C.R.U.M.A. A bird hospital in Tuscany / ITALY { 36 images } Created 7 Jul 2012
Cruma is a center for the recovery of sea and aquatic animals situated on the hills behind Livorno, west coast of Italy as you can understand from its name the center is established to provide shelter and recovery to sea and aquatic animals. Cormorants, herons, shearwaters, ducks, seagulls, swans and wading birds are only a few of the many sea and aquatic species that can be cured in the center.?Every year more than 3.000 animals arrive in the center; they have been victims of firearms, poisoning, traumas caused by collisions, smear, pathologies. They may also be common chicks needing special care during the growth.?CRUMA works as a hospital and is provided with a reception, an operating theatre, postoperative stables, incubators, boxes and aviaries to help the birds fly, and pools for sea animals. The animals reach the ealing and are liberated. All of this managed by a very professional group of biologists and veteritaries suported by volounteers.