10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Recent publicity about these remarkable tribes has resulted in tourists wanting to experience this wild land and its attractions for themselves. They adorn their bodies with decorative scarification, a painful process of slicing into the skin and rubbing the wounds with charcoal. D’Arnaud’s Barbet displaying atop a fencepost.

Ethiopia 253

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 253

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 1, 2011

Hospice Tails is a series of true stories about my experiences with pets and patients as a hospice social worker. The thin, spider-web scars on her knuckles spoke to intimate experience with hand-to-hand combat. Then I noticed that several family members were also nursing bleeding wounds. The whole process had taken four hours.

Pit Bulls 100

Pit Bulls AKC Rattlesnake Shelters 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The process of taking in a stray isn’t usually instantaneous and straightforward. They pointed out the puncture wounds, likely infected with bacteria that could quickly kill. If the experience of handing over that box can be transformative instead of alienating or shaming, there’s a possibility of change.

Cats 222

Cats Stray Cat Stray Wildlife Rehabilitation 222