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Photo: A team of vet students work on a red ruffed lemur at the Miller Park Zoo.

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A team of vet students work on a red ruffed lemur at the Miller Park Zoo.

Photo: A veterinarian checks the conjunctivitis in a sick koala at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

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A veterinarian checks the conjunctivitis in a sick koala at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

Photo: A nurse treats an animal with cystitis at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

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A nurse treats an animal with cystitis at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

Photo: A woman soothes Whistler, a koala who was blinded by an allergic reaction to an anesthetic.

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A woman soothes Whistler, a koala who was blinded by an allergic reaction to an anesthetic.

Photo: Koalas recuperate at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

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Koalas recuperate at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

Photo: An anesthetized koala is carried back from the X-Ray room.

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An anesthetized koala is carried back from the X-Ray room.

Photo: A koala with a walking disability is evaluated on the move by zoo veterinarians.

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A koala with a walking disability is evaluated on the move by zoo veterinarians.

Photo: Koalas recuperate at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

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Koalas recuperate at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

Photo: The paw of a sick koala rests against the hand of a woman at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

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The paw of a sick koala rests against the hand of a woman at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

Photo: An injured koala at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

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An injured koala at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

Photo: Harley the koala gets his cast trimmed by Vicky Toomey at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

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Harley the koala gets his cast trimmed by Vicky Toomey at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital. Harley was hit by a car, and his caretakers say he’s lucky to be alive.

A Department of Game and Fish employee checks on a federally endangered Socorro isopod (Thermosphaeroma thermophilum).

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A Department of Game and Fish employee checks on a federally endangered Socorro isopod (Thermosphaeroma thermophilum).

Photo: A sea turtle that was rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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A sea turtle that was rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: A sea turtle that was rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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A sea turtle that was rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: A crew working to clean an oiled bird at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana.

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A crew working to clean an oiled bird at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

Workers washing an oiled brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

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Workers washing an oiled brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

Photo: A sea turtle that was rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill are being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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A sea turtle that was rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill are being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: Sea turtles that were rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Sea turtles that were rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

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A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

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A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

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A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

Photo: A crew working to clean a pelican at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana.

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A crew working to clean a pelican at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

Photo: A crew working to clean an oiled bird at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana.

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A crew working to clean an oiled bird at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

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A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

Photo: A woman uses a nebulizer on her son who was having trouble breathing at their home in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A woman uses a nebulizer on her son who was having trouble breathing at their home in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A woman uses a nebulizer on her son who was having trouble breathing at their home in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A woman uses a nebulizer on her son who was having trouble breathing at their home in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A mother and daughter stand a top their old farmhouse in Dunbar, Nebraska.

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A mother and daughter stand a top their old farmhouse in Dunbar, Nebraska.

Photo: A young woman holding hands with her brother and cousin at their home in Crosslake, Minnesota.

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A young woman holding hands with her brother and cousin at their home in Crosslake, Minnesota.

Photo: A young woman holding hands with her brother and cousin at their home in Crosslake, Minnesota.

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A young woman holding hands with her brother and cousin at their home in Crosslake, Minnesota.

Photo: A man cradles a ground-dwelling chick in his hands in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

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A man cradles a ground-dwelling chick in his hands in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

Photo: A mother and pup sea lion on the west side of Lowrie Island in Alaska.

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A mother and pup sea lion on the west side of Lowrie Island in Alaska.

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