10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2021

The Philadelphia Metro Wildlife Center in Norristown covers four Pennsylvania counties (including Philadelphia) and takes in over 3000 animals a year. Licensed wildlife rehabilitator and Assistant Director Michele Wellard relayed this story: In the spring a few years back, a man cut down a tree on his property outside Philadelphia.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

In a sequence of events to which every wildlife rehabilitator can relate, stories of the brothers who cared for injured birds circulated, their telephone began to ring, and their quest for medical knowledge escalated. Their bedrooms doubled as operating rooms and critical care units, and the roof of their house became an aviary.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2014

The only type of “white doves” capable of surviving an event release are white racing pigeons, technically known as “ Rock Doves ” (Columba livia). Wildlife rehabilitators constantly receive lost racing pigeons who are starving, riddled with lice, and suffering from coccidia, trichinosis, or worms. Why do this?”.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

My work as a wildlife rehabilitator over the past forty-five years has allowed me a unique perspective on a disturbing trend. Consider this: ninety percent of birds treated at wildlife centers are admitted as a result of human interactions that have nothing to do with “nature.” Will the population of the species be affected?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 25, 2013

His friend recorded the event. Releasing any wild animal is essentially rolling the dice. As a wildlife rehabilitator I’ve always wanted to believe that if I put enough time, energy, and devotion into healing a wounded creature, our combined karmic payback will insure that it will live out its life well-fed and trouble-free.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

My rehabber friend Lisa Acton, who is with Animal Kingdom USA Wildlife Rehabilitation , picked up her phone and heard the voice of an elderly lady. In the normal sequence of events, a predator spots a vulture and makes a move; the vulture vomits, and the predator immediately ceases, desists, and flees. Run, Tippi!”

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