Replies on Ticks: Fear and Loathing and Lyme

Thanks for posting this Dr. Falconer. I really appreciate the effort you take to help educate all of us.
This image doesn't bother me, outside of feeling empathy for the animal (and others like him/her out there). Rather I see it as more good education. For readers who question what kind of owner would allow their pet to get this invested... many stray dogs have this to deal with (and I have seen deer, too, with tick-infested ears), and maybe that's where the picture came from.

I have seen a dog in Hawaii with so many fat ticks in his ears that they looked like kernals of corn on a cob. It's puzzling that an owner would let the infestation progress that far.