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Rescue Spotlight: Rabbit Meadows

4 The Love Of Animals

Our first rescue mission was at a business park in Redmond where we saved 650 feral rabbits from the ultimate fate of the arriving bulldozers. Rescue Spotlight: Rabbit Meadows originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on October 29, 2009. Over 1,000 rescued rabbits have roamed the 4.5

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Creature Update

Animal Person

As many of you know, 2009 was chock full of creature-related drama for me. From the feral cats of Project Treadstone to Charles' back surgery to problems with Violet's Vetsulin (insulin for dogs), we had more than our share of issues. Though there was no actual recall, everyone using Vetsulin was told to be vigilant.

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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

10,000 Birds

Even during the breeding season the birds appear to be quite unwary of humans. Gibbs writes that ffrench asked him in 2009 to “prepare the short texts to accompany the plates of species not illustrated in earlier editions, and that his family asked him later on to work with the publisher to complete the book.

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Filling the Gap Left By DeBooy’s Rail

10,000 Birds

Back in 2009, Tai Haku sent us a fascinating post exploring a question that ecologists worldwide grapple with: can the translocation of rare species into niches left empty by extinction be successful or justified? Can we find a suitable island free from feral predators that would devastate the introduced species?