10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. Occasionally I host wildlife rehabilitator vent-fests, where I post a question on Facebook and duly note the rehabber responses. Two wildlife biologists brought me a Golden Eagle inside a metal pipe.”

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 278

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2021

When the photo was posted on social media, people immediately began making calls – to the local wildlife rehabilitation center, the state falconry club, and the wildlife division of the state wildlife agency. For instance, you can own a lion in Alabama, but not in California.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Tethering Giraffes Alabama 260

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

Injured wildlife are not the most cooperative of patients. 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.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 159