T?? C??-Am ??sc?? t??m in T??il?n? ??c?ntl? ??? ?n ?m?ti?n?l ??sc?? missi?n w??n t??? ???n? ? ????? in t?? j?n?l? ?i??tin? ???inst ?n??????l? ??in ??? ???s. T?? t??m m?m???s w??? ????l? m?v?? ?? t?? si??t ?? t?? ???n? ?nim?l, w?? w?s t???i?i?? ?n? st????lin? t? m?v? ??? t? ?is inj??i?s.
D?s?it? ?is ????, t?? ??sc?? t??m m?n???? t? c?tc? t?? ????? ?n? ??????t ?im t? t?? C??-Am V?t Clinic ??? imm??i?t? m??ic?l ?tt?nti?n. T?? v?t ?isc?v???? t??t t?? ????? w?s s?????in? ???m s?v??? m?scl? ?n? j?int inj??i?s, w?ic? m??? it ?i??ic?lt ??? ?im t? st??tc? ?is lim?s. A??iti?n?ll?, t?? ????? w?s ?n?mic, ???????t??, ?n? ??? ?l??? ????sit?s.
D?s?it? t?? ?xt?nt ?? ?is inj??i?s, t?? t??m ?? ??ct??s ?t t?? clinic w??k?? ti??l?ssl? t? t???t t?? ?????’s w??n?s, ??li?v? ?is ??in, ?n? ???vi?? ?im wit? t?? n?c?ss??? s???l?m?nts ?n? ?nti?i?tics. Alt????? t?? n??v? ??m??? in ?is l??s l??t ?im ?n??l? t? w?lk, t?? v?t ??ci??? n?t t? ?m??t?t? t??m, ?n? inst???, t??? ???vi??? ?im wit? c??? ?n? s?????t t? ??l? ?im ????in ?is st??n?t?.
D?s?it? ?is ???k?n ????t, t?? ????? ??m?in?? ?l????l ?n? ????cti?n?t?, ??ttin? ?l?n? w?ll wit? ?t??? ???s. T?? ??sc?? t??m m??? ? ????tw??min? ??cisi?n t? t?k? c??? ?? t?? ????? ??? t?? ??st ?? ?is li??, ?ns??in? t??t ?? will ?? l?v?? ?n? c???? ??? ?lw??s.
T?is ??sc?? st??? is ? ??i?n?nt ??min??? ?? t?? im???t?nc? ?? c?m??ssi?n ?n? kin?n?ss t?w???s ?nim?ls in n???. D?s?it? t?? ?????’s t???m?tic ?x???i?nc?, ?? w?s ??l? t? ?in? ? n?w ??m? ?ill?? wit? l?v? ?n? s?????t. His ??sili?nc? ?n? ??t??min?ti?n t? s??viv? ?n? t??iv? ??s?it? ?is inj??i?s ??? t??l? ins?i?in? ?n? s??v? ?s ? ??min??? ?? t?? ?n????k??l? s?i?it ?? ?nim?ls.
T???t???, t?? tw? ???s ???v?? t?? wil???n?ss, t??i? ??n? ?????? ?? t??i? s????? st????l? ?n? t?? ?ns??k?n ?n???st?n?in? ?? t??i? ??sts. Wit? ??c? st??, t?? ???n? ?? s?lit??? sl?wl? ?????, ???l?c?? ?? ? ??n?w?? s?ns? ?? ?????s? ?n? t?? c?m???t ?? c?m??ni?ns?i?.
T??i? j???n?? w?s ??? ???m ??s?, ??t t??? ??c?? it t???t???—tw? s??viv??s n?vi??tin? t?? ?n????ivin? wil???n?ss, t??i? ??ws l??vin? im??ints ?? ??sili?nc? ?n? ???? in t??i? w?k?. An? ?s t??? v?nt???? ???t?, t??i? t?l? ??c?m? ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ?nw?v??in? st??n?t? ?? t?? c?nin? s?i?it, ??min?in? t?? w??l? t??t ?v?n in t?? ?l??k?st ?? ci?c?mst?nc?s, t?? ??w?? ?? l?v? ?n? ?nit? c?n c?n???? t?? ?????st ???n?.