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  • Snail Waits Patiently As Vet Fixes His Broken Shell <br />
<br />
The life of one little snail in the world might not amount to much for some people, but it means everything to him. Thankfully, there are still other folks around who know that makes his worth saving — no matter how delicate a task that sometimes might be.<br />
<br />
Veterinarians from the HaClinica animal hospital, in Tel Aviv, Israel, recently offered their life-saving services to the humble garden snail after a mishap in a local woman's yard: she'd accidentally stepped on him — shattering his brittle shell.<br />
<br />
Rather than leave the snail to fend for himself with his suddenly broken home, the woman actually rushed him to get the help he needed.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, staff at HaClinica weren't callous to the snail's plight, either.<br />
 In a series of photos, vets documented how they set about putting the shell back together, piece by piece.<br />
<br />
The 'naked' snail was even on hand throughout the procedure, patiently observing the careful process with nary a complaint about their technique.  "For the broken shell, we need a combination of patience and finesse with epoxy glue" the clinic wrote, as translated by Israeli blog From The Grapvine. "We make sure the glue stays outside the shell and does not penetrate the inner patch." After all was said and done, with the shell now fully repaired, it came time for the snail to move back in. The clinic's kind efforts for their slimy patient paid off.<br />
<br />
It may be a few weeks, or even months, until the snail is fully recovered, HaClinica writes — but from the looks of it, he's already handling that part quite nicely. <br />
©HaClinica/Excluisvepix Media
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  • Snail Waits Patiently As Vet Fixes His Broken Shell <br />
<br />
The life of one little snail in the world might not amount to much for some people, but it means everything to him. Thankfully, there are still other folks around who know that makes his worth saving — no matter how delicate a task that sometimes might be.<br />
<br />
Veterinarians from the HaClinica animal hospital, in Tel Aviv, Israel, recently offered their life-saving services to the humble garden snail after a mishap in a local woman's yard: she'd accidentally stepped on him — shattering his brittle shell.<br />
<br />
Rather than leave the snail to fend for himself with his suddenly broken home, the woman actually rushed him to get the help he needed.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, staff at HaClinica weren't callous to the snail's plight, either.<br />
 In a series of photos, vets documented how they set about putting the shell back together, piece by piece.<br />
<br />
The 'naked' snail was even on hand throughout the procedure, patiently observing the careful process with nary a complaint about their technique.  "For the broken shell, we need a combination of patience and finesse with epoxy glue" the clinic wrote, as translated by Israeli blog From The Grapvine. "We make sure the glue stays outside the shell and does not penetrate the inner patch." After all was said and done, with the shell now fully repaired, it came time for the snail to move back in. The clinic's kind efforts for their slimy patient paid off.<br />
<br />
It may be a few weeks, or even months, until the snail is fully recovered, HaClinica writes — but from the looks of it, he's already handling that part quite nicely. <br />
©HaClinica/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Snail_Waits_Patiently_As_Vet_F...jpg
  • Snail Waits Patiently As Vet Fixes His Broken Shell <br />
<br />
The life of one little snail in the world might not amount to much for some people, but it means everything to him. Thankfully, there are still other folks around who know that makes his worth saving — no matter how delicate a task that sometimes might be.<br />
<br />
Veterinarians from the HaClinica animal hospital, in Tel Aviv, Israel, recently offered their life-saving services to the humble garden snail after a mishap in a local woman's yard: she'd accidentally stepped on him — shattering his brittle shell.<br />
<br />
Rather than leave the snail to fend for himself with his suddenly broken home, the woman actually rushed him to get the help he needed.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, staff at HaClinica weren't callous to the snail's plight, either.<br />
 In a series of photos, vets documented how they set about putting the shell back together, piece by piece.<br />
<br />
The 'naked' snail was even on hand throughout the procedure, patiently observing the careful process with nary a complaint about their technique.  "For the broken shell, we need a combination of patience and finesse with epoxy glue" the clinic wrote, as translated by Israeli blog From The Grapvine. "We make sure the glue stays outside the shell and does not penetrate the inner patch." After all was said and done, with the shell now fully repaired, it came time for the snail to move back in. The clinic's kind efforts for their slimy patient paid off.<br />
<br />
It may be a few weeks, or even months, until the snail is fully recovered, HaClinica writes — but from the looks of it, he's already handling that part quite nicely. <br />
©HaClinica/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Snail_Waits_Patiently_As_Vet_F...jpg
  • Snail Waits Patiently As Vet Fixes His Broken Shell <br />
<br />
The life of one little snail in the world might not amount to much for some people, but it means everything to him. Thankfully, there are still other folks around who know that makes his worth saving — no matter how delicate a task that sometimes might be.<br />
<br />
Veterinarians from the HaClinica animal hospital, in Tel Aviv, Israel, recently offered their life-saving services to the humble garden snail after a mishap in a local woman's yard: she'd accidentally stepped on him — shattering his brittle shell.<br />
<br />
Rather than leave the snail to fend for himself with his suddenly broken home, the woman actually rushed him to get the help he needed.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, staff at HaClinica weren't callous to the snail's plight, either.<br />
 In a series of photos, vets documented how they set about putting the shell back together, piece by piece.<br />
<br />
The 'naked' snail was even on hand throughout the procedure, patiently observing the careful process with nary a complaint about their technique.  "For the broken shell, we need a combination of patience and finesse with epoxy glue" the clinic wrote, as translated by Israeli blog From The Grapvine. "We make sure the glue stays outside the shell and does not penetrate the inner patch." After all was said and done, with the shell now fully repaired, it came time for the snail to move back in. The clinic's kind efforts for their slimy patient paid off.<br />
<br />
It may be a few weeks, or even months, until the snail is fully recovered, HaClinica writes — but from the looks of it, he's already handling that part quite nicely. <br />
©HaClinica/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Snail_Waits_Patiently_As_Vet_F...jpg
  • Snail Waits Patiently As Vet Fixes His Broken Shell <br />
<br />
The life of one little snail in the world might not amount to much for some people, but it means everything to him. Thankfully, there are still other folks around who know that makes his worth saving — no matter how delicate a task that sometimes might be.<br />
<br />
Veterinarians from the HaClinica animal hospital, in Tel Aviv, Israel, recently offered their life-saving services to the humble garden snail after a mishap in a local woman's yard: she'd accidentally stepped on him — shattering his brittle shell.<br />
<br />
Rather than leave the snail to fend for himself with his suddenly broken home, the woman actually rushed him to get the help he needed.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, staff at HaClinica weren't callous to the snail's plight, either.<br />
 In a series of photos, vets documented how they set about putting the shell back together, piece by piece.<br />
<br />
The 'naked' snail was even on hand throughout the procedure, patiently observing the careful process with nary a complaint about their technique.  "For the broken shell, we need a combination of patience and finesse with epoxy glue" the clinic wrote, as translated by Israeli blog From The Grapvine. "We make sure the glue stays outside the shell and does not penetrate the inner patch." After all was said and done, with the shell now fully repaired, it came time for the snail to move back in. The clinic's kind efforts for their slimy patient paid off.<br />
<br />
It may be a few weeks, or even months, until the snail is fully recovered, HaClinica writes — but from the looks of it, he's already handling that part quite nicely. <br />
©HaClinica/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Snail_Waits_Patiently_As_Vet_F...jpg
  • Snail Waits Patiently As Vet Fixes His Broken Shell <br />
<br />
The life of one little snail in the world might not amount to much for some people, but it means everything to him. Thankfully, there are still other folks around who know that makes his worth saving — no matter how delicate a task that sometimes might be.<br />
<br />
Veterinarians from the HaClinica animal hospital, in Tel Aviv, Israel, recently offered their life-saving services to the humble garden snail after a mishap in a local woman's yard: she'd accidentally stepped on him — shattering his brittle shell.<br />
<br />
Rather than leave the snail to fend for himself with his suddenly broken home, the woman actually rushed him to get the help he needed.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, staff at HaClinica weren't callous to the snail's plight, either.<br />
 In a series of photos, vets documented how they set about putting the shell back together, piece by piece.<br />
<br />
The 'naked' snail was even on hand throughout the procedure, patiently observing the careful process with nary a complaint about their technique.  "For the broken shell, we need a combination of patience and finesse with epoxy glue" the clinic wrote, as translated by Israeli blog From The Grapvine. "We make sure the glue stays outside the shell and does not penetrate the inner patch." After all was said and done, with the shell now fully repaired, it came time for the snail to move back in. The clinic's kind efforts for their slimy patient paid off.<br />
<br />
It may be a few weeks, or even months, until the snail is fully recovered, HaClinica writes — but from the looks of it, he's already handling that part quite nicely. <br />
©HaClinica/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Snail_Waits_Patiently_As_Vet_F...jpg
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • A bold Eagle was rescued after being seen in distress by a little boy who saw the bird in trees near his home, they alerted the The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Centre, and The blind and injured eagle was brought to the centre for treatment <br />
<br />
The eagle had lacerations to it's face and eyelid. "This is why it was not hooded, as is the usual practice, when it was captured" said vets at the centre , <br />
<br />
The Eagle was put on the exam table at Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in preparation for blood being drawn, volunteers gently straightened the eagle's bent feathers with light steam.<br />
<br />
The eagle spends two weeks at The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Center where it receives treatment -- regains its sight and is housed in a special eagle enclosure to keep her stress levels down.<br />
<br />
after rehab the eagle was then taken back to the area it was found and released back in to the wild<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Bold_Eagle_rescued13.jpg
  • A bold Eagle was rescued after being seen in distress by a little boy who saw the bird in trees near his home, they alerted the The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Centre, and The blind and injured eagle was brought to the centre for treatment <br />
<br />
The eagle had lacerations to it's face and eyelid. "This is why it was not hooded, as is the usual practice, when it was captured" said vets at the centre , <br />
<br />
The Eagle was put on the exam table at Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in preparation for blood being drawn, volunteers gently straightened the eagle's bent feathers with light steam.<br />
<br />
The eagle spends two weeks at The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Center where it receives treatment -- regains its sight and is housed in a special eagle enclosure to keep her stress levels down.<br />
<br />
after rehab the eagle was then taken back to the area it was found and released back in to the wild<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Bold_Eagle_rescued01.jpg
  • A bold Eagle was rescued after being seen in distress by a little boy who saw the bird in trees near his home, they alerted the The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Centre, and The blind and injured eagle was brought to the centre for treatment <br />
<br />
The eagle had lacerations to it's face and eyelid. "This is why it was not hooded, as is the usual practice, when it was captured" said vets at the centre , <br />
<br />
The Eagle was put on the exam table at Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in preparation for blood being drawn, volunteers gently straightened the eagle's bent feathers with light steam.<br />
<br />
The eagle spends two weeks at The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Center where it receives treatment -- regains its sight and is housed in a special eagle enclosure to keep her stress levels down.<br />
<br />
after rehab the eagle was then taken back to the area it was found and released back in to the wild<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Bold_Eagle_rescued03.jpg
  • A bold Eagle was rescued after being seen in distress by a little boy who saw the bird in trees near his home, they alerted the The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Centre, and The blind and injured eagle was brought to the centre for treatment <br />
<br />
The eagle had lacerations to it's face and eyelid. "This is why it was not hooded, as is the usual practice, when it was captured" said vets at the centre , <br />
<br />
The Eagle was put on the exam table at Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in preparation for blood being drawn, volunteers gently straightened the eagle's bent feathers with light steam.<br />
<br />
The eagle spends two weeks at The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Center where it receives treatment -- regains its sight and is housed in a special eagle enclosure to keep her stress levels down.<br />
<br />
after rehab the eagle was then taken back to the area it was found and released back in to the wild<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Bold_Eagle_rescued05.jpg
  • A bold Eagle was rescued after being seen in distress by a little boy who saw the bird in trees near his home, they alerted the The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Centre, and The blind and injured eagle was brought to the centre for treatment <br />
<br />
The eagle had lacerations to it's face and eyelid. "This is why it was not hooded, as is the usual practice, when it was captured" said vets at the centre , <br />
<br />
The Eagle was put on the exam table at Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in preparation for blood being drawn, volunteers gently straightened the eagle's bent feathers with light steam.<br />
<br />
The eagle spends two weeks at The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Center where it receives treatment -- regains its sight and is housed in a special eagle enclosure to keep her stress levels down.<br />
<br />
after rehab the eagle was then taken back to the area it was found and released back in to the wild<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Bold_Eagle_rescued09.jpg
  • A bold Eagle was rescued after being seen in distress by a little boy who saw the bird in trees near his home, they alerted the The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Centre, and The blind and injured eagle was brought to the centre for treatment <br />
<br />
The eagle had lacerations to it's face and eyelid. "This is why it was not hooded, as is the usual practice, when it was captured" said vets at the centre , <br />
<br />
The Eagle was put on the exam table at Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in preparation for blood being drawn, volunteers gently straightened the eagle's bent feathers with light steam.<br />
<br />
The eagle spends two weeks at The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Center where it receives treatment -- regains its sight and is housed in a special eagle enclosure to keep her stress levels down.<br />
<br />
after rehab the eagle was then taken back to the area it was found and released back in to the wild<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Bold_Eagle_rescued10.jpg
  • A bold Eagle was rescued after being seen in distress by a little boy who saw the bird in trees near his home, they alerted the The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Centre, and The blind and injured eagle was brought to the centre for treatment <br />
<br />
The eagle had lacerations to it's face and eyelid. "This is why it was not hooded, as is the usual practice, when it was captured" said vets at the centre , <br />
<br />
The Eagle was put on the exam table at Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in preparation for blood being drawn, volunteers gently straightened the eagle's bent feathers with light steam.<br />
<br />
The eagle spends two weeks at The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Center where it receives treatment -- regains its sight and is housed in a special eagle enclosure to keep her stress levels down.<br />
<br />
after rehab the eagle was then taken back to the area it was found and released back in to the wild<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Bold_Eagle_rescued12.jpg
  • A bold Eagle was rescued after being seen in distress by a little boy who saw the bird in trees near his home, they alerted the The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Centre, and The blind and injured eagle was brought to the centre for treatment <br />
<br />
The eagle had lacerations to it's face and eyelid. "This is why it was not hooded, as is the usual practice, when it was captured" said vets at the centre , <br />
<br />
The Eagle was put on the exam table at Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in preparation for blood being drawn, volunteers gently straightened the eagle's bent feathers with light steam.<br />
<br />
The eagle spends two weeks at The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Center where it receives treatment -- regains its sight and is housed in a special eagle enclosure to keep her stress levels down.<br />
<br />
after rehab the eagle was then taken back to the area it was found and released back in to the wild<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Bold_Eagle_rescued11.jpg
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • A bold Eagle was rescued after being seen in distress by a little boy who saw the bird in trees near his home, they alerted the The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Centre, and The blind and injured eagle was brought to the centre for treatment <br />
<br />
The eagle had lacerations to it's face and eyelid. "This is why it was not hooded, as is the usual practice, when it was captured" said vets at the centre , <br />
<br />
The Eagle was put on the exam table at Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in preparation for blood being drawn, volunteers gently straightened the eagle's bent feathers with light steam.<br />
<br />
The eagle spends two weeks at The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Center where it receives treatment -- regains its sight and is housed in a special eagle enclosure to keep her stress levels down.<br />
<br />
after rehab the eagle was then taken back to the area it was found and released back in to the wild<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Bold_Eagle_rescued02.jpg
  • A bold Eagle was rescued after being seen in distress by a little boy who saw the bird in trees near his home, they alerted the The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Centre, and The blind and injured eagle was brought to the centre for treatment <br />
<br />
The eagle had lacerations to it's face and eyelid. "This is why it was not hooded, as is the usual practice, when it was captured" said vets at the centre , <br />
<br />
The Eagle was put on the exam table at Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in preparation for blood being drawn, volunteers gently straightened the eagle's bent feathers with light steam.<br />
<br />
The eagle spends two weeks at The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Center where it receives treatment -- regains its sight and is housed in a special eagle enclosure to keep her stress levels down.<br />
<br />
after rehab the eagle was then taken back to the area it was found and released back in to the wild<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Bold_Eagle_rescued04.jpg
  • A bold Eagle was rescued after being seen in distress by a little boy who saw the bird in trees near his home, they alerted the The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Centre, and The blind and injured eagle was brought to the centre for treatment <br />
<br />
The eagle had lacerations to it's face and eyelid. "This is why it was not hooded, as is the usual practice, when it was captured" said vets at the centre , <br />
<br />
The Eagle was put on the exam table at Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in preparation for blood being drawn, volunteers gently straightened the eagle's bent feathers with light steam.<br />
<br />
The eagle spends two weeks at The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Center where it receives treatment -- regains its sight and is housed in a special eagle enclosure to keep her stress levels down.<br />
<br />
after rehab the eagle was then taken back to the area it was found and released back in to the wild<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Bold_Eagle_rescued06.jpg
  • A bold Eagle was rescued after being seen in distress by a little boy who saw the bird in trees near his home, they alerted the The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Centre, and The blind and injured eagle was brought to the centre for treatment <br />
<br />
The eagle had lacerations to it's face and eyelid. "This is why it was not hooded, as is the usual practice, when it was captured" said vets at the centre , <br />
<br />
The Eagle was put on the exam table at Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in preparation for blood being drawn, volunteers gently straightened the eagle's bent feathers with light steam.<br />
<br />
The eagle spends two weeks at The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Center where it receives treatment -- regains its sight and is housed in a special eagle enclosure to keep her stress levels down.<br />
<br />
after rehab the eagle was then taken back to the area it was found and released back in to the wild<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Bold_Eagle_rescued07.jpg
  • A bold Eagle was rescued after being seen in distress by a little boy who saw the bird in trees near his home, they alerted the The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Centre, and The blind and injured eagle was brought to the centre for treatment <br />
<br />
The eagle had lacerations to it's face and eyelid. "This is why it was not hooded, as is the usual practice, when it was captured" said vets at the centre , <br />
<br />
The Eagle was put on the exam table at Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in preparation for blood being drawn, volunteers gently straightened the eagle's bent feathers with light steam.<br />
<br />
The eagle spends two weeks at The Friends of Feathered and Fury Wildlife Center where it receives treatment -- regains its sight and is housed in a special eagle enclosure to keep her stress levels down.<br />
<br />
after rehab the eagle was then taken back to the area it was found and released back in to the wild<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Bold_Eagle_rescued08.jpg
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Just look at me now! Incredible transformation of the 'mummified' orang-utan who has been nursed back to health <br />
<br />
A baby orang-utan left to die in a filthy cardboard box in the sun in Borneo is showing further strong signs of recovery less than two months after being saved by a British charity.<br />
Rescuers said the baby ape's appearance is now 'beyond recognition' after he was found so lifeless that at first they thought he was dead.<br />
Lying corpse-like with his arms folded across his chest, his grey flaking skin and lack of hair made him look 'almost mummified' in his urine-soaked box.<br />
<br />
The baby, who officials named Gito, was found in the village of Hamlet Giet in Simpang Hulu district, 105 miles from the orang-utan rehabilitation base in West Borneo.<br />
Dehydrated and malnourished after being fed entirely on condensed milk, Gito was taken to the International Animal Rescue (IAR) clinic by motorbike in an arduous nine-hour journey.<br />
During a medical check, Gito was feverish, with stiff hands and feet. He was unable to sit up on his own, suffering from diarrhoea and from sarcoptic mange - a highly contagious skin disease.<br />
<br />
To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged into Gito to soothe and soften his itchy skin. And he was placed on a drip to help rehydrate him.<br />
Now, less than two months later, East Sussex-based IAR said Gito is looking 'healthy, happy and alert' - and is even sporting two front teeth.<br />
Alan Knight, chief executive at IAR, said: 'Considering the condition little Gito was in when he was rescued, his recovery has been remarkable.<br />
'But the team at our centre in Ketapang are experts at caring for sick and injured orang-utans and have been hugely successful at saving a number of seemingly hopeless cases.'<br />
Although Gito is not as hairy as he should be, his skin is smooth and supple and there are good signs that his coat is growing, IAR rescuers said<br />
<br />
Vets and carers are working round the clock to save other orphaned orang-utans who have become victims of deforest
    Exclusivepix_mummified_orangutan_Bac...JPG
  • Homeless Kittens Born without Eyelids<br />
<br />
BOSTON, Oct. 1, 2015 – Two scared and dirty kittens born without eyelids were pulled from a drainage pipe and rushed to the MSPCA-Angell in late August and are now awaiting sight-saving surgery at the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center, the organization announced today. <br />
 <br />
The 10-week-old kittens—now named “Anna” and “Elsa”—were rescued by a good Samaritan from a construction site in Dorchester, Mass.  The kittens were born without upper eyelids, a rare congenital condition known as Agenesis.  To save their eyesight Angell Ophthalmologist Dr. Martin Coster will attach tissue from their lower lips to the muscles that enable them to blink which, in effect, reconstructs the missing lids.<br />
 <br />
The operation is similar to the one Dr. Coster performed on a kitten named “Phil,” whose story of recovery from Agenesis made headlines around the world last December.<br />
 <br />
Donations Sought <br />
The surgery is expected to cost over $2,000 and will be paid for by Spike’s Fund, a fund that pays the medical care costs of homeless animals in the MSPCA’s Boston adoption center.  That fund, owing to the dozens of dogs, cats and other animals surrendered this past summer requiring expensive medical care, is nearly depleted.<br />
 <br />
Anyone who wishes to donate may do so by clicking www.mspca.org/dorchesterkittens.<br />
 <br />
“Any donations we raise will be used to offset the costs of Anna and Elsa’s surgery and to administer ongoing veterinary care for animals like them,” said MSPCA-Angell adoption center manager Alyssa Krieger.  “We’re hopeful that those who support our good work will keep doing so, so we can continue going above and beyond for the animals in our care.”<br />
 <br />
The surgery is scheduled to take place the week of Oct. 5 now that the kittens have reached two pounds.<br />
 <br />
Without the surgery, constant irritation brought on by dry and itchy eyes could lead to ulceration and, eventually, complete blindness for both kittens.  “We’r
    Exclusivepix_Kittens_Born_without_Ey...JPG
  • Homeless Kittens Born without Eyelids<br />
<br />
BOSTON, Oct. 1, 2015 – Two scared and dirty kittens born without eyelids were pulled from a drainage pipe and rushed to the MSPCA-Angell in late August and are now awaiting sight-saving surgery at the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center, the organization announced today. <br />
 <br />
The 10-week-old kittens—now named “Anna” and “Elsa”—were rescued by a good Samaritan from a construction site in Dorchester, Mass.  The kittens were born without upper eyelids, a rare congenital condition known as Agenesis.  To save their eyesight Angell Ophthalmologist Dr. Martin Coster will attach tissue from their lower lips to the muscles that enable them to blink which, in effect, reconstructs the missing lids.<br />
 <br />
The operation is similar to the one Dr. Coster performed on a kitten named “Phil,” whose story of recovery from Agenesis made headlines around the world last December.<br />
 <br />
Donations Sought <br />
The surgery is expected to cost over $2,000 and will be paid for by Spike’s Fund, a fund that pays the medical care costs of homeless animals in the MSPCA’s Boston adoption center.  That fund, owing to the dozens of dogs, cats and other animals surrendered this past summer requiring expensive medical care, is nearly depleted.<br />
 <br />
Anyone who wishes to donate may do so by clicking www.mspca.org/dorchesterkittens.<br />
 <br />
“Any donations we raise will be used to offset the costs of Anna and Elsa’s surgery and to administer ongoing veterinary care for animals like them,” said MSPCA-Angell adoption center manager Alyssa Krieger.  “We’re hopeful that those who support our good work will keep doing so, so we can continue going above and beyond for the animals in our care.”<br />
 <br />
The surgery is scheduled to take place the week of Oct. 5 now that the kittens have reached two pounds.<br />
 <br />
Without the surgery, constant irritation brought on by dry and itchy eyes could lead to ulceration and, eventually, complete blindness for both kittens.  “We’r
    Exclusivepix_Kittens_Born_without_Ey...JPG
  • Homeless Kittens Born without Eyelids<br />
<br />
BOSTON, Oct. 1, 2015 – Two scared and dirty kittens born without eyelids were pulled from a drainage pipe and rushed to the MSPCA-Angell in late August and are now awaiting sight-saving surgery at the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center, the organization announced today. <br />
 <br />
The 10-week-old kittens—now named “Anna” and “Elsa”—were rescued by a good Samaritan from a construction site in Dorchester, Mass.  The kittens were born without upper eyelids, a rare congenital condition known as Agenesis.  To save their eyesight Angell Ophthalmologist Dr. Martin Coster will attach tissue from their lower lips to the muscles that enable them to blink which, in effect, reconstructs the missing lids.<br />
 <br />
The operation is similar to the one Dr. Coster performed on a kitten named “Phil,” whose story of recovery from Agenesis made headlines around the world last December.<br />
 <br />
Donations Sought <br />
The surgery is expected to cost over $2,000 and will be paid for by Spike’s Fund, a fund that pays the medical care costs of homeless animals in the MSPCA’s Boston adoption center.  That fund, owing to the dozens of dogs, cats and other animals surrendered this past summer requiring expensive medical care, is nearly depleted.<br />
 <br />
Anyone who wishes to donate may do so by clicking www.mspca.org/dorchesterkittens.<br />
 <br />
“Any donations we raise will be used to offset the costs of Anna and Elsa’s surgery and to administer ongoing veterinary care for animals like them,” said MSPCA-Angell adoption center manager Alyssa Krieger.  “We’re hopeful that those who support our good work will keep doing so, so we can continue going above and beyond for the animals in our care.”<br />
 <br />
The surgery is scheduled to take place the week of Oct. 5 now that the kittens have reached two pounds.<br />
 <br />
Without the surgery, constant irritation brought on by dry and itchy eyes could lead to ulceration and, eventually, complete blindness for both kittens.  “We’r
    Exclusivepix_Kittens_Born_without_Ey...JPG
  • Homeless Kittens Born without Eyelids<br />
<br />
BOSTON, Oct. 1, 2015 – Two scared and dirty kittens born without eyelids were pulled from a drainage pipe and rushed to the MSPCA-Angell in late August and are now awaiting sight-saving surgery at the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center, the organization announced today. <br />
 <br />
The 10-week-old kittens—now named “Anna” and “Elsa”—were rescued by a good Samaritan from a construction site in Dorchester, Mass.  The kittens were born without upper eyelids, a rare congenital condition known as Agenesis.  To save their eyesight Angell Ophthalmologist Dr. Martin Coster will attach tissue from their lower lips to the muscles that enable them to blink which, in effect, reconstructs the missing lids.<br />
 <br />
The operation is similar to the one Dr. Coster performed on a kitten named “Phil,” whose story of recovery from Agenesis made headlines around the world last December.<br />
 <br />
Donations Sought <br />
The surgery is expected to cost over $2,000 and will be paid for by Spike’s Fund, a fund that pays the medical care costs of homeless animals in the MSPCA’s Boston adoption center.  That fund, owing to the dozens of dogs, cats and other animals surrendered this past summer requiring expensive medical care, is nearly depleted.<br />
 <br />
Anyone who wishes to donate may do so by clicking www.mspca.org/dorchesterkittens.<br />
 <br />
“Any donations we raise will be used to offset the costs of Anna and Elsa’s surgery and to administer ongoing veterinary care for animals like them,” said MSPCA-Angell adoption center manager Alyssa Krieger.  “We’re hopeful that those who support our good work will keep doing so, so we can continue going above and beyond for the animals in our care.”<br />
 <br />
The surgery is scheduled to take place the week of Oct. 5 now that the kittens have reached two pounds.<br />
 <br />
Without the surgery, constant irritation brought on by dry and itchy eyes could lead to ulceration and, eventually, complete blindness for both kittens.  “We’r
    Exclusivepix_Kittens_Born_without_Ey...JPG
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital21.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital19.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital20.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital18.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital15.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital1.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital13.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital12.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital10.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital11.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital7.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital6.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital4.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital5.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital3.jpg
  • Homeless Kittens Born without Eyelids<br />
<br />
BOSTON, Oct. 1, 2015 – Two scared and dirty kittens born without eyelids were pulled from a drainage pipe and rushed to the MSPCA-Angell in late August and are now awaiting sight-saving surgery at the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center, the organization announced today. <br />
 <br />
The 10-week-old kittens—now named “Anna” and “Elsa”—were rescued by a good Samaritan from a construction site in Dorchester, Mass.  The kittens were born without upper eyelids, a rare congenital condition known as Agenesis.  To save their eyesight Angell Ophthalmologist Dr. Martin Coster will attach tissue from their lower lips to the muscles that enable them to blink which, in effect, reconstructs the missing lids.<br />
 <br />
The operation is similar to the one Dr. Coster performed on a kitten named “Phil,” whose story of recovery from Agenesis made headlines around the world last December.<br />
 <br />
Donations Sought <br />
The surgery is expected to cost over $2,000 and will be paid for by Spike’s Fund, a fund that pays the medical care costs of homeless animals in the MSPCA’s Boston adoption center.  That fund, owing to the dozens of dogs, cats and other animals surrendered this past summer requiring expensive medical care, is nearly depleted.<br />
 <br />
Anyone who wishes to donate may do so by clicking www.mspca.org/dorchesterkittens.<br />
 <br />
“Any donations we raise will be used to offset the costs of Anna and Elsa’s surgery and to administer ongoing veterinary care for animals like them,” said MSPCA-Angell adoption center manager Alyssa Krieger.  “We’re hopeful that those who support our good work will keep doing so, so we can continue going above and beyond for the animals in our care.”<br />
 <br />
The surgery is scheduled to take place the week of Oct. 5 now that the kittens have reached two pounds.<br />
 <br />
Without the surgery, constant irritation brought on by dry and itchy eyes could lead to ulceration and, eventually, complete blindness for both kittens.  “We’r
    Exclusivepix_Kittens_Born_without_Ey...JPG
  • Homeless Kittens Born without Eyelids<br />
<br />
BOSTON, Oct. 1, 2015 – Two scared and dirty kittens born without eyelids were pulled from a drainage pipe and rushed to the MSPCA-Angell in late August and are now awaiting sight-saving surgery at the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center, the organization announced today. <br />
 <br />
The 10-week-old kittens—now named “Anna” and “Elsa”—were rescued by a good Samaritan from a construction site in Dorchester, Mass.  The kittens were born without upper eyelids, a rare congenital condition known as Agenesis.  To save their eyesight Angell Ophthalmologist Dr. Martin Coster will attach tissue from their lower lips to the muscles that enable them to blink which, in effect, reconstructs the missing lids.<br />
 <br />
The operation is similar to the one Dr. Coster performed on a kitten named “Phil,” whose story of recovery from Agenesis made headlines around the world last December.<br />
 <br />
Donations Sought <br />
The surgery is expected to cost over $2,000 and will be paid for by Spike’s Fund, a fund that pays the medical care costs of homeless animals in the MSPCA’s Boston adoption center.  That fund, owing to the dozens of dogs, cats and other animals surrendered this past summer requiring expensive medical care, is nearly depleted.<br />
 <br />
Anyone who wishes to donate may do so by clicking www.mspca.org/dorchesterkittens.<br />
 <br />
“Any donations we raise will be used to offset the costs of Anna and Elsa’s surgery and to administer ongoing veterinary care for animals like them,” said MSPCA-Angell adoption center manager Alyssa Krieger.  “We’re hopeful that those who support our good work will keep doing so, so we can continue going above and beyond for the animals in our care.”<br />
 <br />
The surgery is scheduled to take place the week of Oct. 5 now that the kittens have reached two pounds.<br />
 <br />
Without the surgery, constant irritation brought on by dry and itchy eyes could lead to ulceration and, eventually, complete blindness for both kittens.  “We’r
    Exclusivepix_Kittens_Born_without_Ey...JPG
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital17.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital16.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital14.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital9.jpg
  • Inside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottles<br />
<br />
We've gone batty for these cute pictures, which show tiny abandoned baby bats wrapped up in blankets, being fed from bottles.<br />
Swathed in spotted and striped blankets, the fruit bats are being cared for at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia.<br />
About 300 bat pups are orphaned every year because their mother is ill and can't feed them or has died from tick paralysis.<br />
<br />
<br />
Normally we associate bats with being blood-thirsty, but all these cute critters want to drink is some bottled milk. <br />
These furry creatures are too injured to return to the wild and need to be nursed back to health. <br />
Pictured at the hospital, the black flying animals can be seen sucking on bottles, while they are swaddled in colourful blankets. <br />
<br />
<br />
The bats can also be seen bathing in the bathroom sink and even having their hair combed by workers at the hospital. <br />
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.<br />
The volunteers care for bats who have come from hundreds of kilometres away in need for urgent care. And they also take in bats for sanctuary after they have been retired from zoos. <br />
<br />
<br />
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.<br />
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'<br />
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.<br />
<br />
During the 1990s, flying foxes were mysteriously dying on the Atherton Tableland. <br />
Researchers found that tick paralysis was the problem, prohibiting bats from flying and therefore dooming them to a life on the ground. <br />
Ticks rely on the weather to survive. <br />
If they live during dry an
    Exclusivepix_Bat_Hospital2.jpg
  • Goldfish Bob ‘doing swimmingly’ after delicate operation to remove tumour<br />
<br />
An ailing goldfish facing near certain death after being struck down by a tumour has made a remarkable recovery - after its owners took it to their local vets.<br />
Bob had been struggling to swim in his tank for a number of weeks after developing a lump on his fin.<br />
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And, with most goldfish normally not living much older than 15 years of age, the 20-year-old pet’s chances of survival did not look great.<br />
<br />
However, Bob’s owner’s opted to operate on the three-inch fish - who they consider part of the family - after learning of their local vets’ success operating on exotic creatures - including a constipated goldfish.<br />
<br />
And, after a delicate operation at Toll Barn Veterinary Centre in North Walsham lasting just half an hour, he made a full recovery and returned home the same day. Dr Faye Bethell, who used micro-surgical equipment to carry out the procedure, said: “The option was to remove the lump or put him to sleep and now he is doing brilliantly. They (Bob’s owners) were really, really pleased because the goldfish is older than their children and is considered part of the family.”<br />
<br />
The operation, which was carried out on a special operating table, involved feeding anaesthetic water into Bob’s mouth through a tube and using a miniature heart-rate monitor to check he was asleep before cutting out the lump using tiny forceps and scissors.<br />
<br />
Dr Bethell, a director of the centre, said: “It’s pretty complicated because everything is so small and they don’t have a massive volume of blood so have to make sure they don’t lose too much blood.<br />
<br />
“We’ve done several (operations on goldfish) but this one was the oldest fish we’ve operated on. We keep them wet throughout using their own tank water so they don’t dry out.” But she added: “He is back home and enjoying swimming properly. The operation took about half an hour and he was returned to his owners the same day.”<br />
<br />
The
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  • Goldfish Bob ‘doing swimmingly’ after delicate operation to remove tumour<br />
<br />
An ailing goldfish facing near certain death after being struck down by a tumour has made a remarkable recovery - after its owners took it to their local vets.<br />
Bob had been struggling to swim in his tank for a number of weeks after developing a lump on his fin.<br />
<br />
And, with most goldfish normally not living much older than 15 years of age, the 20-year-old pet’s chances of survival did not look great.<br />
<br />
However, Bob’s owner’s opted to operate on the three-inch fish - who they consider part of the family - after learning of their local vets’ success operating on exotic creatures - including a constipated goldfish.<br />
<br />
And, after a delicate operation at Toll Barn Veterinary Centre in North Walsham lasting just half an hour, he made a full recovery and returned home the same day. Dr Faye Bethell, who used micro-surgical equipment to carry out the procedure, said: “The option was to remove the lump or put him to sleep and now he is doing brilliantly. They (Bob’s owners) were really, really pleased because the goldfish is older than their children and is considered part of the family.”<br />
<br />
The operation, which was carried out on a special operating table, involved feeding anaesthetic water into Bob’s mouth through a tube and using a miniature heart-rate monitor to check he was asleep before cutting out the lump using tiny forceps and scissors.<br />
<br />
Dr Bethell, a director of the centre, said: “It’s pretty complicated because everything is so small and they don’t have a massive volume of blood so have to make sure they don’t lose too much blood.<br />
<br />
“We’ve done several (operations on goldfish) but this one was the oldest fish we’ve operated on. We keep them wet throughout using their own tank water so they don’t dry out.” But she added: “He is back home and enjoying swimming properly. The operation took about half an hour and he was returned to his owners the same day.”<br />
<br />
The
    ExPix_Goldfish_Gets_Surgery6.jpg
  • Goldfish Bob ‘doing swimmingly’ after delicate operation to remove tumour<br />
<br />
An ailing goldfish facing near certain death after being struck down by a tumour has made a remarkable recovery - after its owners took it to their local vets.<br />
Bob had been struggling to swim in his tank for a number of weeks after developing a lump on his fin.<br />
<br />
And, with most goldfish normally not living much older than 15 years of age, the 20-year-old pet’s chances of survival did not look great.<br />
<br />
However, Bob’s owner’s opted to operate on the three-inch fish - who they consider part of the family - after learning of their local vets’ success operating on exotic creatures - including a constipated goldfish.<br />
<br />
And, after a delicate operation at Toll Barn Veterinary Centre in North Walsham lasting just half an hour, he made a full recovery and returned home the same day. Dr Faye Bethell, who used micro-surgical equipment to carry out the procedure, said: “The option was to remove the lump or put him to sleep and now he is doing brilliantly. They (Bob’s owners) were really, really pleased because the goldfish is older than their children and is considered part of the family.”<br />
<br />
The operation, which was carried out on a special operating table, involved feeding anaesthetic water into Bob’s mouth through a tube and using a miniature heart-rate monitor to check he was asleep before cutting out the lump using tiny forceps and scissors.<br />
<br />
Dr Bethell, a director of the centre, said: “It’s pretty complicated because everything is so small and they don’t have a massive volume of blood so have to make sure they don’t lose too much blood.<br />
<br />
“We’ve done several (operations on goldfish) but this one was the oldest fish we’ve operated on. We keep them wet throughout using their own tank water so they don’t dry out.” But she added: “He is back home and enjoying swimming properly. The operation took about half an hour and he was returned to his owners the same day.”<br />
<br />
The
    ExPix_Goldfish_Gets_Surgery5.jpg
  • Goldfish Bob ‘doing swimmingly’ after delicate operation to remove tumour<br />
<br />
An ailing goldfish facing near certain death after being struck down by a tumour has made a remarkable recovery - after its owners took it to their local vets.<br />
Bob had been struggling to swim in his tank for a number of weeks after developing a lump on his fin.<br />
<br />
And, with most goldfish normally not living much older than 15 years of age, the 20-year-old pet’s chances of survival did not look great.<br />
<br />
However, Bob’s owner’s opted to operate on the three-inch fish - who they consider part of the family - after learning of their local vets’ success operating on exotic creatures - including a constipated goldfish.<br />
<br />
And, after a delicate operation at Toll Barn Veterinary Centre in North Walsham lasting just half an hour, he made a full recovery and returned home the same day. Dr Faye Bethell, who used micro-surgical equipment to carry out the procedure, said: “The option was to remove the lump or put him to sleep and now he is doing brilliantly. They (Bob’s owners) were really, really pleased because the goldfish is older than their children and is considered part of the family.”<br />
<br />
The operation, which was carried out on a special operating table, involved feeding anaesthetic water into Bob’s mouth through a tube and using a miniature heart-rate monitor to check he was asleep before cutting out the lump using tiny forceps and scissors.<br />
<br />
Dr Bethell, a director of the centre, said: “It’s pretty complicated because everything is so small and they don’t have a massive volume of blood so have to make sure they don’t lose too much blood.<br />
<br />
“We’ve done several (operations on goldfish) but this one was the oldest fish we’ve operated on. We keep them wet throughout using their own tank water so they don’t dry out.” But she added: “He is back home and enjoying swimming properly. The operation took about half an hour and he was returned to his owners the same day.”<br />
<br />
The
    ExPix_Goldfish_Gets_Surgery2.jpg
  • Goldfish Bob ‘doing swimmingly’ after delicate operation to remove tumour<br />
<br />
An ailing goldfish facing near certain death after being struck down by a tumour has made a remarkable recovery - after its owners took it to their local vets.<br />
Bob had been struggling to swim in his tank for a number of weeks after developing a lump on his fin.<br />
<br />
And, with most goldfish normally not living much older than 15 years of age, the 20-year-old pet’s chances of survival did not look great.<br />
<br />
However, Bob’s owner’s opted to operate on the three-inch fish - who they consider part of the family - after learning of their local vets’ success operating on exotic creatures - including a constipated goldfish.<br />
<br />
And, after a delicate operation at Toll Barn Veterinary Centre in North Walsham lasting just half an hour, he made a full recovery and returned home the same day. Dr Faye Bethell, who used micro-surgical equipment to carry out the procedure, said: “The option was to remove the lump or put him to sleep and now he is doing brilliantly. They (Bob’s owners) were really, really pleased because the goldfish is older than their children and is considered part of the family.”<br />
<br />
The operation, which was carried out on a special operating table, involved feeding anaesthetic water into Bob’s mouth through a tube and using a miniature heart-rate monitor to check he was asleep before cutting out the lump using tiny forceps and scissors.<br />
<br />
Dr Bethell, a director of the centre, said: “It’s pretty complicated because everything is so small and they don’t have a massive volume of blood so have to make sure they don’t lose too much blood.<br />
<br />
“We’ve done several (operations on goldfish) but this one was the oldest fish we’ve operated on. We keep them wet throughout using their own tank water so they don’t dry out.” But she added: “He is back home and enjoying swimming properly. The operation took about half an hour and he was returned to his owners the same day.”<br />
<br />
The
    ExPix_Goldfish_Gets_Surgery3.jpg
  • Goldfish Bob ‘doing swimmingly’ after delicate operation to remove tumour<br />
<br />
An ailing goldfish facing near certain death after being struck down by a tumour has made a remarkable recovery - after its owners took it to their local vets.<br />
Bob had been struggling to swim in his tank for a number of weeks after developing a lump on his fin.<br />
<br />
And, with most goldfish normally not living much older than 15 years of age, the 20-year-old pet’s chances of survival did not look great.<br />
<br />
However, Bob’s owner’s opted to operate on the three-inch fish - who they consider part of the family - after learning of their local vets’ success operating on exotic creatures - including a constipated goldfish.<br />
<br />
And, after a delicate operation at Toll Barn Veterinary Centre in North Walsham lasting just half an hour, he made a full recovery and returned home the same day. Dr Faye Bethell, who used micro-surgical equipment to carry out the procedure, said: “The option was to remove the lump or put him to sleep and now he is doing brilliantly. They (Bob’s owners) were really, really pleased because the goldfish is older than their children and is considered part of the family.”<br />
<br />
The operation, which was carried out on a special operating table, involved feeding anaesthetic water into Bob’s mouth through a tube and using a miniature heart-rate monitor to check he was asleep before cutting out the lump using tiny forceps and scissors.<br />
<br />
Dr Bethell, a director of the centre, said: “It’s pretty complicated because everything is so small and they don’t have a massive volume of blood so have to make sure they don’t lose too much blood.<br />
<br />
“We’ve done several (operations on goldfish) but this one was the oldest fish we’ve operated on. We keep them wet throughout using their own tank water so they don’t dry out.” But she added: “He is back home and enjoying swimming properly. The operation took about half an hour and he was returned to his owners the same day.”<br />
<br />
The
    ExPix_Goldfish_Gets_Surgery1.jpg
  • Rescue Cat Turns Her Crooked Jaw into a Beautiful Smile<br />
<br />
She has a crooked jaw, but this incredibly happy kitty has never stopped loving life.<br />
Duchess had a rough beginning to her life which left her with a crooked jaw. She was found as a stray after being hit by a car. When they brought her to the vet, she was in pretty bad shape, but Dr. Meyer didn't give up on her and reparied her jaw.<br />
<br />
"Her chances of survival were slim, but she was a fighter and pulled through," Crystal Tate told Love Meow.<br />
"The day I first met Duchess, her mouth was just beginning to heal and the feeding tube had just been removed, and she was very thin...<br />
<br />
"The lowest meow caught my attention; her eyes showed so much sadness but her purrs showed so much love and hope."<br />
"Everyday I would spend time with her, petting her, talking to her and when the doctors asked me if I could give her a home a few weeks later I knew immediately we were meant to land in each other lives."<br />
"It was a transition for us both, I had never cared for a special needs kitty and she had never experienced life as a special needs kitty but we learned together."<br />
©Duchess- The Miracle Kitty/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Cat_Crooked_Jaw_Beautiful_Smil...jpg
  • Rescue Cat Turns Her Crooked Jaw into a Beautiful Smile<br />
<br />
She has a crooked jaw, but this incredibly happy kitty has never stopped loving life.<br />
Duchess had a rough beginning to her life which left her with a crooked jaw. She was found as a stray after being hit by a car. When they brought her to the vet, she was in pretty bad shape, but Dr. Meyer didn't give up on her and reparied her jaw.<br />
<br />
"Her chances of survival were slim, but she was a fighter and pulled through," Crystal Tate told Love Meow.<br />
"The day I first met Duchess, her mouth was just beginning to heal and the feeding tube had just been removed, and she was very thin...<br />
<br />
"The lowest meow caught my attention; her eyes showed so much sadness but her purrs showed so much love and hope."<br />
"Everyday I would spend time with her, petting her, talking to her and when the doctors asked me if I could give her a home a few weeks later I knew immediately we were meant to land in each other lives."<br />
"It was a transition for us both, I had never cared for a special needs kitty and she had never experienced life as a special needs kitty but we learned together."<br />
©Duchess- The Miracle Kitty/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Cat_Crooked_Jaw_Beautiful_Smil...jpg
  • Rescue Cat Turns Her Crooked Jaw into a Beautiful Smile<br />
<br />
She has a crooked jaw, but this incredibly happy kitty has never stopped loving life.<br />
Duchess had a rough beginning to her life which left her with a crooked jaw. She was found as a stray after being hit by a car. When they brought her to the vet, she was in pretty bad shape, but Dr. Meyer didn't give up on her and reparied her jaw.<br />
<br />
"Her chances of survival were slim, but she was a fighter and pulled through," Crystal Tate told Love Meow.<br />
"The day I first met Duchess, her mouth was just beginning to heal and the feeding tube had just been removed, and she was very thin...<br />
<br />
"The lowest meow caught my attention; her eyes showed so much sadness but her purrs showed so much love and hope."<br />
"Everyday I would spend time with her, petting her, talking to her and when the doctors asked me if I could give her a home a few weeks later I knew immediately we were meant to land in each other lives."<br />
"It was a transition for us both, I had never cared for a special needs kitty and she had never experienced life as a special needs kitty but we learned together."<br />
©Duchess- The Miracle Kitty/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Cat_Crooked_Jaw_Beautiful_Smil...jpg
  • Rescue Cat Turns Her Crooked Jaw into a Beautiful Smile<br />
<br />
She has a crooked jaw, but this incredibly happy kitty has never stopped loving life.<br />
Duchess had a rough beginning to her life which left her with a crooked jaw. She was found as a stray after being hit by a car. When they brought her to the vet, she was in pretty bad shape, but Dr. Meyer didn't give up on her and reparied her jaw.<br />
<br />
"Her chances of survival were slim, but she was a fighter and pulled through," Crystal Tate told Love Meow.<br />
"The day I first met Duchess, her mouth was just beginning to heal and the feeding tube had just been removed, and she was very thin...<br />
<br />
"The lowest meow caught my attention; her eyes showed so much sadness but her purrs showed so much love and hope."<br />
"Everyday I would spend time with her, petting her, talking to her and when the doctors asked me if I could give her a home a few weeks later I knew immediately we were meant to land in each other lives."<br />
"It was a transition for us both, I had never cared for a special needs kitty and she had never experienced life as a special needs kitty but we learned together."<br />
©Duchess- The Miracle Kitty/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Cat_Crooked_Jaw_Beautiful_Smil...jpg
  • Who you calling Spike? Mahalo, the dog who took on a porcupine and came off worse, narrowly lives to tell the tale<br />
<br />
A dog in Canada is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a porcupine and stabbed with barbs all over, including the heart and lungs.<br />
Mahalo was out playing with two other dogs in Saskatchewan - which shares a border with Montana in the south - when they encountered the spiky animal and were attacked.<br />
<br />
<br />
The animal punctured all three canines with its quills, but Mahalo was hurt the most<br />
<br />
The dog had to undergo surgery to remove the dangerous barbs. <br />
<br />
Mike Gerrand, a friend of Mahalo's owner, has set up a GoFundMe page to help them cover the dog's extensive vet bills.<br />
The cost of the surgeries has now hit $8,000.<br />
"These dogs are the love of my dear friend Dennis' life," wrote Gerrand.<br />
<br />
'Dennis is a youth worker at the Street Culture Project and runs a small Organic Farm outside Regina. <br />
'Dennis has had to take weeks off work to travel to Saskatoon to be with his baby girl.'<br />
<br />
As of Tuesday night, the page had raised over $10,000. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Dog_and_Porcupine4.jpg
  • Who you calling Spike? Mahalo, the dog who took on a porcupine and came off worse, narrowly lives to tell the tale<br />
<br />
A dog in Canada is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a porcupine and stabbed with barbs all over, including the heart and lungs.<br />
Mahalo was out playing with two other dogs in Saskatchewan - which shares a border with Montana in the south - when they encountered the spiky animal and were attacked.<br />
<br />
<br />
The animal punctured all three canines with its quills, but Mahalo was hurt the most<br />
<br />
The dog had to undergo surgery to remove the dangerous barbs. <br />
<br />
Mike Gerrand, a friend of Mahalo's owner, has set up a GoFundMe page to help them cover the dog's extensive vet bills.<br />
The cost of the surgeries has now hit $8,000.<br />
"These dogs are the love of my dear friend Dennis' life," wrote Gerrand.<br />
<br />
'Dennis is a youth worker at the Street Culture Project and runs a small Organic Farm outside Regina. <br />
'Dennis has had to take weeks off work to travel to Saskatoon to be with his baby girl.'<br />
<br />
As of Tuesday night, the page had raised over $10,000. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Dog_and_Porcupine2.jpg
  • Rescue Cat Turns Her Crooked Jaw into a Beautiful Smile<br />
<br />
She has a crooked jaw, but this incredibly happy kitty has never stopped loving life.<br />
Duchess had a rough beginning to her life which left her with a crooked jaw. She was found as a stray after being hit by a car. When they brought her to the vet, she was in pretty bad shape, but Dr. Meyer didn't give up on her and reparied her jaw.<br />
<br />
"Her chances of survival were slim, but she was a fighter and pulled through," Crystal Tate told Love Meow.<br />
"The day I first met Duchess, her mouth was just beginning to heal and the feeding tube had just been removed, and she was very thin...<br />
<br />
"The lowest meow caught my attention; her eyes showed so much sadness but her purrs showed so much love and hope."<br />
"Everyday I would spend time with her, petting her, talking to her and when the doctors asked me if I could give her a home a few weeks later I knew immediately we were meant to land in each other lives."<br />
"It was a transition for us both, I had never cared for a special needs kitty and she had never experienced life as a special needs kitty but we learned together."<br />
©Duchess- The Miracle Kitty/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Cat_Crooked_Jaw_Beautiful_Smil...jpg
  • Rescue Cat Turns Her Crooked Jaw into a Beautiful Smile<br />
<br />
She has a crooked jaw, but this incredibly happy kitty has never stopped loving life.<br />
Duchess had a rough beginning to her life which left her with a crooked jaw. She was found as a stray after being hit by a car. When they brought her to the vet, she was in pretty bad shape, but Dr. Meyer didn't give up on her and reparied her jaw.<br />
<br />
"Her chances of survival were slim, but she was a fighter and pulled through," Crystal Tate told Love Meow.<br />
"The day I first met Duchess, her mouth was just beginning to heal and the feeding tube had just been removed, and she was very thin...<br />
<br />
"The lowest meow caught my attention; her eyes showed so much sadness but her purrs showed so much love and hope."<br />
"Everyday I would spend time with her, petting her, talking to her and when the doctors asked me if I could give her a home a few weeks later I knew immediately we were meant to land in each other lives."<br />
"It was a transition for us both, I had never cared for a special needs kitty and she had never experienced life as a special needs kitty but we learned together."<br />
©Duchess- The Miracle Kitty/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Cat_Crooked_Jaw_Beautiful_Smil...jpg
  • Rescue Cat Turns Her Crooked Jaw into a Beautiful Smile<br />
<br />
She has a crooked jaw, but this incredibly happy kitty has never stopped loving life.<br />
Duchess had a rough beginning to her life which left her with a crooked jaw. She was found as a stray after being hit by a car. When they brought her to the vet, she was in pretty bad shape, but Dr. Meyer didn't give up on her and reparied her jaw.<br />
<br />
"Her chances of survival were slim, but she was a fighter and pulled through," Crystal Tate told Love Meow.<br />
"The day I first met Duchess, her mouth was just beginning to heal and the feeding tube had just been removed, and she was very thin...<br />
<br />
"The lowest meow caught my attention; her eyes showed so much sadness but her purrs showed so much love and hope."<br />
"Everyday I would spend time with her, petting her, talking to her and when the doctors asked me if I could give her a home a few weeks later I knew immediately we were meant to land in each other lives."<br />
"It was a transition for us both, I had never cared for a special needs kitty and she had never experienced life as a special needs kitty but we learned together."<br />
©Duchess- The Miracle Kitty/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Cat_Crooked_Jaw_Beautiful_Smil...jpg
  • Rescue Cat Turns Her Crooked Jaw into a Beautiful Smile<br />
<br />
She has a crooked jaw, but this incredibly happy kitty has never stopped loving life.<br />
Duchess had a rough beginning to her life which left her with a crooked jaw. She was found as a stray after being hit by a car. When they brought her to the vet, she was in pretty bad shape, but Dr. Meyer didn't give up on her and reparied her jaw.<br />
<br />
"Her chances of survival were slim, but she was a fighter and pulled through," Crystal Tate told Love Meow.<br />
"The day I first met Duchess, her mouth was just beginning to heal and the feeding tube had just been removed, and she was very thin...<br />
<br />
"The lowest meow caught my attention; her eyes showed so much sadness but her purrs showed so much love and hope."<br />
"Everyday I would spend time with her, petting her, talking to her and when the doctors asked me if I could give her a home a few weeks later I knew immediately we were meant to land in each other lives."<br />
"It was a transition for us both, I had never cared for a special needs kitty and she had never experienced life as a special needs kitty but we learned together."<br />
©Duchess- The Miracle Kitty/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Cat_Crooked_Jaw_Beautiful_Smil...jpg
  • Rescue Cat Turns Her Crooked Jaw into a Beautiful Smile<br />
<br />
She has a crooked jaw, but this incredibly happy kitty has never stopped loving life.<br />
Duchess had a rough beginning to her life which left her with a crooked jaw. She was found as a stray after being hit by a car. When they brought her to the vet, she was in pretty bad shape, but Dr. Meyer didn't give up on her and reparied her jaw.<br />
<br />
"Her chances of survival were slim, but she was a fighter and pulled through," Crystal Tate told Love Meow.<br />
"The day I first met Duchess, her mouth was just beginning to heal and the feeding tube had just been removed, and she was very thin...<br />
<br />
"The lowest meow caught my attention; her eyes showed so much sadness but her purrs showed so much love and hope."<br />
"Everyday I would spend time with her, petting her, talking to her and when the doctors asked me if I could give her a home a few weeks later I knew immediately we were meant to land in each other lives."<br />
"It was a transition for us both, I had never cared for a special needs kitty and she had never experienced life as a special needs kitty but we learned together."<br />
©Duchess- The Miracle Kitty/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Cat_Crooked_Jaw_Beautiful_Smil...jpg
  • Rescue Cat Turns Her Crooked Jaw into a Beautiful Smile<br />
<br />
She has a crooked jaw, but this incredibly happy kitty has never stopped loving life.<br />
Duchess had a rough beginning to her life which left her with a crooked jaw. She was found as a stray after being hit by a car. When they brought her to the vet, she was in pretty bad shape, but Dr. Meyer didn't give up on her and reparied her jaw.<br />
<br />
"Her chances of survival were slim, but she was a fighter and pulled through," Crystal Tate told Love Meow.<br />
"The day I first met Duchess, her mouth was just beginning to heal and the feeding tube had just been removed, and she was very thin...<br />
<br />
"The lowest meow caught my attention; her eyes showed so much sadness but her purrs showed so much love and hope."<br />
"Everyday I would spend time with her, petting her, talking to her and when the doctors asked me if I could give her a home a few weeks later I knew immediately we were meant to land in each other lives."<br />
"It was a transition for us both, I had never cared for a special needs kitty and she had never experienced life as a special needs kitty but we learned together."<br />
©Duchess- The Miracle Kitty/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Cat_Crooked_Jaw_Beautiful_Smil...jpg
  • Rescue Cat Turns Her Crooked Jaw into a Beautiful Smile<br />
<br />
She has a crooked jaw, but this incredibly happy kitty has never stopped loving life.<br />
Duchess had a rough beginning to her life which left her with a crooked jaw. She was found as a stray after being hit by a car. When they brought her to the vet, she was in pretty bad shape, but Dr. Meyer didn't give up on her and reparied her jaw.<br />
<br />
"Her chances of survival were slim, but she was a fighter and pulled through," Crystal Tate told Love Meow.<br />
"The day I first met Duchess, her mouth was just beginning to heal and the feeding tube had just been removed, and she was very thin...<br />
<br />
"The lowest meow caught my attention; her eyes showed so much sadness but her purrs showed so much love and hope."<br />
"Everyday I would spend time with her, petting her, talking to her and when the doctors asked me if I could give her a home a few weeks later I knew immediately we were meant to land in each other lives."<br />
"It was a transition for us both, I had never cared for a special needs kitty and she had never experienced life as a special needs kitty but we learned together."<br />
©Duchess- The Miracle Kitty/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Cat_Crooked_Jaw_Beautiful_Smil...jpg
  • Who you calling Spike? Mahalo, the dog who took on a porcupine and came off worse, narrowly lives to tell the tale<br />
<br />
A dog in Canada is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a porcupine and stabbed with barbs all over, including the heart and lungs.<br />
Mahalo was out playing with two other dogs in Saskatchewan - which shares a border with Montana in the south - when they encountered the spiky animal and were attacked.<br />
<br />
<br />
The animal punctured all three canines with its quills, but Mahalo was hurt the most<br />
<br />
The dog had to undergo surgery to remove the dangerous barbs. <br />
<br />
Mike Gerrand, a friend of Mahalo's owner, has set up a GoFundMe page to help them cover the dog's extensive vet bills.<br />
The cost of the surgeries has now hit $8,000.<br />
"These dogs are the love of my dear friend Dennis' life," wrote Gerrand.<br />
<br />
'Dennis is a youth worker at the Street Culture Project and runs a small Organic Farm outside Regina. <br />
'Dennis has had to take weeks off work to travel to Saskatoon to be with his baby girl.'<br />
<br />
As of Tuesday night, the page had raised over $10,000. <br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Dog_and_Porcupine3.jpg
  • Who you calling Spike? Mahalo, the dog who took on a porcupine and came off worse, narrowly lives to tell the tale<br />
<br />
A dog in Canada is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a porcupine and stabbed with barbs all over, including the heart and lungs.<br />
Mahalo was out playing with two other dogs in Saskatchewan - which shares a border with Montana in the south - when they encountered the spiky animal and were attacked.<br />
<br />
<br />
The animal punctured all three canines with its quills, but Mahalo was hurt the most<br />
<br />
The dog had to undergo surgery to remove the dangerous barbs. <br />
<br />
Mike Gerrand, a friend of Mahalo's owner, has set up a GoFundMe page to help them cover the dog's extensive vet bills.<br />
The cost of the surgeries has now hit $8,000.<br />
"These dogs are the love of my dear friend Dennis' life," wrote Gerrand.<br />
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'Dennis is a youth worker at the Street Culture Project and runs a small Organic Farm outside Regina. <br />
'Dennis has had to take weeks off work to travel to Saskatoon to be with his baby girl.'<br />
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As of Tuesday night, the page had raised over $10,000. <br />
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  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot13.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot12.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot11.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot10.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot8.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot6.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot5.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot4.JPG
  • EXCLUSIVE<br />
MSPCA-Angell Rescues Dog Who Chewed Off his Own Foot While Tethered Outside<br />
 <br />
Organization’s Adoption Center Raising Funds for Surgery While its Law Enforcement Team Pursues Felony Cruelty Conviction<br />
 <br />
 An emaciated two-year-old long-haired German Shepherd is lucky to be alive after chewing his own foot off in a desperate bid to free himself from the tether that was twisted around his leg for days, if not weeks, the MSPCA-Angell announced today.<br />
 <br />
“Maverick” was seized on July 12 by MSPCA Law Enforcement Officer Chelsea Weiand after the Middleboro, Mass. animal control officer discovered the dog and rushed him to a nearby animal clinic, where he was sedated so veterinarians could clean the severe wound to his right rear foot.  Officer Weiand later took Maverick to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston for ongoing treatment.<br />
 <br />
Weiand noted that Maverick’s other legs were covered in rope burns and scars that had healed over.  “Clearly he had been entangled by his own leash many times in the past; unfortunately he was unable to free himself this last time,” she said.  Weiand estimates that Maverick had been tethered and unattended for at least a full day before he injured himself.<br />
 <br />
On July 19 Weiand charged the dog’s previous owner, Kevin Kennedy of Middleboro, with one count of felony animal cruelty for neglect and failure to pursue necessary veterinary care.  Kennedy will be arraigned in Wareham District Court on August 18.<br />
 <br />
One-of-a-Kind Surgery <br />
An injury such as Maverick’s would typically be addressed by amputating the entire leg.  But, according to Dr. Mike Pavletic, head of surgery at Angell, the dog’s hips are also compromised, taking that treatment option off the table.  “His pelvic dysplasia has advanced to the stage that he simply wouldn’t be able to walk if we took his leg off,” said Pavletic.<br />
 <br />
Pavletic will instead deploy a technique he himself developed years ago: he will reconstruct for Maverick a funct
    ExPix_Dog_Chewed_Off_Own_Foot2.JPG
  • Golden retriever gets braces<br />
<br />
Wesley the golden retriever was having trouble closing his mouth and stopped eating.<br />
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Fortunately for the 6-month-old pup who lives in Spring Lake with Molly Moore, his owner's dad is Harborfront Hospital for Animals veterinarian Dr. James Moore, who is called a “doggie dentist”<br />
<br />
“He wasn’t able to fully close his mouth and chew well and he stopped playing with his toys because of the pain and started losing weight because he couldn’t eat,” <br />
<br />
The braces were put on Wesley on Feb. 19 and should come off this week,  Dr. Moore specializes in veterinary dentistry and fitted Wesley with braces. He only needs to wear the braces for a few weeks.<br />
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  • Critically Ill “Puppy Mill” Dog on the Mend after Surgery<br />
 <br />
MSPCA-Angell Surgeons and Adoption Center Staff Team up to Give “Nelson” a Second Chance<br />
 <br />
BOSTON, Dec. 11, 2015 – An adorable nine-week-old puppy who was bought online and shipped from Missouri to Massachusetts by truck arrived in the state so ill he required emergency veterinary intervention at the MSPCA-Angell, the organization announced today.  Now the pup—named “Nelson”—is on the mend and will be placed for adoption after he recovers.<br />
 <br />
The Shar Pei-Pug was brought by his former owner to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center on Monday, Dec. 7 suffering from lethargy, vomiting and diarrhea.  Nelson had been in Massachusetts for only a week, having endured the 20-hour trip from Missouri in a small cage to reach the state.<br />
 <br />
Emergency Surgery<br />
As it turned out Nelson’s intestines were entangled and Angell surgeons had to remove a large portion, re-positon and re-insert them into his tiny abdomen. <br />
 <br />
Alyssa Krieger, manager of the MSPCA’s animal care and adoption center, settled the puppy into the shelter after the owner surrendered him.  “Thankfully Nelson arrived in our care just in time as he would have died without emergency surgery, which would have been doubly tragic given everything he’d already endured.<br />
 <br />
Nelson will be placed in foster care for two weeks, to continue recovering from surgery before he can be placed into a new home.<br />
 <br />
Puppy Buyers Beware <br />
Nelson’s plight focuses a spotlight on the dangers of “online only” pet sales, in which buyers are not able to visit the breeder to inspect conditions or meet dogs before purchasing.  “This was a classic puppy mill situation and it’s not surprising to us that Nelson was so sick—he was likely critically ill before he was even transported to Massachusetts,” said Krieger. <br />
 <br />
“We encourage everyone to please adopt vs. buying a new pet—but at the very least buyers should be able to inspect a breeder’s pr
    Exclusivepix_Puppy_20_Hour_Journey_s...JPG
  • Critically Ill “Puppy Mill” Dog on the Mend after Surgery<br />
 <br />
MSPCA-Angell Surgeons and Adoption Center Staff Team up to Give “Nelson” a Second Chance<br />
 <br />
BOSTON, Dec. 11, 2015 – An adorable nine-week-old puppy who was bought online and shipped from Missouri to Massachusetts by truck arrived in the state so ill he required emergency veterinary intervention at the MSPCA-Angell, the organization announced today.  Now the pup—named “Nelson”—is on the mend and will be placed for adoption after he recovers.<br />
 <br />
The Shar Pei-Pug was brought by his former owner to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center on Monday, Dec. 7 suffering from lethargy, vomiting and diarrhea.  Nelson had been in Massachusetts for only a week, having endured the 20-hour trip from Missouri in a small cage to reach the state.<br />
 <br />
Emergency Surgery<br />
As it turned out Nelson’s intestines were entangled and Angell surgeons had to remove a large portion, re-positon and re-insert them into his tiny abdomen. <br />
 <br />
Alyssa Krieger, manager of the MSPCA’s animal care and adoption center, settled the puppy into the shelter after the owner surrendered him.  “Thankfully Nelson arrived in our care just in time as he would have died without emergency surgery, which would have been doubly tragic given everything he’d already endured.<br />
 <br />
Nelson will be placed in foster care for two weeks, to continue recovering from surgery before he can be placed into a new home.<br />
 <br />
Puppy Buyers Beware <br />
Nelson’s plight focuses a spotlight on the dangers of “online only” pet sales, in which buyers are not able to visit the breeder to inspect conditions or meet dogs before purchasing.  “This was a classic puppy mill situation and it’s not surprising to us that Nelson was so sick—he was likely critically ill before he was even transported to Massachusetts,” said Krieger. <br />
 <br />
“We encourage everyone to please adopt vs. buying a new pet—but at the very least buyers should be able to inspect a breeder’s pr
    Exclusivepix_Puppy_20_Hour_Journey_s...JPG
  • Critically Ill “Puppy Mill” Dog on the Mend after Surgery<br />
 <br />
MSPCA-Angell Surgeons and Adoption Center Staff Team up to Give “Nelson” a Second Chance<br />
 <br />
BOSTON, Dec. 11, 2015 – An adorable nine-week-old puppy who was bought online and shipped from Missouri to Massachusetts by truck arrived in the state so ill he required emergency veterinary intervention at the MSPCA-Angell, the organization announced today.  Now the pup—named “Nelson”—is on the mend and will be placed for adoption after he recovers.<br />
 <br />
The Shar Pei-Pug was brought by his former owner to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center on Monday, Dec. 7 suffering from lethargy, vomiting and diarrhea.  Nelson had been in Massachusetts for only a week, having endured the 20-hour trip from Missouri in a small cage to reach the state.<br />
 <br />
Emergency Surgery<br />
As it turned out Nelson’s intestines were entangled and Angell surgeons had to remove a large portion, re-positon and re-insert them into his tiny abdomen. <br />
 <br />
Alyssa Krieger, manager of the MSPCA’s animal care and adoption center, settled the puppy into the shelter after the owner surrendered him.  “Thankfully Nelson arrived in our care just in time as he would have died without emergency surgery, which would have been doubly tragic given everything he’d already endured.<br />
 <br />
Nelson will be placed in foster care for two weeks, to continue recovering from surgery before he can be placed into a new home.<br />
 <br />
Puppy Buyers Beware <br />
Nelson’s plight focuses a spotlight on the dangers of “online only” pet sales, in which buyers are not able to visit the breeder to inspect conditions or meet dogs before purchasing.  “This was a classic puppy mill situation and it’s not surprising to us that Nelson was so sick—he was likely critically ill before he was even transported to Massachusetts,” said Krieger. <br />
 <br />
“We encourage everyone to please adopt vs. buying a new pet—but at the very least buyers should be able to inspect a breeder’s pr
    Exclusivepix_Puppy_20_Hour_Journey_s...JPG
  • Critically Ill “Puppy Mill” Dog on the Mend after Surgery<br />
 <br />
MSPCA-Angell Surgeons and Adoption Center Staff Team up to Give “Nelson” a Second Chance<br />
 <br />
BOSTON, Dec. 11, 2015 – An adorable nine-week-old puppy who was bought online and shipped from Missouri to Massachusetts by truck arrived in the state so ill he required emergency veterinary intervention at the MSPCA-Angell, the organization announced today.  Now the pup—named “Nelson”—is on the mend and will be placed for adoption after he recovers.<br />
 <br />
The Shar Pei-Pug was brought by his former owner to the MSPCA’s Angell Animal Medical Center on Monday, Dec. 7 suffering from lethargy, vomiting and diarrhea.  Nelson had been in Massachusetts for only a week, having endured the 20-hour trip from Missouri in a small cage to reach the state.<br />
 <br />
Emergency Surgery<br />
As it turned out Nelson’s intestines were entangled and Angell surgeons had to remove a large portion, re-positon and re-insert them into his tiny abdomen. <br />
 <br />
Alyssa Krieger, manager of the MSPCA’s animal care and adoption center, settled the puppy into the shelter after the owner surrendered him.  “Thankfully Nelson arrived in our care just in time as he would have died without emergency surgery, which would have been doubly tragic given everything he’d already endured.<br />
 <br />
Nelson will be placed in foster care for two weeks, to continue recovering from surgery before he can be placed into a new home.<br />
 <br />
Puppy Buyers Beware <br />
Nelson’s plight focuses a spotlight on the dangers of “online only” pet sales, in which buyers are not able to visit the breeder to inspect conditions or meet dogs before purchasing.  “This was a classic puppy mill situation and it’s not surprising to us that Nelson was so sick—he was likely critically ill before he was even transported to Massachusetts,” said Krieger. <br />
 <br />
“We encourage everyone to please adopt vs. buying a new pet—but at the very least buyers should be able to inspect a breeder’s pr
    Exclusivepix_Puppy_20_Hour_Journey_s...JPG
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