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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

My vets wanted to send me to the ER immediately, but I said ‘Forget it, I’ve got the damned bird restrained so I’m not letting go now!’ “I knew he was going to be trouble. I was wearing the lead x-ray apron and heavy raptor gloves, so I thought I was protected. But he was out for blood so he whipped his head around.

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Animal Rights Activists Attack Berkeley Vet

Critter News

Hey Gregory, time to become a real vet and help sick and wounded animals recover; not ensure the smooth functioning of the torture chambers by assisting vivisectors in callous and fraudulent experiments on fourty-thousand beautiful, innocent beings per year. But there's always tomorrow.

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Sen. Franken to Introduce Bill to Increase Use of Service Dogs for Vets

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Al Franken (suck on that Bill O'Reilly) has introduced a bill to increase the number of service dogs for vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. My bill will help train a statistically significant number of dogs to measure the benefits to veterans with physical and emotional wounds.

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Debbie Souza-Pappas: Our Trapped Golden Eagle

10,000 Birds

The wound was also very contaminated with dirt and debris. Ipsen of Payson Family Pet Hospital in Payson, Utah, is our wildlife vet and very skilled at orthopedic surgeries. He has been our vet for many years and sees many of our patients in need of surgery. Our veterinarian, Dr. Jay D.

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Urgent Appeal for Flex, the Greyhound

Animal Person

He came to OCFA totally flea infested and with a few open wounds. One wound (the one on his front right leg) was to the bone. He has been vetted and is healing nicely. Flex is a handsome, neutered male, red fawn greyhound (currently under 60 pounds). We have not determined an age-he acts and appears young except for his teeth.

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Working Animals Face "Firing Squad" in Developing Countries

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Here's what they say about "the Firing Squad," a horrible method of "treating" wounded work animals. They will be ‘fired’ with a red hot iron in the mistaken belief that it will cure a wound. Like many poor people in Morocco, Humar’s owner had little chance of being able to afford a vet – or even find one close by.

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Lick Granuloma

4 The Love Of Animals

This usually creates open wounds which increases the chances of infection. You should seek advice from your vet to discover the underlying causal factor whether it be behavioural or physiological. Tests for allergies should be conducted if no obvious cause can be diagnosed. If it is a behavioural issue then this needs to be dealt with.

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