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Internet Wildlife Rehabilitation

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We join listservs so we can talk to compatriots, even if they live across the country, about things like the latest treatment for aspergillosis, what’s going on with West Nile, and who’s had what kind of experience with eye infections. My favorite group rants are when rehabbers report their calls from the public.

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The Gas Station Bird

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When the photo was posted on social media, people immediately began making calls – to the local wildlife rehabilitation center, the state falconry club, and the wildlife division of the state wildlife agency. But since it wasn’t a wild bird and it wasn’t a falconry bird, it wasn’t under anyone’s control.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. Violation of the law would be punishable by substantial fines, plus the cat owners would be required to perform community service at a local wildlife rehabilitation facility. Summer is high season.

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How To Raise A Baby Bird – Professional Advice With Photos

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Remember that awful experiment where baby monkeys were deprived of all parent/sibling contact, and became fearful and phobic? If the bird is truly orphaned and needs help, the best advice is the shortest: take her to a wildlife rehabilitator. Need more information while you’re finding a licensed wildlife rehabilitator?

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How To Raise A Baby Bird

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Remember that awful experiment where baby monkeys were deprived of all parent/sibling contact, and became fearful and phobic? If the bird is truly orphaned and needs help, the best advice is the shortest: take her to a wildlife rehabilitator. Need more information while you’re finding a licensed wildlife rehabilitator?

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The Medicine Bird

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“I’ve seen her around, when I was setting my traps,” said the trapper himself, who brought her to Tamarack Wildlife Center , in Saegertown, PA. This is why certain wildlife rehabilitators end up misanthropic and homicidal. Birds Albino leghold traps leucistic Red-tailed Hawk wildlife rehabilitators'

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Birds and Bling

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Wildlife rehabilitators are not known for our bling. Second, even if we do, we have discovered through bitter experience that jewelry can either be snatched or, like very small guns, used against us. People who work with wildlife wearing nice clothes? People who work with wildlife wearing nice clothes?