SEATTLE — As animal keeper Karen McRae does her daily rounds, the animals she tends to have learned to pick her out of a crowd.
“I think she sees me now,” McRae said. “Hi, Shila.”
Shila, the gray wolf, has been under her care since she was 6 years old – today, she’s 14. That’s why when Shila started losing her balance earlier this summer, her caretaker noticed.
“My heart just dropped when I saw that because I knew it was serious and we didn’t know what was wrong,” McRae said.
The Woodland Park Zoo’s veterinary team, including Dr. Tim Storms, performed a complete medical examination and quickly identified the problem.
“Her heart was
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