Animal Person

JULY 24, 2009

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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Greyhounds Wounded Neutering Adoptable 100

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

A recent arrival at the Nairobi nursery was an elephant named Murka, rescued near Tsavo National Park with a spear lodged deep between her eyes and gaping spear and axe wounds along her back and sides. Her deep wounds were filled with maggots. A mobile vet unit was able to tranquilize her, clean her wounds, and extract the spear.

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Elephants Kenya Wounded Rhinos 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

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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Critter News

JANUARY 6, 2009

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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Animal Person

MAY 3, 2009

And after a $250 vet trip it became this--. What we couldn't see until her leg was shaved was that next to the deep wound is a large bloody bump of a wound. Charles Hobson Booger, III has been to I believe 4 vets (some several times) and hasn't been able to use his back right leg for 5 months (and yes, atrophy has set in).

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Swine Flu Greyhounds Wounded Cooking 100

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 10, 2010

The DDF will be raising $20,000 for the training and care of a service dog (including medical bills, training and food) which will be donated to one lucky war vet from the FSD group. The vet who is awarded the service dog will be choosing the winning raffle ticket for the Jeep on September 11 at a ceremony (location TBD).

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Dogs Afghanistan Vet Iraq 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

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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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 166

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 1, 2011

Then I noticed that several family members were also nursing bleeding wounds. I felt so sorry for the poor thing—we had to call our vet out to sedate him—so I decided to take him home as a foster. I swore and jumped back. The bite had gone all the way through the flap of skin. I made a mental note to get a tetanus shot.

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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. The vet confirmed pain, injury and infection from her life on the streets, common afflictions for stray cats. 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 212