Last year, the foundation rescued nearly 300 dogs and about a dozen cats, nearly all of which Sakas would see and evaluate, Garrido said.
John Garrido, founder of Garrido Stray Rescue Foundation, said he turned to Sakas to care for the many stray dogs and other animals his organization took in off the streets. “Pete was probably the only one who ever put braces on a bird!” “Six weeks later, we took the braces off and the bird was healed,” she said.
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The pair figured out how to bond orthodontic braces with rubber bands to the outside of the bird’s beak, Rosen said. Sakas’ sister-in-law, orthodontist Jackie Rosen, recalled how Sakas consulted with her many years ago on an exotic bird with a broken beak who could no longer eat. “I felt he always went the extra mile with the care of our pets,” said Karlson, who also worked with Sakas as a volunteer of Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation. She continued to see him when she added cats to her home through the years. Pam Karlson, of Chicago, visited Sakas for veterinarian services for 35 years, starting when her future husband bought her a parakeet shortly after college. It turned out it was benign, the hawk made a recovery and was released.” (Sakas) did brilliant surgery to remove the mass. “We took in a really sick red-tailed, adult male hawk that had a huge mass on his neck. “He saw the cases that were the toughest, that were beyond what we could do without him,” Keller said. In the mid-2000s, Sakas formed a partnership with Barrington-based Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation, an organization that provides medical care to injured wildlife and releases the animals back into their habitats when they are well again, said founder and director Dawn Keller. “He helped dogs, cats, birds, hawks, deer, geese. “He took care of everything,” Markoutsas said. Sakas was known for his care of birds, from parakeets and parrots to wild pigeons and hawks, but he would treat just about any animal brought before him, those who knew him said. “He was able to do good and he did it effortlessly because that is the person he was.”
“He was a vet in the same way he was a person: caring and compassionate,” said Al Whitman, who attended veterinarian school with Sakas at the University of Illinois. He frequently took on cases that others considered helpless and he would often double-book himself or come in to the clinic after hours to care for the animals, both pets and wildlife, he so dearly loved.” “He practiced medicine in a manner that was testament to those beliefs. She worker there for 19 years.“He truly believed all life is precious and that animals have souls,” they wrote. She was a former ticketer for Bradley’s Warehouse, Braintree. She was born in Boston and has lived in Randolph for the past 35 years. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. 28), Randolph until 8:00 AM Monday followed by a Funeral Mass at 9:00 AM St. Reposing at the Cartwright Funeral Home, 419 No. Also survived by 12 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Devoted sister of Peter Venezia of Dedham, the late Ralph, James, Carmen, Pasquale, Mary Leone, Jennie Brennan, and Edith Lauricella. Loving mother of Annette Bonano of Braintree, Richard Romasco of Weymouth, Joseph Romasco of Weymouth, Margaret Mason of Braintree, Rita Hughes of Braintree, Joanne Karlson of Wareham, and Jacqueline Massey of Randolph. “Mag” (Venezia) of Randolph unexpectedly wife of the late Joseph C.