Though this wildlife center cares for thousands of animals every year, this is the first time they have ever used acupuncture on a patient.
The special case was a 10-year-old gopher tortoise that was found on the side of the road with a deep crack in her shell and no motor control left in her back legs.
The South Florida Wildlife Center (SFWC) took the tortoise into their care and started a life-saving treatment of “electro-acupuncture”: a therapy that connects electrical leads to acupuncture needles with the goal of improving the stimulation of damaged nerves through mild electrical currents.
Their efforts paid off within just a week in April, as she…
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