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Show Saturday, December 7, 1996 The Park Record B-11 Animal trauma center treats pains of both patients and pet owners OSWEGO, 111. (AP) The scene is very different from the medical emergencies portrayed on top-rated top-rated TV shows. There are no sirens, no flashing red lights, no gurney with a doctor hovering over a patient, barking orders on the way to an operating room. Those who must visit Emergency Animal Services, a trauma centers for pets, see drama of a different breed. "Sometimes we have to talk them down," said Pam Pittard, head technician for Emergency Animal Services, speaking about the patients facing a crisis with their animals. "You have to be very calming." And the heroics can be just as dramatic and the rewards just as tangible in the "Pet ER." Emergency Animal Services is an emergency medical center for the members of families that don't happen to be human. "We see everything from torn toenails to C-sections," said Dr. Laurel Harris, veterinarian and manager of the center since July 1995. "We're a full-service facility and we're set up to handle most Horse riders won't share with cyclists CLEVELAND (AP) Horse riders will not have to share the Cleveland Metroparks bridal paths with mountain bikes, despite an intensive effort by bikers to open up the paths to their vehicles. The city parks board has decided after several public hearings to keep a 60-year-old rule that bans vehicles from using bridle and hiking trails in the parks system. Horse riders have access to about 90 miles of bridle paths but aren't supposed to use the paved all-purpose trails, which are the only paths where bikes are permitted to roam. Hardcore mountain bikers generally avoid the all-purpose paths, wanting more rugged terrain ter-rain for their heavy-duty bikes. "Our enjoyment comes from being able to get further out into the wilderness quicker than with most forms of transportation," trans-portation," said Chuck Allen of Macedonia, president of the Northeast Ohio Mountain Bike Association. Allen collected nearly 1,000 signatures from biking enthusiasts enthusi-asts urging parks officials to Cast iron auger casing! 4 models to choose from! Snowthrowers forged in the tradition of the famous TROY-BILT Tiller! Covered by exclusive 7-Year Warranty. Ask for details! Visit your nearby Buy your niowsu BONNEVILLE EQUIPMENT CO. 9330 South 300 West Sandy, Utah 84070 (801)566-8891 (800)570-8891 Fax (801) 566-7792 any situation." This fall, Dr. Mark Butler found both of his examining rooms filled with dogs suffering from nausea. "You never really know what you're going to get," Pittard said. "Every night it's different." Recent cases have included a dog with a fishhook in its nose and a kitten that was choking on some food. "I just had my first case of mushroom toxicity," said Harris after a recent 14-hour shift. "The dog got into some mushrooms in the back yard and came in hallucinating." halluci-nating." The center primarily treats cats and dogs. But it also is equipped to handle exotic pets. Some 30 area veterinarians refer their clients to Emergency Animal Services after-hours. Weekends, when pets are more likely to be outside with thiir owners, are usually the busiest times. "It gets pretty nuts in here on Sunday afternoons," Pittard said. "Most of our clients are understanding. under-standing. We take the most serious seri-ous cases in first." open some of their backwoods trails to bicycles. Parks Naturalist Rick Tyler said there was sound reasoning behind the board's decision. "They think we're just out to get mountain bikers, but we're not," Tyler said. He said excessive foot traffic, storm damage, and ravenous deer and gypsy moth caterpillars have strained the native vegetation vegeta-tion and wildlife and may force the closing of some trails. Allowing mountain bikes on the bridal paths would make conditions worse, Tyler said. Horse riders were happy with the board's decision. "I'm not opposed to those people doing their mountain biking someplace else, but there's a terrible danger mixing bikers with hikers and riders," said Penny Passalacqua, who helped lead the opposition to the bikers' campaign. She said collisions between horses and bikers would be inevitable if they used the same paths. Allen said he believes parks officials and horse riders eventually even-tually will accept the mountain bikers on the trails. (VIM? Snowthrower today 90 Days Same as Cash Dealer today Both vets and technicians say there is a particular challenge in treating emergency pet cases, often because situations are emotionally draining on the families. "That's something we've really tried to work on," Harris said. "We believe in providing quality service and we also need to be emotionally supportive." A bulletin board in the hallway of Emergency Animal Services is filled with cards expressing gratitude, grati-tude, nearly all of them featuring an illustration of a cat or a dog. "She would not have made it without you," wrote one grateful author about her cat. The board is a testimonial of sorts, not only to the staffs veterinary veteri-nary efforts, but also to the compassion com-passion with which clients are treated when the loss of life occurs. "You made a difficult situation more bearable," wrote one woman who lost her cat. The Oswego center has been well-received, said Dr. Jack Schaefer, owner of the Aurora Animal Hospital and the vice president presi-dent of the board for Emergency Animal Services. 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