PHOTOS: Over 100 ''Quake Dogs'' Get Medical Aid in China

PHOTOS: Over 100 ''Quake Dogs'' Get Medical Aid in China
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A worker at an animal shelter near Chengdu, China, assembles a wheelchair on July 12 for a dog injured in the May 12 earthquake.

The shelter is run by Chen Yunlian, a 60-year-old retired cosmetics distributor. She cares for more than 900 dogs and 100 cats, including about 100 dogs she adopted following the devastating quake.

"I started down a road," she told the Associated Press, "and I couldn't turn around."

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