Episode 9 Dick 'N' Dom Go Wild


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This show features trained professionals working with

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potentially dangerous animals.

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So please, do not attempt to do anything

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you are about to see yourselves.

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BOTH: Yes?

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Did you know that now, right now,

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there are people all around the UK who are working their socks off

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to help wounded wildlife and poorly pets,

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and we've managed to get VIP passes for willing helpers to get stuck

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in at the busiest vets, wildlife sanctuaries and rescue centres.

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Rats!

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It's tough and dirty work, but somebody's got to do it.

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On today's show, Hiba and Huda battle to save a bird of prey.

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What happens if you can't fix its wing?

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The fairest thing would be to put it to sleep.

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Connor and Finley fix fawns.

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She's determined to feed.

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And Dom spends his savings on ravens.

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Hoopla. Yeah! Banger!

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-You off to that animal sanctuary then?

-Yeah.

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Ready for a hard day's work?

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Yeah.

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Don't think you've forgotten anything?

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-No.

-All right, then. Off you go. Good luck.

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Today on Dick and Dom Go Wild, I'm in the north-east of England to

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lend a hand at a busy vet's practice.

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And to help me out are these two.

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Spinning in today are identical twins Hiba and Huda.

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Huda here doesn't like dogs.

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But loves just about everything else.

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I like cats, chickens, zebras, elephants, guinea pigs,

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hamsters, octopus, sharks, dolphins, snails, worms.

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I like them all, basically.

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Told you.

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Meanwhile, Hiba gets in a dither when it comes to wildlife.

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Especially stuff that lives right here.

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I think wildlife in Britain is boring,

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and all the animals, like, stink and horrible.

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So, how will the disagreeing twins cope with the ups and downs

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of working in a busy vet's practice.

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Well, let's see, shall we?

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-Hello there, Huda, hello there, Hiba.

-TWINS: No.

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-No? Hello there, Huda, Hello there, Hiba.

-TWINS: Yeah.

-We'll get there!

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So, you might look the same because you're twins,

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but you've got different opinions when it comes to animals.

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-Yeah. I like animals...

-And I don't!

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-And you want to be a vet, Huda?

-Yeah, because I want

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-to help save lives.

-Good.

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And I don't want to be a vet, because there's too much blood.

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Do you think we can win her over today, Huda?

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-Yeah.

-Yes, right. There's only one way to find out.

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If we are going to be vets for the day, we've got to look like vets,

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so there's one for you, there's one for you, and...

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Ah. There's none for me.

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This place never stops caring for poorly pets and injured animals.

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It's on the case every single day of the year,

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so two extra pairs of hands will come in, erm, very handy!

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Jason, thanks for having us. I know you're busy,

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but today you've got something special going on, haven't you?

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Yeah. We've got the pet blood bank to come today.

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And what's a blood bank?

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It's where blood's taken from dogs, or it can be cats,

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and stored for future use in an emergency.

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Say, a dog's lost a lot of blood.

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Well, this will be perfect for the girls,

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because, Hiba, you don't like blood, do you?

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No, I don't like it. I think it's disgusting.

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And Huda, you're not keen on dogs.

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No.

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But are you going to get stuck in?

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BOTH: Yes.

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Good, because if you'd said no

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it would have been a very short programme!

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Six year old Susie the greyhound is today's volunteer.

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Just like people, dogs can need blood transfusions after operations.

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The much needed blood comes from healthy doggie donors

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like Susie here.

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First, our team need to see if Susie is a suitable blood donor.

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So, girls. I know you're not very keen on dogs.

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What do you think about Susie?

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She looks really calm, and so I wouldn't mind having a dog like her.

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She doesn't seem to be making much noises or anything like that.

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Promising, yes, very promising.

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OK, girls. We're going to give Susie a health check today

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to see if she's OK to give blood.

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We start with the head here, and pressing the gums there.

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That checks the circulation, and she's got really good circulation.

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So, Susie's teeth and gums are looking great.

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What about the heartbeat, Huda?

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-You happy with that?

-Yeah.

-Good.

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Lovely.

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And now it's time for a quick temperature check.

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Where do you think that goes?

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In its mouth?

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-Any other?

-Not sure.

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No, we basically don't put it in the dog's mouth,

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because they'll bite it, so in a dog it goes in its bottom unfortunately.

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TWINS: Ugh!

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Brace yourself, Susie. This will only take a few seconds, old girl.

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There we are, 39.2. So the dog's temperature is OK.

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So far, so good, but there is still one very important thing to do.

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Before Susie can become a donor,

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a small sample of her blood needs to be checked to make sure it's healthy.

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-Have you seen a blood sample taken before?

-TWINS: No.

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Is it going to hurt the dog?

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No, it shouldn't do.

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Jason swabs a small area of Susie's coat,

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and then it's in with the needle and out with a bit of blood.

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See, girls? I don't think she felt that, did she?

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GIRLS: No.

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-Impressed?

-GIRLS: Yeah.

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And off to the lab so the sample can be tested.

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Later, the girls soothe brave Susie as she gets ready to give blood.

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But first, Dom's sent to Surrey to save sick wildlife.

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Here at Harper Asprey, they take in injured or orphaned animals

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that might not otherwise stand a change of survival in the wild.

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They also are willing to go out

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and rescue animals that are in harmful situations.

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Now today, I'm going to be joined by two lads who may be able to

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help, but might not be so willing.

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Let's go and meet them.

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Meet brothers, Finlay and Connor.

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Now, Finlay is not OK with UK wildlife.

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He likes his animals all exotic.

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I think African wildlife is much prettier than wildlife here.

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They have all the rhinos and hippos and elephants.

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Brother Connor loves sea life,

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and loved his pet chicken,

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until a fox gobbled it up.

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I really don't like foxes.

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When you see them at night they look really like black

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and then they just move really creepily.

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These two have a pad full of pets.

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Woof!

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This is our tortoise, Marvin.

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This is our cat, Myrtle.

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BOTH: These are our dogs.

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So, let's see if we can get them

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wowed by wildlife that lives in the UK.

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Finlay, Connor, how are you doing? Welcome to Dick and Dom Go Wild.

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-You all right?

-BOTH: Yeah.

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-You two are brothers!

-BOTH: Yeah.

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Now, because of the fox situation, you're not keen on British wildlife,

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but I'm going to try and turn that around, OK?

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-BOTH: Yeah.

-So let's turn you around as well. Off you go.

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By the way, there are some really lovely overalls for you to wear.

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See you.

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The top team here take in over 1,200 patients every year.

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Many of them are orphans whose parents have sadly been killed

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in road accidents.

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This morning we need to find a couple of fawns that need feeding,

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and we're going to have to find them

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because they're actually here somewhere.

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-Just remind us what a fawn is.

-A fawn is a baby deer.

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So, we're going to find some fawns somewhere in this front garden.

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They are very small and very difficult to find.

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-So, go find fawns.

-OK.

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Young deer are difficult to spot in the undergrowth.

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Their markings help them keep hidden when their mum is looking for food.

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She's right there, boys.

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-Found one.

-This is Minnie.

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She's actually a roe fawn, so she's the fawn that you see

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in the Bambi film and she's about five days old now.

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Poor Minnie was born minutes after her mother was killed by a car.

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Isn't she beautiful? What do you think?

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-Yeah.

-Yeah. Quite cute.

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She's only five days old

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and now relies on Ann, who is acting as her mum.

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And Jamie's around here somewhere.

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His mum also died in a car collision.

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I've found the other one.

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Jamie's actually a fallow fawn, so he's going to be a lot bigger

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than Minnie, and he's about two weeks old at the moment.

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-Well done!

-And later, can Connor and Finlayhandle a full-on

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fawn feeding frenzy?

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Back in Newcastle, Hiba and Huda are waiting on some important

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blood results from Susie the greyhound.

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The team need to check if she's healthy enough to donate blood

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that might save the lives of sick dogs.

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And the results have arrived.

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So it's approximately about half and half, the blood count there,

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which is about right for a greyhound.

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Does that mean that the blood's good and Susie has passed the test?

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Yes. That means she's passed the test and we can go

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and get the blood that we need.

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Great. Now time for Susie to give to a great cause.

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Lie her on her side, nice and gently. Good girl.

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Easy. Taking blood from a dog is a simple

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and relatively pain-free procedure.

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We'll be taking about half a litre of the red stuff away from her today.

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-Right, Wendy, is it time to bring on the needle?

-Yes, it is.

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Right, let's go for it.

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How many dogs a week do you actually take blood from?

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We hold three collection sessions a week,

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about 20 dogs come to each session, so that's sixty dogs.

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Last year, the pet blood bank supplied

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around 3,000 bags of blood to the nation's vets.

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That's enough to help a staggering 12,000 animals.

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Susie's donation alone could save the lives of four other dogs.

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Can you take blood from one type of dog and give it to another type?

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Say a Rottweiler to a greyhound or...

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Yes, you could do. As long as they have got the same blood type.

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Hiba and Huda box up the bag

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and it could be sent to a pet emergency anywhere in the country.

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It's a job well done indeed,

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but what have our dog-dissing duo made of it all?

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At first I didn't know that dogs can give blood.

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I never knew that there was different blood groups.

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But now that I know, I think it's kind of interesting.

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I was really pleased to help out in the blood bank,

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because it might have made a change to another dog's life.

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And later, our girls get called to a grounded kestrel.

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How do you think this one injured itself?

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I believe it was hit by a car.

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At the wildlife rescue centre in Surrey,

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Connor and Finlay have been trying to find fawns Minnie and Jamie.

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The fawns don't have mum,

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so Connor and Finlay will need to prepare them a nutritious breakfast.

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Can you crack an egg into here? Who's the chef amongst you?

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-Him.

-What do I do? How do you crack an egg?

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This'll be fun. Whoa! Well done.

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Take one egg and whisk well.

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Add a litre of milk and mix together.

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Finally add some glucose and vitamins.

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This mixture has the same nutrients and goodness

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that mum's milk would have contained.

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Stir it all together and pour into a bottle,

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trying not to make too much of a mess!

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OK, all we need to do now is put the tops on the bottles

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and go and feed the fawns.

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Now because the fawns aren't used to the boys,

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they may not accept the milk.

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Right, we're going to bring him over and sit him down on here.

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-Oh, sit him down?

-Yeah, going to sit him down here.

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Connor's going to be the first to play parent.

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There you go. Great job.

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-Is that strange?

-Yeah.

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He's a bit of a messy eater, isn't he?

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In the wild, fawns will feed from their mothers

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around four times a day.

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Now, it's little Minnie's turn.

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That's it. You can now pick her up. Well done.

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At only five days old, she's still very fragile

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and needs to eat every meal if she's going to pull through.

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Ah, looks like she's got a sniff of the boys' breakfast drink!

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Looks like she really wants milk.

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I think, you know, I think she might stand down here and feed.

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There you go.

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She's determined to feed.

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The fawns will soon move into a bigger field

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with less human contact

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before being eventually released back into the wild.

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Well done.

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Connor and Finlay have really helped them on their journey.

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Nice work, boys.

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I really liked meeting the deers.

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My favourite part was feeding them and getting to pick up one of them.

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I really enjoyed meeting the fawns, because I've never actually

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fed one and I've never actually touched, stroked one.

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And later, Connor and Finlay box clever with some flighty fox cubs.

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Come on. You know you want to.

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But first, a big-beaked beauty takes a shine to Dom.

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What you doing? Counting your savings?

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Yeah. Got enough to buy a brand new bigger piggy bank.

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Brilliant. But it's your turn to look after the animals today, remember?

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Come on.

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Unkindness.

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What have I done now?

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No, that's an unkindness of ravens.

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You know, when you see a group of ravens hanging round together.

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-A group of ravens is unkindness.

-This fellow's on his own.

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-Well he's just unkind.

-Why, what's he done?

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-Stole my bike.

-Oh.

-Ravens are part of the crow family, you know.

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You know, like magpies and jackdaws...

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What you doing?

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Well, it's a flashback, isn't it?

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That horrible crow job! It pooed all over my back and everything.

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Yep, definitely your task today. Get in there.

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I'll hold your pig, you put them on.

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-Why?

-Have you seen his beak?

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OK, this is the drill. I'm about to show Dom some amazing bird behaviour.

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But it's going to cost him.

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OK, this raven knows I'm holding shiny coins.

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He needs to spread the contents of his piggy bank

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all over the raven enclosure.

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You see, ravens love collecting shiny objects.

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Not because they like a bit of bling,

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it's thought they decorate their nest to impress other ravens.

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Has she got one already?

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Yes.

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Within minutes, the raven has nabbed one of Dom's coins

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and stashed it high up in its roost.

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Check this move out.

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Hoopla. Yeah! Banger!

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What a catch!

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And it ain't just coins that ravens'll nick.

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Sometimes they even go into people's houses and nick their jewellery

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if they get the chance.

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When they attract a partner, they then stay with them for life,

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for better or for worse.

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For worse. Definitely for worse. Can I have my coins back?

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I'll ask.

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Raven! Raven!

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RAVEN CAWS

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-What did he say?

-He says, he hasn't found a partner yet,

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so can he keep the coins a bit longer. Is that all right?

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No, it's not all right! Right, I'll have a word.

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Raven! Raven!

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RAVEN CAWS

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Too right!

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Cheeky bird!

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Back in Newcastle, Hiba and Huda are working hard as vet assistants

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and their next patient is this injured kestrel.

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Is a kestrel a bird of prey?

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Yes.

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The kestrel is a bird of prey and they are basically hunting birds.

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Those eyes can see ultraviolet light.

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Handy, because their rodent prey leaves a trail of wee

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that reflects ultraviolet light and makes lunch that much easier to find.

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So, how do you think this one injured itself?

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I believe it was hit by a car, so quite nasty.

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An x-ray soon highlighted the problem. A bad wing bone break.

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Jason pinned the bone to try and help it heal.

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Today, the girls are going to find out if the operation was successful.

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What happens if you can't fix its wing?

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Basically, if we can't fix it,

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the fairest thing would be to put it to sleep, because unfortunately

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it's a wild animal and it wouldn't be fair to let it suffer.

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First, the team need to sedate the bird,

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which gives Hiba and Huda the chance to check out its amazing talons.

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What does it feel like, girls?

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-Really sharp.

-Do you know why they're so sharp?

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No.

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Once they've grabbed hold of their prey, they're not letting go.

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The bird is now fast asleep and ready for a second x-ray.

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Right, everybody, we're going to have to leave the room now,

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because you can't be in the room when x-rays are taken.

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It's high risk, so out that way.

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And seconds later, we have an image to examine.

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This is the big moment. You can see the image clearly there.

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What can you tell us, Jase?

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Two things. One is, the really good news is that the fracture

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is healing quite nicely.

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The pin has moved a little bit, but it's done its job.

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I probably will remove that today

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and probably strap the wing up for another week,

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but there is no reason why that shouldn't be released then.

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Excellent. Good news, eh, girls? GIRLS: Yeah.

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And we don't mess around here.

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The pin is out in no time and in a matter of minutes

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the kestrel is waking up with not so much as a feather out of place.

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She'll soon be ready to be released back into the wild,

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but for now, Hiba and Huda are returning the bird to her cage

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where she will get all the care and attention she needs.

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And later, our girls discover why Gilly's tummy is so swollen.

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See all that fluid?

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GIRLS: Yeah.

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What does that look like?

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Connor and Finlay are turning into handy animals

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helpers at a Surrey rescue centre.

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-Is that strange?

-Yeah.

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Next up is an animal Connor might not be too wild about.

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Right. Now, the animals we're going to get are in here.

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-Oh!

-Fox.

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Small little foxes!

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You guys weren't too keen on foxes, were you, initially,

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so what's your feelings now, towards them?

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It was mostly Connor who wasn't so keen on them stealing things.

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What is it they steal from you?

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Chickens. Like, pets and stuff.

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These four fox cubs are all rescued orphans

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and arrived here severely underweight.

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The team need to round them up so the cubs can undergo a vet check.

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Have you ever caught a fox before?

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-No.

-No.

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You can imagine which end is not so friendly.

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-Head.

-Heads.

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That's what we are going to be really careful of,

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so that's what we're going to use the tails for.

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They have very sharp teeth.

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OK, boys, time to put the foxes in the boxes.

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I've got hold of the head,

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and now I'm going to get hold of her by the scruff of the neck.

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Holding them by the back of the neck doesn't hurt them.

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It's how foxes' mums pick them up in the wild.

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Put her in there. In you go, darling.

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Come on, you know you want to.

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Finlay sounds like he's in control here.

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Shall I wrap this thing round his head and then you pick him up?

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-Yeah, if you do that.

-OK.

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That's two. They're doing well.

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And Connor is ready with a transport box.

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That's number three.

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Where's number four hiding?

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I can see a bottom.

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Gotcha! Brilliant. Four foxes hiding in their... well, you get the idea.

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Now for the vet check.

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If they're free from disease, they'll be able to transfer

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to a new, more spacious enclosure.

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Right. Off to the vet's.

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And later, will the cubs make it to their new home?

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Have a listen to his heart. Can you hear it?

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Yeah, I can.

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But first, we eye up a hard-looking fish.

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What are you doing? All these beautiful tropical fish everywhere,

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and you're looking at a rock. Don't get me wrong, I like rocks.

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I sit on them and everything. I've even picked one up, but you know.

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This is not a rock. It's a stone fish.

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This big, heavy fish friend of yours, how does it swim?

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Like a stone. Along the bottom. It's a bottom feeder.

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Bottom feeder, right! So it feeds off bottoms.

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No, it eats from the bottom of the ocean,

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-you know, small fish and shrimps.

-Yeah.

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The other most amazing thing about this fish is it's got 13 spines.

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13? Unlucky for some.

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Unlucky for you if you stood on it, because it can inject a very

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nasty toxin, and if that's left untreated it could end up in death.

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Hang on, I've just had a thought.

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the floor that we are on now, it's made of stone.

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Could be these little suckers everywhere.

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I tell you what, I'll tiptoe off and try and get some help.

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You stay here, right. Don't move.

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Over in Newcastle, Hiba and Huda are on duty

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at a busy inner-city vet's practice.

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And there's no time for a cat nap,

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because their next pet patient has just arrived.

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This is Gilly, a five year old German Shepherd.

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In you go then, Gilly. Come on, Gilly. Walkies, Gilly.

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Gilly!

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Ah, good girl.

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Right girls, we've got Gilly here.

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-Do you know what she's come in for today?

-No.

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Basically, she's got a swollen tummy, and today I'm going to let

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you have a go at scanning her and find out why.

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First Jason shaves a patch of fur off her tummy,

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while the girls are on hand to keep Gilly calm and still.

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Good girl.

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Sit. Sit!

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Remember, they arrived here not liking dogs at all.

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You'd never know that now.

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So, Hiba, I'm going to let you have a go at scanning.

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-Right.

-OK?

-Yeah.

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Using a scanner like this will help Hiba and Huda to look right inside

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Gilly's tummy, and they'll be able to see what's causing all the swelling.

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-See all that fluid?

-GIRLS: Yeah.

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Go back a bit where you were before. What does that look like?

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-Are they babies?

-Yeah, brilliant.

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Woo-hoo! As Jason suspected, it's congratulations to Gilly.

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She's a pregnant pooch with a tummy full of tiny puppies.

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-Can you see the head?

-Yeah.

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And then you have the skeleton, there.

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Look at that. Can you see that?

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-GIRLS: Yeah.

-Isn't that amazing?

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There's its tail.

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Hiba and Huda have seen them alive and kicking

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before they've even been born.

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Is it possible to tell how many puppies she's having?

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There is three, for a start.

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Can you see the three different, four different sacks, there?

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-Is it one there? Another one there.

-Yeah. Six.

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Seven. Eight.

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-Is that a lot of puppies to have?

-That's probably about right.

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I've had a few German Shepherds have 14.

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Woah!

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So what's the average amount of puppies?

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Probably about eight to ten, I would think.

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Lovely stuff.

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Before our girls are done,

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time to confirm the good news with Gilly's owner.

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Gilly's just had a scan and she's got at least eight puppies

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and they're all healthy.

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That's lovely. Thank you very much.

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You're welcome.

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So girls, you've had an action packed day, haven't you?

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You've done the blood bank,

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you've helped the kestrel with his broken wing,

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and scanned the pregnant dog.

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What's been your best bit?

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-Helping the kestrel out.

-And what was your favourite bit?

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My favourite bit was helping the pregnant dog,

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because I've actually never seen a scan before.

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Hiba, you thought animals were pointless and boring.

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What do you think now?

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I think they're all right now.

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Just all right. And what about you?

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I really like them even more now.

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-Still want to try and be a vet?

-Yeah.

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Well, good luck with that ambition and thank you girls,

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it's been a great day's work.

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Connor and Finlay have been grafting hard,

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getting animals healthy at the wildlife rescue centre.

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They've now rounded up four fox cubs that need a health check.

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After a short journey, they arrive at the vet's.

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-Lie him on the table.

-Thank you.

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This is a massive moment for the foxes.

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If they get a thumbs up from vet Gill, they'll be allowed into

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their new enclosure, and that's a step away from a return to the wild.

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We can just see in their ears. Their ears are beautifully clean

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and you can see all the way down the ear canal there.

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There's no wax and that's gorgeous. Lovely.

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Clean ears, but what about those gnashers?

0:25:020:25:04

Why do we check his teeth and ears?

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Well, it's very important that he has nice, strong teeth,

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because he's going to have to catch his own prey in the wild.

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He's going to live off rabbits and birds and mice

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and that sort of thing,

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and he needs a really strong jaw to be able to catch those.

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How big do the teeth actually get?

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His main teeth at the front which are his canine teeth, his fangs,

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which are the ones that he's going to use to catch his prey,

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will probably be about that long, a centimetre and a half or so.

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They'll be big, strong teeth. He seems like a great little fox.

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Excellent.

0:25:370:25:38

That's one fox with the all clear. Now for his three tiny pals.

0:25:380:25:42

-Have a listen to his heart. Can you hear it?

-Oh, yeah, there.

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And it's cracking news.

0:25:470:25:50

So there you go, four foxes all fit and ready for release,

0:25:520:25:55

so good luck with that.

0:25:550:25:57

Now onto a secluded location where they can be monitored

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from a distance and can really stretch their legs.

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-Goodbye.

-Bye.

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Very few people are allowed to come here,

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but today we've bagged access-all-areas passes.

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So, I guess this is it. This is the new temporary home, then, eh?

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How long will they be staying here?

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They will be in this enclosure for about three months.

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We need to see that they're very settled

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and that they've gone underground and they're wary of humans.

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Here, right now, they are dying to get out of here.

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They're just smacking their little cages about.

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They're a bit nervous...

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and then they're off!

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First, a good sniff around their new home.

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There will be hardly any human contact here,

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so the foxes can learn how to be wild again.

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And thanks to Connor and Finlay, they are all well on their way.

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-So, boys, have you had a good day?

-BOYS: Yeah.

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-You enjoyed yourselves?

-BOYS: Yeah.

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Excellent. Now, you were a bit lacklustre about British wildlife

0:27:100:27:13

when you came here, and now, hopefully,

0:27:130:27:14

within the process of the day and your experience,

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those thoughts have now vanished and you are now big wildlife fans.

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Am I correct?

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-Yes.

-Is that right?

-Yes.

0:27:210:27:23

Good. We have two lads here who love wildlife.

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Do you know what I love most about animals?

0:27:310:27:32

You look like one?

0:27:320:27:33

No! They bring so much happiness to people's lives,

0:27:330:27:36

but they never ask for anything in return.

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Absolutely. And, unlike a lot of humans,

0:27:380:27:40

you can always trust an animal.

0:27:400:27:42

-Absolutely right.

-Car keys?

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-I gave them to you.

-I haven't got them.

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I gave them you outside the...

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