Some cool service animal images:
achilles-- out of time
Image by outlier*
Achilles is in the Metro Animal Services shelter in Louisville, KY. He's a gigantic goof of a guy--about two years old and 100 pounds of playful, exploratory energy in need of a strong and loving handler/owner. Someone at the shelter worked with Achilles; I don't know who, but he was adopted out with the ability to "sit" and to walk calmly on leash. His adopters let his training go, and then brought him back to the shelter a month later. Now he's on the euthanasia list. There was a potential adopter, and he wanted to know how Achilles does with other dogs, so I brought my dog, Crow, whom I know to be reliable, to the shelter and the Animal Care Manager tested Achilles with Crow. He was fine, no signs of dog aggression or human aggression at all, though he doesn't like cats. If you know someone anywhere within driving distance of Louisville, KY who might adopt Achilles, contact me right away please!
Service Dog
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Virginia Tech staff member and student Dan Hua talks with Service intern Byron Hamstead
Image by USFWS/Southeast
On September 25, 2012, the Service , Virginia Tech, Lincoln Memorial University, and several other partners released 5,000 endangered mussels into the Tennessee stretch of the Powell River.
Biologists released more than 4,000 one-year-old endangered oyster mussels and 1,000 one-year-old endangered combshell mussels across four sites on the Powell River. The animals were propagated and reared at Virginia Tech’s Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Center in Blacksburg, Virginia. The release is the largest recovery effort to date for the two endangered mussels in the Powell River.
The Powell River is one of the nation’s most diverse, with nearly 100 species of fish, and 35 species of mussels. Mussels benefit people and wildlife alike. Mussels clean rivers by filtering algae, bacteria and debris suspended in the water. Mussels are sensitive to water pollutions and are used by scientists to monitor river health. Many animals such as otter, fish, and migratory birds reply upon healthy freshwater mussel assemblages as a food source.
Credit: Gary Peeples/USFWS
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