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Spain's emergency room for wildlife

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

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by Kathryn Krawczyk
March 22, 2017

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.

(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,

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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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