10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

In mammals, maggots eat only dead tissue and are occasionally used to debride wounds. If there is an entrance wound, there is an exit wound. Her abdominal wound looked good … or as good as a horrific wound could look. Luckily, this wound was not as severe. We had to find it. Her wings were perfect.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The bodies of seven sea lions with bullet wounds were recently found on the Nisqually River. The animal protection group Seal Sitters says a necropsy showed that the sea lion had suffered a shark bite and had twisted intestines in addition to a bullet wound. On Monday, a sea lion was found dead on West Seattle’s Lincoln Park beach.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

This morning’s news had this: During this year’s open of waterfowl season, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center admitted more trumpeter swans for bullet wounds than ever before. …Veterinarian hospital workers in Roseville see projectile wound, or bullet wound, injuries quite frequently.

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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 Wildlife Wounded 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2021

But time, apparently, heals all wounds, and this August I went back to discover that while Pino Real may never again be what it once was, it is still good. In the best case, wonderful mixed-species forest would be reforested with a single species of pine. When it became too much to bear, I stayed away from Pino Real for 18 months.

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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. Dogs they can not place in foster care or find adoptive homes for are euthanized after 14 days by county ordinance. Their shelter is full. He has been vetted and is healing nicely.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The boy was wounded by his loss, just as the homeless dog was wounded when his owner died. It took nine years for my picture book, THE BLUE HOUSE DOG, (Peachtree Publishers/August 1, 2010) to come out. It’s a fictitious account of the story narrated by a young boy named Cody who lost his beloved puppy to an unexplained ailment.

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Critter News

APRIL 19, 2012

Live anesthetized goats have been used in Coast Guard training to treat combat wounds, but the agency could not verify if the video involved its personnel. The courses do involve “live tissue training using live animals,” Lt. Frederick, spokesman for the Atlantic Area, wrote in an email.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 28, 2008

An old stray dog was wounded in the Mumbai attacks and rescued. The survival of the aging Sheru, despite a gunshot wound to his left shoulder, has become an uplifting and soothing symbol of Mumbai's recovery to many of the city's anxious and angry citizens. He is now recovering and will hopefully find a home.

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Reddit Animals

JANUARY 28, 2023

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10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2013

The other was transferred to the University of Minnesota’s Raptor Center with deep talon wounds, but was expected to do well. (Randy Hanzal, a conservation officer with the agency, snapped the remarkable photo above.). During transport to a rehab center, one eagle made a quick escape. Birds News Bald Eagles'

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Bald Eagle Eagles Minnesota Birds 97

Critter News

AUGUST 13, 2009

The Marines also claim that using live pigs and inflicting wounds on them is the only way to approximate real-life situations in combat. They claim the animals are asleep during the procedures and feel no pain. It's the best way to train medical personnel. Read and decide for yourself.

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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. We don’t really mean that they will be lined up and shot. No, their suffering will be far more drawn out.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2012

The man arrived at the zoo with bloody puncture wounds up and down both arms. Puncture wounds require a current tetanus shot, and I was overdue. Evidently, it was not amused.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

Even if you do not see an obvious wound, cat or dog saliva, which is full of nasty bacteria, can still get into a bird’s eyes/orifices and will eventually kill the bird; it will just die more slowly and painfully. Did you know a bird’s body has the ability to seal a small puncture wound within minutes? Suspect” dog or cat interactions.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

In Dartmouth, Massachusetts an Osprey was recently found with a gunshot wound that proved fatal and in Santa Clara, California some sick person has taken to shooting Mallards with darts from a blowgun. What is wrong with people?

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Wounded Massachusetts California 72

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2012

The gulls then peck at the whales’ backs, causing wounds from which the gulls feed. Gulls in Argentina have learned to land on Southern Right Whales as the whales come to the surface to breathe. The solution? Kill the gulls. There has to be a better way to deal with this, no?

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Whales Whaling Killing Argentina 64

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

The sharp strings are a menace to passing birds – especially kites and other raptors – who cannot see them and sometimes suffer grievous, if not fatal, wounds. When Nadeem and Mohammed first began in 2003, few veterinarians would suture the wounds of birds, saying they were too small.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Birds Rescue 105

Critter News

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Manager Trudi Urie says the wounded doe was hanging out behind the store and then ran through an open door into a stockroom. Workers at an Ohio pet shop are used to worried pet owners bringing their animals in to be treated in the store's clinic.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 25, 2010

A foul-smelling wound might spell an infection. Long before CAT scans, X-rays, blood samples and colonoscopies, physicians used the good sense they were born with: their sense of smell. That’s because bacterias, cancers and infections create unique smells. Sweet, fruity breath could mean diabetes. Liver disease? Fishy-smelling breath.

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Critter News

JANUARY 1, 2010

But they are all seriously ill with malnutrition, gaping wounds from fishing line injuries, broken and scarred fins, busted jaws or brain damage from domoic acid poisoning. Some are visibly struggling for life and lie listlessly near in-ground pools. Others swim, play and jostle with one another.

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Critter News

JULY 21, 2009

My bill will help train a statistically significant number of dogs to measure the benefits to veterans with physical and emotional wounds. 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.

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Vet Dogs Afghanistan Iraq 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2016

I was used to photos shared by rehabbers – gory wounds, wince-inducing x-rays, fledglings with terrible feathering thanks to uninformed “rescuers.” When I finished reading the review, I clicked around the site that he and his fellow birder Mike Bergin had created. I was floored!

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Critter News

APRIL 7, 2009

The explosions have ranged in intensity, wounding some of the pigs and killing others. For an 11-month period that ended in December, researchers subjected pigs and rats to about 200 blasts, according to Pentagon documents and interviews. Roadside bombs are the top killer of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Did you know this?

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Critter News

JANUARY 13, 2009

Another ranger was wounded in the attack and a rebel was captured. Just last week, a 33-year-old ranger was killed by Mai Mai rebels. Mai Mai rebels are described as community-based militia groups frequently involved in banditry. That arrest has resulted in several leads in the investigation.

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Critter News

AUGUST 29, 2008

The wolves suffer needlessly because hunters simply wound them more often then not firing from an airplane. I understand there may be some instances where predator control is necessary. I'm not an absolutist on this point. Doing it from low flying aircraft, however, is just barbaric. This is what Palin has pushed for.

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Wolves Defenders Of Wildlife Killing Hunters 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 21, 2012

This usually creates open wounds which increases the chances of infection. Hot spots can also lead to lick granuloma. Lick granuloma is a vicious cycle as constant licking of the skin creates irritation and pain which then causes more licking and dog scratching.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Animal cruelty occurs when someone intentionally injures or harms an animal or when a person willfully deprives an animal of food, water or necessary medical care.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

They also had signs of neglect, broken bones, wounds and infections. On February 17th they rescued 26 Pit Bulls near Sandersville, Georgia. The dogs had been left to starve, no food, water or even shelter from freezing temperatures. Sadly, there were also 27 dead dogs found on the property.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

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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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2016

Luckily, she had no broken bones, but she did have a large open wound on her right wing. Back in October, ON A WING AND A PRAYER was brought an injured Great Horned Owl who had been found on the median of a rural interstate highway several hundred miles away She was a great big female, presumably hit by a vehicle.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

They showed me their wounds! They were able to untangle him, but they took a few good talon hits in the process. One of them put him in their motorcycle box and they all brought him to me. These huge guys with long beards and Harley T-shirts were almost in tears when I told them the bird would be OK.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2015

It’s so much easier to delete a picture than to end the life of a mortally wounded cat-caught bird, like this Downy Woodpecker … who is alive, but not for long. Outdoor/feral cat people: are you upset I posted these cat photos? How lucky you are that you can delete them with the push of a button. There is no moral ambiguity here.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2022

Fate eventually caught up with him when he was killed by a wounded elephant in the Okavango area, though possibly the blow was lessened a bit by being elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since the news of his death had not reached Sweden yet ( source ). but later switched to forestry (?).

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2015

As such, it is unsurprising that this book is liberally salted with first-hand anecdotes of owl close encounters, and indeed the eighth chapter is entirely dedicated to the author’s work with star-crossed owls that have one way or another wound up in peril.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2014

The snake had no puncture wounds, and was released 24 hours later. “He probably decided to make a meal out of the snake, but the snake had other ideas.”. Tom picked them both up, put them in a carrier, and took them back to the clinic, where he and Peggy managed to pry them apart.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The trail wound through the woods, over a footbridge hugging a creek, and along a marsh where cattails swayed in the gusty wind. It’s just that an extra two or three miles, or maybe it’s ten or twelve, just don’t matter to him; and obviously the iPhone doesn’t care, either. I heard the sound of crows.

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