ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Over the past three decades Ara Mirzaian has fitted braces for everyone from Paralympians to children with scoliosis. But Msituni was a patient like none other — a newborn giraffe.

WEST LONG BRANCH - Growing up in Sea Girt, Kevin Homer successfully worked his way up through the Shore-area restaurant industry, until a medical diagnosis in 2010 materially changed his career path.

Viewers online have been moved by a video of a rescue kitten learning to take her first steps after acquiring a set of custom-made braces for her front limbs. Athena, who was adopted from an animal ...