This week we had some bad news...unfortunately we were robbed and both our cameras were stolen. So I have no pictures for you this week! We will be buying a small camera to get us going again this week, so stay tuned next week, when we´ll be back to normal posting pictures again.
I spent some time working on a pudu this week with the wildlife veterinarian that runs the Wildlife Rescue Centre at the University (follow this link http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pud%C3%BA to see what a Chilean Pudu looks like). The pudu had been attacked by dogs, and was just recovering when he punctured his foot, and was limping badly. We anaesthetized him, cleaned the puncture and took an xray, then bandaged up the hoof and woke him up. The injury is quite serious, but at this point we´re really hoping for a complete recovery, as this species is threatened. This is the other side of the dog overpopulation problem...when they exist at such high numbers and roam freely, they form packs and attack wildlife. We hope to expand our work into this area as well.
Until next week....
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