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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

10,000 Birds

Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. Today’s topic comes from Tracy Anderson in Hawaii: what was the strangest container (or method of transport) in which you have received wildlife? So he brought the little Shearwater in a beehive.” “Two

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India’s Raptor Rescuers

10,000 Birds

Soon calls about injured birds poured in from animal hospitals, the police and fire departments, and various government agencies. Nadeem and Mohammed run a successful liquid soap dispenser business, and often one would receive a phone call, abruptly leave work or a meeting, and rush away on their motorcycle to pick up an injured bird.