10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
This guest blog was written by Debbie Souza-Pappas, the director and founder of Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation in Price, Utah. After we took possession of an injured and weakened Golden Eagle from the vast desert area of eastern Utah, it became clear that the compound fracture of the tibiotarsus was the result of a steel-jaw trap.
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2021
But occasionally people see it – especially when it’s a hard-to-miss bird like this Bald Eagle. Jayne Neville, a former wildlife rehabilitator specializing in songbirds, moved from Connecticut to Florida and immediately began making the acquaintance of all the birds in the area.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2016
No hawk can carry off a 12-pound pet. No hawk can carry off a 3-pound pet. THE PETS THAT ARE IN REAL DANGER ARE THE ONES WHO ARE 12 POUNDS AND UNDER. THESE ARE THE PETS THAT HAWKS CAN SWOOP DOWN AND GRAB. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR PETS OUTSIDE WITHOUT SUPERVISION. The answer is: no. That’s why we need more trapping.” “I’m
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!
10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2021
Once I observed a man walking his two small dogs here, passing by a perched White-tailed Eagle but looking down at grass and not noticing the largest raptor in Europe at all. The eagle seemed well-used to people and paid no attention either. Reva had the semi-natural feeling of a forgotten green oasis at the outskirts of a busy city.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2021
That’s quite the list of charismatic and unique wildlife to add to your potential list of sightings. Giant anteaters are just one of the wildlife highlights of the Rupununi. Decades of trapping for the pet industry drove them to the brink of extinction, and their survival into the future was seriously in doubt.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2015
My work as a wildlife rehabilitator over the past forty-five years has allowed me a unique perspective on a disturbing trend. Consider this: ninety percent of birds treated at wildlife centers are admitted as a result of human interactions that have nothing to do with “nature.” People passed the eagle often.
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