Saturday Soother: A lucky cub survives the fires
by digby
I don't even want to think about all the animals these epic fires in California have injured and killed. It's too horrible to even contemplate. But here's one story with a happy ending.
He's doing fine!
The five-month-old cub was found in Santa Paula on Dec. 22 with burn injuries to all four of his feet. The cub was also very thin. He was captured and taken to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s investigations Lab in Rancho Cordova, where he was treated.
Dr. Jamie Peyton, the chief of Integrative medicine at the University of California, Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, has been working with the CDFW in helping with the cub’s burns.
They are treating the burns by applying sterilized tilapia skin to the most severe injuries. The fish skin “creates a biologic bandage to protect the burn area and provides collagen to help speed healing,” the department said on its Facebook page.
We needed that happy ending, don't you think?
[I'm not sure why this didn't post in the usual Friday Night Soother slot, but I figure it's good news any time. --- d]
