Inside Hungary’s only wildlife hospital

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Ever seen an elephant have a healthcheck? Or watched humans help an owl with an injured wing? CGTN’s Pablo Gutierrez reports from the Budapest Zoo’s Wildlife Rescue Center.   #animals

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00:00At Budapest Zoo these elephants are getting their routine checkup just like

00:05humans do. Every week veterinarians here take blood tests to help detect a deadly

00:12disease that threatens mainly Asian elephants. It's all about prevention but

00:18the zoo doesn't just help its own animals. Last year alone they rescued

00:22over 2,600 wild animals in need. Most of these animals come injured or sick and

00:29their job is to get them healthy and back home. Like an eagle owl that was

00:35found near a road with an injured wing, the owl is being treated and will

00:40eventually be placed in a wildlife center since it can't survive being in

00:46the wild. It's too injured they say and they cannot release it. So from elephants

00:53to hedgehogs, bats and wild birds the Budapest Zoo Wildlife Rescue Center is

01:00treating and saving animals by the thousands.

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