Ashly Sites
Nevaya Davis spends her time volunteering at Prairie Paws Animal Shelter and uses the Union Program Council’s event, Paws for Consent, as an opportunity to showcase some of the shelter’s adoptable dogs.
Students gathered in Bosco Plaza, not only to meet the dogs being led around by volunteers, but also to learn about the meaning of consent.
“I think my favorite part is just showing everyone the dogs and how cute they are and how they’re up for adoption and the fun they can be,” Davis, sophomore in advertising and public relations, said. “I feel like everyone should have a dog.”
Addison Foley, junior in geography and modern languages, said the dogs on the plaza caught her eye before she decided to walk up to the welfare table and learn about consent.
“It’s really fun that they’ve actually been bringing dogs for the past two weeks,” Foley said. “And then like, I mean, consent is like the number one thing. You should always have consent from both parties and everything.”
Bradli Nowak, fundraising coordinator for Prairie Paws, said the event had a good turnout, with many students inquiring about the dogs and expressing interest in learning more about the shelter.
“Our main focus is kind of providing stress relief on campus where kids can come and see the dogs and pet away their stress a little bit,” Nowak said. “Getting to come here and seeing K-State campus get to interact and see how awesome they are too is a really special part of today.”