10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2021

It’s under the jurisdiction of the Exotic Species Division of the Department of Environmental Protection, which is a division of US Fish and Wildlife. For instance, you can own a lion in Alabama, but not in California. The bird is a captive-bred Peregrine/Gyrfalcon hybrid owned by people with an Exotic Species Permit.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Tethering Giraffes Alabama 260

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. The finders of an adult Barred Owl brought to Kathryn Dudeck in Georgia thought he had a wing fracture, so they wrapped the entire bird in the plastic protective wrap used by landscape companies and taped it up.

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 278

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 26, 2011

The team is just coming off its rescue efforts in Memphis, where floods of historic proportions affected uncounted numbers of domestic and wild animals. American Humane Association has been protecting children and animals since 1877. The Red Star team consists of 13 staff and volunteers who will begin work tomorrow.

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Missouri Rescue Memphis Alabama 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. I was working at the Coastal Wildlife Rescue Center here in Alabama, and he had either been blown in during a storm or caught a ride on a ship. I was wearing the lead x-ray apron and heavy raptor gloves, so I thought I was protected.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 159