Weight Loss Tips for Captive Wild Animals
The 21st (WILL-AM; May 3) – The animal caretakers at Wildlife Prairie Park in Hanna City teamed up with Vet Med researchers from the University of Illinois to help the animals slim down.
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Police Seek Tips on 1988 Murder of Veterinary Student
WAND-TV (April 29) – A Facebook page has been created by the Urbana Police Department in remembrance of Maria Caleel, who was an Illinois veterinary student at the time of her death. For the past 28 years Urbana detectives have been searching for her killer. http://www.wandtv.com/story/31852501/urbana-police-create-facebook-page-for-1988-cold-case Also in: WDWS-AM podcast (May 2) http://www.news-gazette.com/audio/2016-05-02/podcast-urbana-police-update-caleel-case.html News-Gazette (May...
Leave Baby Bunnies in the Nest
WCIA News (April 28) – There are a few things more adorable than baby animals arriving in spring. While they might look like cuteness overload, the UI Wildlife Medical Clinic actually is overloaded with baby bunnies. http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/baby-bunnies-best-left-alone
Obesity in Dogs
WGN-TV (Chicago; April 28) – At the Medical District Vet Clinic, Dr. Drew Sullivan says most dogs he sees are overweight. “When you look at them from the side, you should see their stomach tuck up and kind of see and feel their ribs fairly easily. And from above, they should have a waistline,” Dr....
Shape of Tumor May Affect Whether Cells Metastasize
(April 28) – Using engineered tissue environments in various shapes and patterns, a study of skin cancer led by Illinois faculty members Kristopher Kilian and Timothy Fan found that the more curved the cell cultures were, the more cancer cells at the edges displayed markers of stem cell characteristics — the key to spreading to...
Thistle the Kestrel Inspires New Vintage
ciLiving Facebook (April 27) – The American kestrel that escaped from the Wildlife Medical Clinic in 2015 and spent one week on the lam has inspired a wine called Wanderlust from Sleepy Creek Vineyards. https://www.facebook.com/ciliving/videos/1137515232959428/?pnref=story
Shelter Medicine Program Visits Bourbonnais
Daily Journal (Kankakee Valley, Ill.; April 25) – A team of more than 20 volunteers from cat rescue programs and the University of Illinois College of Veterinarian Medicine put in a long weekend at Burch’s Mobile Home Community in Bourbonnais. http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/keeping-feral-cat-population-down/article_8d799ad4-27df-5db3-9427-1d60200f6d46.html
Abused Dog Treated at Veterinary Hospital
News-Gazette (April 25) – Funds raised on behalf of an abused dog named Bear were used to have the dog transferred to the University of Illinois veterinary clinic, where it was expected to undergo a “full body scan” Monday, Foster said. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-04-25/details-emerge-case-dog-hanging-bridge.html Also in: FoxIllinois News (April 26) http://foxillinois.com/news/videos/dog-found-tied-to-illinois-bridge-recovering-from-gun-shots The Examiner.com (April 26) http://www.examiner.com/article/tortured-lab-shot-beaten-and-hanging-over-bridge-with-his-muzzle-taped-shut St....
Senior Students Examine Animals at Wildlife Prairie Park
ciProud News (Peoria; April 13) – Veterinary students at the University of Illinois are performing yearly wellness exams on the animals at Wildlife Prairie Park. “These are not animals who hop up on the exam table, open their mouth and say ‘ah.’ These are animals that, while they’re kept in confinement, they’re kept in captivity,...
McCoy Receives Morris Animal Foundation Grant
Navigator, AAEP Foundation newsletter (Spring, p. 3) – Dr. Annette McCoy, 2011 recipient of the AAEP Foundation Past Presidents’ Research Fellow and assistant professor of equine surgery at the University of Illinois, recently received a grant from the Morris Animal Foundation for her continued research into the development of osteochondrosis. http://foundation.aaep.org/custdocs/Navigator-Spring2016-eVersion.pdf?osCsid=56tk4s8aookdr0dq2vj0v1mv62