At North Carolina’s State School of Veterinary Medicine, a prosthetic front paw implant was performed on a 5 year old Siberian Husky. As a puppy, Zeus, the Husky, lost his paw when a female dog mauled him through his cage at the farm where he was bred. In spite of his problems, Zeus was adopted […]
Brachycephalic Syndrome is a group of upper airway abnormalities often seen in flat-faced dogs such as Pekingese, Pug, Bulldog, Boston Terrier and French Bulldog. It refers to the combination of elongated soft palate, stenotic nares, and everted laryngeal saccules, which are commonly seen in these breeds. It is an inherited disease which causes difficulty in […]
Extinction is part of the natural order. As long as plants and animals have existed on earth, species have become extinct and replaced by others. For this reason, it is not obvious to everyone why we should spend resources and money trying to save endangered species. When Congress passed the Endangered Species Act in 1973, […]
