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Image from a Timber Wolf showing plastic bag lodged in the cardia of the stomach

By National Wildlife Health Center
Image shows a plastic bag lodged in the cardia of the stomach of a timber wolf. Carcass has a tag with specimen info.
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Detailed Description

Image from a Timber Wolf (Canis lupus) found dead in Northern Wisconsin, USA. Ulceration of the mucosa of the distal esophagus (arrows). A plastic bag was extracted from where it was tightly lodged in the cardia of the stomach.

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