EDINBURG, TEXAS—
Palm Valley Animal Center
Bitten and struck by animal · Multiple types of open wounds
Final narrative
On February 2, 2017, at about 5:00 p.m., an employee was attempting to euthanize a possum when it bit the employee's right hand and scratched the employee's right arm. The employee was hospitalized.
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