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Police Dog Saved from Amputation
Flits, a 10-year-old German Shepherd police dog with Marshall County, was injured after falling through a ceiling while investigating a burglary at a pharmacy. Flits’s handler, Deputy Bob Vester, was...
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Mayzie Bounds Back after Microchip Mishap
‘Teaching Moment’ Has Happy Ending Most experts agree that implanting a microchip in your dog is one of the safest and most responsible decisions a pet owner can make, ensuring you can be found if your...
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Heeler Heals with Help from Lots of Illinois Doctors
Betty and Bob Erickson got their first blue heeler because they raised cattle. Now it’s been 10 years since they last had any milk cows, but they haven’t given up on the blue heelers. Shadow—at 8 years...
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Mischievous Loki Makes Miraculous Recovery
Loki Before the Illness, During Recovery Imagine you bring home a mixed-breed terrier puppy and his boundless energy immediately captures your heart. “He was very healthy, very active,” Miranda Karban...
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Dog from Thailand Gets Heart Repair at University of Illinois
More Patients, Students Will Benefit from Ongoing Exchange Nana is a very lucky three-year-old Chihuahua. This dog from Thailand had a congenital heart defect called a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA),...
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From Phobic to Functioning: One Dog’s Stormy Story
Pets’ behavioral conditions affect the whole family Dr. Kathy Tallering remembers the exact moment it began. The Chicago pediatrician was taking her then-four-year-old Portuguese water dog, Tucker, for...
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Pelican, Osprey Arrive at Wildlife Medical Clinic with Gunshot Wounds
Clinic Relies on Donations to Pay for Patient Care Two unusual patients arrived at the college’s Wildlife Medical Clinic this week: An American White Pelican found in Newton, Ill. (see more details) An...
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Pelican, Recovered from Gunshot, Returns to Wild
The bird will be released on April 30 An American white pelican that was found shot at the Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area in Jasper County is ready to return to the wild, according to...
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Cat Fights Autoimmune Disease
Twin sisters, Lucy and Violet, lounge on the Zwicky’s kitchen table. ILL-INI LOVE LUCY! Several years ago, two twin kittens appeared abruptly in Elise and Fred Zwicky’s fenced-in backyard. After...
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Puppy Rescued from Lake Captures Attention Nationwide
Dog Appears to Have Been Abused It was a chilly November Saturday afternoon when a fisherman at Kaufman Lake in Champaign, Ill., noticed what turned out to be a puppy in a cage in the lake, yards from...
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Sophie: The Story of An Exceptional Life
Gift to Hospital Honors Dog Animal owners are often moved to make a generous gift in gratitude for the lifesaving care delivered at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. The gift...
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Heeler Heals with Help from Lots of Illinois Doctors
Betty and Bob Erickson got their first blue heeler because they raised cattle. Now it’s been 10 years since they last had any milk cows, but they haven’t given up on the blue heelers. Shadow—at 8 years...
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Mischievous Loki Makes Miraculous Recovery
Loki Before the Illness, During Recovery Imagine you bring home a mixed-breed terrier puppy and his boundless energy immediately captures your heart. “He was very healthy, very active,” Miranda Karban...
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Police Dog Saved from Amputation
In January 2017, Marshall County (Ill.) Sheriff’s Deputy Bob Vester and his 10-year-old German Shepherd partner, Flits, were hailed as the 2016 K-9 Team of the Year by the Central Illinois Police and...
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Dog from Thailand Gets Heart Repair at University of Illinois
[row][column size=8] [callout title=”Traveling a World Away for a Second Chance”] For the full story of Nana’s heart repair procedure, including video of the placement of the occluder, see...
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From Phobic to Functioning: One Dog’s Stormy Story
Pets’ behavioral conditions affect the whole family Dr. Kathy Tallering remembers the exact moment it began. The Chicago pediatrician was taking her then-four-year-old Portuguese water dog, Tucker, for...
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Pelican, Osprey Arrive at Wildlife Medical Clinic with Gunshot Wounds
Clinic Relies on Donations to Pay for Patient Care [row] [column size=”8″] Two unusual patients arrived at the college’s Wildlife Medical Clinic this week: An American White Pelican found in Newton,...
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Pelican, Recovered from Gunshot, Returns to Wild
The bird will be released on April 30 [row] [column size=”8″] An American white pelican that was found shot at the Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area in Jasper County is ready to return to the...
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Cat Fights Autoimmune Disease
Twin sisters, Lucy and Violet, lounge on the Zwicky’s kitchen table. ILL-INI LOVE LUCY! Several years ago, two twin kittens appeared abruptly in Elise and Fred Zwicky’s fenced-in backyard. After...
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Puppy Rescued from Lake Captures Attention Nationwide
Dog Appears to Have Been Abused It was a chilly November Saturday afternoon when a fisherman at Kaufman Lake in Champaign, Ill., noticed what turned out to be a puppy in a cage in the lake, yards from...
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