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Bird vs. Reptile in Key West

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Along with animal care director Peggy Coontz, Tom and a number of volunteers rescue and care for injured and orphaned wildlife within 15 miles of the Center, as well as those spotted on small islands around Key West. Key West Wildlife Center takes mostly birds, but will rescue mammals, marine mammals, and both land and sea turtles as well.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber. Summer is high season. Change in Law. That’s easy!”

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Guest Post: Susan Wilson

4 The Love Of Animals

Post a picture on Susan Wilson’s Facebook page and explanation of how your dog (or turtle, or human, etc!) In literature as well as life, the ideal is the safely rescued animal finds the perfect home and becomes the perfect pet. People who love their animals and know that they cannot care for them have someplace to turn.

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Lake Bindegolly National Park

10,000 Birds

Evidence of other life during flood was a turtle shell and we were under no doubt that this environment was constantly changing throughout the year. Turtle shell. There was also evidence of the damage that feral pigs can do all along the trail and along the water’s edge and we soon came across a small group of them.

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