Big-hearted veterinary nurse Clodagh Fox admits that shedding tears is all part of her work looking after sick or injured animals.
Nothing pleases her more than to see a poorly creature back on its feet after treatment or surgery at the UCD Veterinary Hospital in Dublin.
But she also has to face sights that would test the resolve of the toughest frontline animal worker.
Now the public will be able to see close up the work of the specialist animal centre in a new Virgin Media TV series, Animal Emergency, which began on Sunday night.
The UCD Veterinary Hospital, which looks after 6,000 animal patients a year, offers specialist services that are not easily available to most vets.