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For Wildlife Emergencies, Contact Animal Help Now

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Animal Help Now is the first nationwide response system for wildlife emergencies. AHNow’s database includes wildlife rehabilitators, rescues and hotlines, as well as veterinarians who treat wildlife. Bird rehabbers receive calls for injured turtles; veterinarians are contacted about skunks in basements.

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Do Not Feed Baby Birds Ham

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Wildlife rehabilitators are a multi-tasking lot. Erin Smithies-Baker’s colleague Lisa Kelly took in two box turtles a woman had kept for years, feeding them nothing but spaghetti and meatballs. The only source of good information is a well-established wildlife center. The baffling, mind-boggling public.

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