're experiencing suicidal thoughts or feelings or know someone who is, we've compiled a list of resources on our website at deathsexmoney.org. Ask for help. |
| 0:17.6 | Suicide is like a virus. It hits one and then it'll go and go. I mean, there are about 100,000 |
| 0:25.0 | veterinarians in the United States. It barely fill up a football stadium. We're such a tight-knit |
| 0:31.3 | group that when one person goes, I mean, well, if they can't do it, how am I going to do it? |
| 0:40.5 | This is death, sex, and money. The jobs that we do are so incredibly stressful. |
| 0:47.0 | The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot. The human-animal bond has gotten more |
| 0:52.8 | intense. I need to talk about more. |
| 0:55.8 | Nobody wants to say it, but I'm not afraid to call it what it is. |
| 1:00.3 | I'm Anna Sale. |
| 1:03.6 | How are y'all doing? |
| 1:05.8 | Nice to meet you. |
| 1:07.4 | I'll see you guys. |
| 1:08.9 | I met Dave Wilson at his home in the Dallas suburbs. |
| 1:12.6 | My producer, Katie Bishop, was with me. |
| 1:14.6 | Nice to meet you all. Would you like a beverage or anything? |
| 1:17.6 | I've got a cherry coke. |
| 1:19.6 | We settled into his living room, screen door open. |
| 1:23.6 | Dave leaned back in a leather recliner. |
| 1:25.6 | I sat on the couch beside him. |
| 1:28.4 | Harry, no. |
| 1:31.1 | I'm sorry, he must see an animal outside. |
| 1:33.5 | It's the only time he barks, he's not a barker. |
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