10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

This blog was written by Marge Gibson, founder of the Raptor Education Group, Inc. In mammals, maggots eat only dead tissue and are occasionally used to debride wounds. If there is an entrance wound, there is an exit wound. Her abdominal wound looked good … or as good as a horrific wound could look.

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Eagles Wounded Bald Eagle Wisconsin 257

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2016

This guest blog was written by Mikal Deese, Wildlife Educator, Rehabilitator, and founder of On A Wing And A Prayer in Corrales, New Mexico. Luckily, she had no broken bones, but she did have a large open wound on her right wing. Over the next months, it healed very well. She could fly, but was impaired.

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New Mexico Wounded Owls Mexico 181

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2014

These people are overwhelmingly undereducated (and I don’t mean formal education) males, although occasionally you’ll find a comparable female going along for the ride (think Sarah Palin – no relation to Palenville, although for this particular event the nearly identical name is both handy and appropriate).

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Killing Animal Abuse Slaughter Slaughtered 272

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

They pointed out the puncture wounds, likely infected with bacteria that could quickly kill. There’s an imperative to get this message across to cat people who, like me, can be educated to value wild lives as much as we value the lives of our four-legged family members. They simply helped me with my bird. But she was me and I was her.

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Cats Stray Cat Stray Wildlife Rehabilitation 223

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 26, 2012

Many organizations exist throughout the United Kingdom to assist farriers and people desiring to be farriers to become registered and remain well educated through classes, training and competitions. Chronic pain in horses can develop from other conditions such as osteochondrosis, degenerative joint disease, or from wounds and infection.

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Horses United Kingdom Ponies Wounded 100

Animal Person

DECEMBER 17, 2009

But for the first time, I was indifferent to my education, and life’s too short for apathy. He was bleeding from several bullet wounds, and visibly in excruciating pain. I stared into his eyes while envisioning him breaking free from the prison the men made of the truck, and the prison the men made of his now mortally-wounded body.

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Bears Vermont Laws Wounded 100