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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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Jan Turner took in a raccoon cub delivered by a well-meaning couple determined to get it where it needed to go. They showed me their wounds! “Almost,” replied Lindsay Brooks in California, demonstrating why I love my rehabber tribe. The lady didn’t want it to get out.” It was terrified.”. ” I wrote.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

10,000 Birds

That was my first trip to California Wildlife Center. Rehabbers see reptiles in glue traps, gulls entangled in fishing line, raccoons used as target practice, raptors dying from rodenticides, and songbirds shredded by domestic cats … cats like Puck. I surprised her and she dropped the bird before vaporizing again. I was mortified.

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