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My friends dog got shot, and they can’t afford to take them to a vet until about Thursday or Friday

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Edit, might’ve been a hunters trap) submitted by /u/MyTrexToday [link] [comments] Hello, my friends dog has been shot, and I’m unsure what I can do to help.

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Falakhe’s Story

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Something was clearly badly wrong with both of his back legs, I’m no vet, but I would guess they had both been broken. We tried to sight and count the pack twice every day so that if any of the dogs got snared we’d know quickly and could get a vet in to dart them, free them and clean up the wound.

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Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

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Turns out the founder of TRC and many the vets who worked in clinic were falconers as well. Many general and master falconers with wild birds will also let them go after a few hunting seasons, especially if they are good hunters to give them a shot at spreading their genes in the wild. I learned that I knew nothing of falconry.

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Guest Post: Susan Wilson

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My second favorite rescue story is that of Hunter, a beagle-ish dog that my daughter and son-in-law adopted from a shelter in Massachusetts. Turns out even though they knew that Hunter had found his forever home, he didn’t know it. He’d come from Indiana, seemed nice and quiet, very well behaved. The destruction was profound.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

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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!’ Most of mine are small mammals,” said Denise Hunter. “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.