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Those Freakin’ Flat Flies

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Flat flies and vulture vomit: either one can send an otherwise cheerful vet technician running from the room. Even the most touchy-feely, circle-of-lifey, we’re-all-one-with-nature wildlife rehabilitators hate them. Why am I posting a photo of a hippoboscid on a Red-tailed Tropicbird, a bird I’ve never rehabbed?

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What to do if you no longer can care for your bearded dragon.

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Shoppers discovered the abandoned animal, wrapped in a white plastic bag at Morrisons Supermarket located on Pilton Drive. The authorities believed that its likely that the owner simply wanted to abandon the pet because he could no longer care for it. Before abandoning a pet, try to find another home for it.

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Emmylou Harris on Dogtown tonight!

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Theresa, an abandoned pit bull, has a mysterious mass in her belly. The dog has a history of skin cancer, so vet Dr. Patti Iampietro must do exploratory surgery to see if the cancer has spread internally.

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Why I'm Not Giving Up On Capitalism

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Boone's wife) was largely responsible for Oklahoma State University canceling its planned anthrax experiments on baboons after she threatened to cancel the Pickens' $5 million donation to the university's vet school. I guess part of my refusal to completely abandon capitalism is the related notion (byproduct?

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Joy for Orphan Elephants

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A mobile vet unit was able to tranquilize her, clean her wounds, and extract the spear. She’s reared abandoned baby buffalo, dik-diks, impalas, zebras, warthogs, and black rhinos, among others, but no creature has beguiled her more than elephants.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. While being a vet certainly has its attractions, including possibly not having to deal with people too much, the names of these diseases sound somewhat off-putting. Now pairs of hornbills feed outside this correspondent’s window”.

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Make sure you look after your pet with insurance

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According to the RSPCA, in 2008 there was a 57% increase in the number of animals abandoned by their owners in the UK. It’s hard to ignore the link to the credit crunch, which has likely affected pet owner’s abilities to meet the food and vet bills needed for their pets. The importance of pet insurance.

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