In big island animal medical related news, it was reported by Ron Mizutani, that a male, estimated at 200 pounds, “showed no signs of bruising…..” It was loaded into a rescue vehicle and taken to the rehabilitation facility for dolphins and small whales at UH Hilo on the big island at 11 p.m. Wow there is some really nice real estate over there in those parts. All in all, the patient was an adult male striped dolphin was first sighted by residents Monday afternoon. The story was written up by Ron Mizutani, reporting for KHON News, yesterday, June 16, 2010, under the headline; Rescued dolphin dies but not before a fight. For his part, Mizutani writes that the rescue of a stranded dolphin off Miloli’i on the Big Island gave the state’s new hospital its first patient. David Schofield, NOAA marine mammal response coordinator was quoted as saying, “Those folks under our direction were able to stabilize (him)…..” Schofield added it was their first patient overall. This first patient received immediate attention and was ministered to round the clock until it expired Tuesday afternoon. Schofield had reported, “Starting last night at midnight the dolphin has gotten (the attention)….” Switching topic for aquick moment, if you are in need of a leading big island real estate then allow me to directg you to Sotheby’s. They are good because they have been handling both residential and commercial real estate transactions for a very long time in Hawaii. Mizutani reported in his article that the dolphin was given steroids and antibiotics and X-rays screening for pneumonia. It is believed the animal was suffering from an virus or infection.
Before the dolphin died it was reported that, “The prognosis while we’re saying stable yet critical….”
Schofield reportedly commented, “When dolphins strand, people’s natural instinct is to push those animals back out into the ocean, “Free Willy” if you will, but these animals are very, very sick….”
Humans seem to feel a connection to dolphins, and It’s always hard for to see them suffer.
Mizutani writes that Hilo’s newest hospital gave the dolphin a fighting chance and will do the same in the future for other animals needing care near the big island.
June 17, 2010
In Hilo, Hawaii, New Hospital Sees First Dolphin Die
September 28, 2009
Michael Vick Returns, does not do much
Just got back from Houston by auto, time to blog. As it turns out, the Philadelphia Eagles did not require too much from disgraced exc convict Michael Vick to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs (are they in Missouri or Kansas, I remeber almost having a car accident in the former?). Anyway, they did not require a damn thing really from Mr. Donovan McNabb or Mr. Brian Westbrook either. It was an overwhelming victory
you might say and reminds me of a recent Houston game. They recieved quite substantial contributions from their young players as well as their second string type players in their resounding defeat of the Kansas City chiefs, a very proud franchise indeed, much like Houston. For his part, Kevin Kolb threw for more than three hundred yards and had 2 decisive td passes, while LeSean McCoy had more than eight yards while rushing plus a td of his own.
As if this were not enouph firepower DeSean Jackson and Brent Celek both had in excess of a hundred or so yards receiving plus one score for Philadelphia (2-1).
McNabb missed his 2nd consecutive game with a busted up rib bone, unfortunately for his team.
In the meantime, Westbrook sat out with a bad ankle but luckily for them it was not an issue versus their opponents Kansas City, who are yet to win a game this season. Kolb, a third-year pro making his second career start, and McCoy, a rookie second-round pick, filled in nicely. All the while, Vick was primarily functioning as an auto decoy. But this is a pet news blog, not a sports blog, so let’s get to the real reason that I am running this story:
While playing in his first non playoff game since December 31, 2006, the now infamous Vick ran 1 time for seven yards plus threw 2 incomplete passes. He had served eighteen months in jail on a federal dogfighting charge, but did not have to wait very long to get back on the gridiron, as it tuned out.
Some had counted him out and thought his career was over following the horrid and horrifically cruel animal abuse charges against him. As an aside if you happen to require a top flank (no pun intended) Houston auto lawyer then may I suggest this fine resource as he is one of the best car accident lawyer or attorney in all of Houston, in my opinion. As it stands, he made his entrence to a semi-standing ovation, which probably came as a surprise to many and certainly to the dismay of PETA and other animal rights activists, who probably see his very appearence as an afront to human decency in general. I mean, to them, OJ Simpson looks like a saint by comparision.To us pet fanatics he is kind of like a cross between Darth Vader and Bernie Madoff, with a bit of Kenneth Lay thrown in for good measure. Lucky for him he has a good lawyer.