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Humane Society
Coverage of Humane Society in the Nexus archive.
- Last American to use an iron lung dies at 78 years old after childhood polio diagnosis
Martha Lillard, the last American to rely on an iron lung due to childhood polio, died at 78. She contracted polio at age 5, used the iron lung for breathing, and later faced complications from two COVID-19 infections. She lived independently, married a man from Egypt, and died of chronic pulmonary failure and post-polio syndrome.
- Last poodle rescued from house of horrors where 250 dogs were left to die in their own filth finally gets her happy ever after as she's re-homed
A poodle was rescued from a house where 250 dogs were left to die and has been re-homed. The rescue marked a happy ending for the dog. The house was described as a scene of horrors with dogs living in their own filth.