10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2014

Normally wildlife rehabilitators try not to give these kinds of directions. In any of these cases, it’s a ride to the rehabilitator or else. Not too hard, right? She had given the above directions to a person who had found two nestling Northern Mockingbirds in need of immediate rescue. You know, improvise a bit.

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Wildlife 212

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2016

All her pets are rescues. She keeps her cats inside. She doesn’t use pesticides, she loves the local wildlife, and she does everything a good pet owner should do. I keep my cats inside,” she texted me, “and my dog turns out to be the killer.”. We have a cat that is a hummingbird murderer.”

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Cats Rabbits Chipmunks Pets 166

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

Putting a baby bird back in its nest is not always the right thing to do. Here are some examples of when a bird definitely needs your help and a call to a federally permitted bird rehabilitator is warranted. *A Bird brought in by a cat or dog. Suspect” dog or cat interactions. Ok, so you’ve rescued a bird.

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Wounded Rescue Medical Cats 255

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

Injured wildlife are not the most cooperative of patients. Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. I was working at the Coastal Wildlife Rescue Center here in Alabama, and he had either been blown in during a storm or caught a ride on a ship. Yeah right!

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 166

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2011

Four several years, I’ve been a volunteer at a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. I know about the common mistakes people make when they find young birds, assuming that because they’re on the ground with no other birds in sight they must be abandoned or in need of rescue. It was still alive.

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Seattle Wildlife Rehabilitation Rescue Dogs 212