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Dr. Heather Barron, Hospital Director
center between Sarasota and the Florida Keys licensed to care for sea turtles.
does this animal really need to come in? We estimate that over the past couple of years, we’ve prevented about 2,000 abductions.”
“We see about 65% birds, about another 30% mammals and the rest is reptiles,” she notes. “About 50% of our patients are juveniles who’ve been
Public education, awareness and prevention of unnecessary admissions are one of the core values
orphaned or in some cases, inappropriately abducted by well- meaning people who didn’t understand the natural biology of the species, so they assumed a problem. That was one of the bigger challenges I
that Heather Barron brings CROW — and one of the primary reasons she believes she was hired. “As I see it, CROW is in the business of conservation medicine, as well as wildlife
“As I see it, CROW is in the business of conservation medicine, as well as wildlife healthcare.” - Dr. Heather Barron
encountered when I first got here in 2012 — before then, no one questioned the circumstances of the case. We have made a real effort to educate the public and question people based on circumstances:
healthcare,” she explains. “It’s all part of the ‘one world one health’ concept. We see thousands of patients each year, and this is our opportunity to add to the research of how animal medicine and human
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