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Kathy Hershey: Parker, the Playground’s Vulture

10,000 Birds

Today’s blog was written by Kathy Hershey, co-founder of Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators in Hope, Indiana. Animal control authorities had been on his trail for weeks. Local animal control, the police, and our rehabilitation center were all called, but he proved uncatchable. It was happening again … Parker was back.

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Shutting Your Trap

10,000 Birds

The name and town of the owner were engraved on a metal tag. The others allow resident psychopaths to legally indulge in their hobby of torturing whatever unlucky creature puts a foot wrong, as non-targeted animals make up a significant percentage of those who eventually die after hours – if not days -of pain and struggle.

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On the Freezing of Birds

Animal Person

I was watching a news segment on a wildlife rehabilitation center here in Florida. My animal rescue-life has had many phases. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. They were each frozen in various states of sheer terror, in positions that clearly indicated attempts to escape to save their lives.