The Flotilla group was only the latest among a growing number of critics to accuse Israel of genocidal acts in its war in Gaza. Israel vehemently denies the allegations, saying its war is directed at Hamas militants, not Gaza’s civilians.
“He started to recover and then all of a sudden reversed himself, and we decided it was not possible to save him,” Whitehead said. Star was euthanized Tuesday, the same day the necropsy was conducted.Results won’t be known for a few weeks as to the possible cause of death or contributing factors, Whitehead said.
There has been a pet reindeer housed in downtown Anchorage since the 1950s. This particular Star was the seventh in the line to live with either Anchorage pioneers Oro and Ivan Stewart or Whitehead after he took over for the Stewarts in 2002.Star, which had his own Facebook page, constantly got visitors to his pen, attracting tourists and locals alike. He got daily walks in downtown Anchorage, was featured in parades, was visited by schoolchildren and even appeared on reality TV shows.Haywood Park Community Hospital was the closest hospital for many in Brownsville, Tennessee, a rural city in the western part of the state.
Some residents believe it kept their loved ones alive. Butor skipped care completely. The facility
in 2014 after a decline in patients.
“Despite my ill feelings or experiences I had in that environment,” said Alma Jean Thomas Carney, who described the hospital’s white staff as unwelcoming, “you have indigent people living in Haywood County who need to get to the closest facility available.”The injured horse, a 3-year-old black mare she decided to name after the movie Flicka, had leg burns. Her halter burned off, along with her tail and mane. The embers gave her eyes ulcers.
A veterinarian at an emergency equine hospital gave the horse 50-50 odds of surviving.“She just had no chance, getting left locked in a stall and her owners evacuating and just leaving them all there,” Bagan said.
But some horse owners were ready.When Meredith McKenzie got a notice days before of the heightened fire risk, she asked people at her barn to help evacuate her horse so she could focus on caring for her sister who has Alzheimer’s.