10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Kevin Ramey of Animal Ark Pet Hospital in Erie, PA (who donates his time), treated her with non-steroidal anti-inflammatories and antibiotics, then five days later, surgically removed one hopelessly damaged talon. Erica Miller, formerly of Tri-State Bird Rescue in Delaware. Will she be releasable? It’s too soon to tell.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Birds Delaware 193

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 26, 2012

Chronic pain in horses can develop from other conditions such as osteochondrosis, degenerative joint disease, or from wounds and infection. When the horse experiences extreme pain it may not flex the leg properly causing the digital flexor tendon to contract. This position causes the horse to walk on its toe.

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Horses United Kingdom Ponies Wounded 100

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 1, 2011

Hospice Tails is a series of true stories about my experiences with pets and patients as a hospice social worker. The thin, spider-web scars on her knuckles spoke to intimate experience with hand-to-hand combat. Then I noticed that several family members were also nursing bleeding wounds. I swore and jumped back.

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Pit Bulls AKC Rattlesnake Shelters 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

They pointed out the puncture wounds, likely infected with bacteria that could quickly kill. It’s the bane of many rehabbers that they simply can’t get through to cat owners on this critical issue of free-roaming pets. Whatever those dedicated souls might have felt in that moment, whether exasperation or anger, they didn’t show it.

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Cats Stray Cat Stray Wildlife Rehabilitation 210