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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. Violation of the law would be punishable by substantial fines, plus the cat owners would be required to perform community service at a local wildlife rehabilitation facility. wrote Veronica in California. “I Change in Attitude. “I

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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

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Wild bird rehabilitators want bird parents to feed their own babies. Experience shows that bird parents do feed babies in makeshift nests reattached to tree branches, bushes, gutters, and even tree cavity sections duct taped to another tree. Bird brought in by a cat or dog. Suspect” dog or cat interactions.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

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Years ago, I became a wildlife volunteer and advocate because of a cat who caught a bird. Now, he lay frightened and ruffled in my hands, his tail tattered, his feathers damp from the maw of a cat named Puck. The wildlife center was an hour away if I was lucky. My first intake was … a cat-caught Northern Mockingbird.

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