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Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Welcomes New

Animal Ambassador: Rihanna, The Virginia Opossum

Busch Wildlife Sanctuary at Abramson & Schlaggar announce a new permanent resident and
Reserve, a renowned nonprofit organization dedicated educational animal ambassador: Rihanna,
to wildlife conservation and education, is delighted to the Virginia opossum.

TGH Foundation Fund Helps

East Coast Patients Access

Cutting-Edge Care

Since 2020, Tampa Rihanna was brought to the wildlife rehabilitation
General Hospital (TGH) has center on April 30 with most of her tail missing after an
been creating a framework altercation with a domestic cat. Fortunately, that was the
of state-of-the-art services only injury the juvenile opossum sustained. Staff treated
connecting patients in Palm the wound and provided preventative care including
Beach and Martin counties antibiotics, antiparasitics, pain relievers and fluids.
with the expertise and Without the majority of her tail, it was clear Rihanna
innovation of a preeminent would not be releasable. An opossum’s prehensile tail
academic health system. For helps stabilize it when climbing and latches onto tree
patients on Florida’s East branches to prevent them from falling, so Rihanna would
Coast needing a higher level of have difficulty evading predators without one.
care, this has been great news. Once Rihanna was healthy enough, the education and
With a clear path to TGH, animal care teams moved her to the sanctuary and began
patients no longer have to acclimating her to life there. Busch Wildlife Sanctuary is
leave the state when they need honored to provide a forever home to Rihanna and, with
complex care or procedures. her help, educate residents about her species and how to
Now, to further help cohabitate with native wildlife.
patients access complex care, Virginia opossums are the only native marsupials in
the nonprofit hospital’s TGH Foundation recently initiated to pay for services. As the hospital’s philanthropic arm, the North America. Opossums play many important roles in
a special fund for those demonstrating a need for financial TGH Foundation provides a crucial source of funding to their ecosystems and are beneficial to humans. Opossums
assistance with travel costs to Tampa. The Patient Support support these cases, furthering TGH’s mission to heal, teach, eat insects, snails, slugs and other critters, which helps
Fund will cover expenses like transportation, gas and hotel innovate and care for everyone, every day. control their populations, in addition to eating unwanted
accommodations. TGH is dedicated to pioneering breakthrough treatments, household pests like rodents, cockroaches, rats and mice.
“Money raised will help remove possible financial barriers conducting game-changing clinical research and training To learn about Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, visit www.
for East Coast patients so they can easily travel to Tampa to the next generation of health care professionals through its buschwildlife.org. Nurture what’s wild.
receive the care they need, when they need it,” said Frann partnership with the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
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