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Health leaders from around the world are marking the first ever World Parasite Awareness Day, a collective effort to raise awareness about the increasing threat of parasites to pets and people.

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Animal shelter director Tracy Frank told Newsweek: "I found the poor dog lying on the shoulder of the gravel road." ...

Frank added: "He has been dewormed, vaccinated, treated for fleas, ears medicated ... He's good with big dogs, little dogs, children." Stories like Gravey's are all too familiar to shelters ...