Spain's emergency room for wildlife

Spring is a busy time for the medical staff at the GREFA wildlife hospital

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Veterinaries treat a Halcon Peregrino (Falco Peregrinus) of a broken wing.
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A veterinarian weighs an orphaned duckling at its arrival to GREFA hospital on March 16, 2017, in Majadahonda, near Madrid, Spain.
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A coordinator feeds a 2-week-old orphaned fox cub.
(Image credit: (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)Spring is a busy season for GREFA. Indeed, warmer temperatures bring thousands of orphaned chicks and baby animals to the hospital. But all year round,)

Veterinarians treat a Spanish Imperial Eagle with a broken wing.
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An orphaned rabbit gets its initial checkup.
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A Peregrine falcon with a broken wing.
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Veterinarian Laura Suarez treats a pond turtle that lost its eye.
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A Picogordo bird has its wing cleaned of glue with sand and a toothbrush after it got stuck in an illegal trap.
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Veterinarians and volunteers use a thermometer to take the temperature of a seagull.
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Veterinarians Laura Suarez (left) and Virginia Moraleda (right) treat a turtle in the reptiles room.
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A stork walks in its room during recovery.
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Veterinarian Virginia Moraleda leaves a Spanish Imperial Eagle in its room after it was treated for a broken wing.
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Kathryn Krawczyk
Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.