10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

Mites will eventually kill the bird. Bird brought in by a cat or dog. Call and transport the bird to a bird rehabber ASAP. Suspect” dog or cat interactions. *Baby bird with lots of mites. Child brings home a baby bird. Gone from nest for several hours. Nestling or fledgeling bird with one or both parents confirmed dead.

Wounded 256

Wounded Rescue Medical Cats 256

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

The day before, the day I arrived, was a transport day, and that meant the pack hadn’t been seen in the afternoon. And the morning before the Mkuze pack of Painted Wolves, or African Wild Dogs, had been very close to one of the park’s few Lions, as far as tracking collars had told. Her concern was well founded.

Wolves 192

Wolves Lions Dogs Vet 192

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

And you’ve posted a link to a petition to an airline to ask them to stop transporting trophies. Tell me, what happens if we rip away hunting when hunting protects more wildlife land in Africa than national parks? The killing of Cecil was equated with murder, a moral crime rather than a symptom of a ecological problem.

Lions 218

Lions Hunting Sierra Leone Buffalo 218

Animal Person

DECEMBER 21, 2009

And of course, shuttling wildlife to and fro, and contemplating their place in our lives and our place in theirs. On a very quiet night during a lull in the drama of the ducks, I was researching the Greyhound racing industry, and seething over its treatment of dogs as well as the support it often gets, through subsidies, to help it survive.

Greyhounds 100

Greyhounds Dogs Ducks Litter 100