10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

They showed me their wounds! “Almost restores your faith in humanity!” “Almost,” replied Lindsay Brooks in California, demonstrating why I love my rehabber tribe. They were able to untangle him, but they took a few good talon hits in the process. ” I wrote. Dedicated to Pat Collins.

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 278

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2014

It also brings to mind the uncontested link between animal abuse and violent behavior toward fellow humans. Wounded birds were left to crawl away into the woods; sometimes, during breaks, children were encouraged to run across the field, scoop them up, and tear their heads off.

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Killing Slaughter Slaughtered Animal Abuse 272

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

I’d been volunteering at rescues through my young adulthood, and I was training as a cat socializer, teaching terrified felines — the unlucky victims of cruel people — to trust humans again. That was my first trip to California Wildlife Center. All of these afflictions are human-caused and largely preventable. I was mortified.

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Cats Stray Cat Stray Wildlife Rehabilitation 211