Evanston Native Treats Oprah's Dog, Camels and Zebras
A new book from veterinarian Barbara Royal combines stories from her career with tips on how to make your pet healthier.
Evanston native Dr. Barbara Royal has performed acupuncture on meerkats, built an underwater treadmill for an elephant and operated on a giant grouper as a consultant for Chicago's Lincoln Park and Brookfield Zoos and the Shedd Aquarium, but she also treats common pets like dogs, cats and rabbits at her Royal Treatment Veterinary Center in Chicago. The wide variety of patients has taught her a universal truth about animal care: for an animal to be healthy, it has to eat and do what comes naturally. “That doesn’t mean you can’t have a dog in a high rise apartment in Chicago," Royal said. "It just means that you have to take them out and give them the food they need.” That philosophy is behind her book, The Royal Treatment: A Natural …
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