HOSPITAL FOR DOGS SET UP AT NYC SITE

The mobile army surgical hospital is being run in a field tent by the Suffolk County SPCA.

More than 300 dogs which have come to help from as far afield as Mississippi and Canada have been treated at the center.

Most suffered from cut paws and stinging eyes after being exposed to dust and debris for many hours at a time.

Paws were bandaged and dogs were given saline eye-washes before being cleared to resume work.

Some dogs have died. One fell into a 50-foot hole, another plunged 30 feet, while a third had to be put down by its handler after being badly crushed in a pile of rubble.

The resident bomb-sniffing dog at the World Trade Center was among the victims. He and his handler, Port Authority Officer David Lim, were buried by the collapsing buildings. Lim was rescued but the dog was never found.