Fang Goes Home [Archive]

Bones

11-22-2008, 02:08 PM

http://www.boneknuckleandskin.com/Fang/f1.jpg
This is Fang, he came to us with a broken jaw and injuries from having been entangled in abandoned fishing gear.

http://www.boneknuckleandskin.com/Fang/f2.jpg
When we do these public releases, we usually take a kid from the crowd and let them open the cage. they seem to get a kick out of it.

http://www.boneknuckleandskin.com/Fang/f3.jpg

http://www.boneknuckleandskin.com/Fang/f4.jpg
Here you can see his transmitter and also the scars from the lines that had entangled him.

http://www.boneknuckleandskin.com/Fang/f5.jpg
making tracks for home

http://www.boneknuckleandskin.com/Fang/f6.jpg

http://www.boneknuckleandskin.com/Fang/f7.jpg

michael.e

11-22-2008, 02:22 PM

Awesome! Tell me, how do you fix a broken jaw on a wild animal, do they have to be sedated for a while?

Bones

11-22-2008, 02:25 PM

Awesome! Tell me, how do you fix a broken jaw on a wild animal, do they have to be sedated for a while?

Unfortunately our treatment protocols prohibit me from discussing specifics on public forums.

nsureit

11-22-2008, 02:44 PM

Bravo. Another point for humanity on the scoreboard of life!

michael.e

11-22-2008, 02:52 PM

Unfortunately our treatment protocols prohibit me from discussing specifics on public forums.
Ahh, no worries. But hey, it healed Fang!

gkoelling

11-22-2008, 02:58 PM

Thanks for posting, Sean.

Your job has to be an emotional roller coaster. I imagine I'd be fighting tears one day and ready to strangle someone the next.

straticus

11-22-2008, 03:02 PM

Thank you.

Bones

11-22-2008, 03:03 PM

Thanks for posting, Sean.

Your job has to be an emotional roller coaster. I imagine I'd be fighting tears one day and ready to strangle someone the next.

Well, I do it as a volunteer, so i'm not usually there every day, but when we have 20-30 seals in house at the same time it can get a little rough because then the feeding and care schedule goes into overdrive. throw a dolphin into the mix and it gets pretty scary. right now with just a couple seals and a handful of sea turtles, it gives us time to get caught up on paperwork and repairs.

the busy season is coming and it has a way of weeding people out.

Glowing Tubes

11-22-2008, 03:51 PM

Yay Fang!

Great pics of a great moment.

Thanks for sharing

RC