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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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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. They’d also have to pay for every aspect of care the injured bird requires, as well as the emotional suffering of the wildlife rehabilitator!”.

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The Medicine Bird

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What is important to this particular hawk, though, is not the color of the feathers on her body but of the bandages on her feet, as she was caught in a double leg hold trap set for raccoons. 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.

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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?

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

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Rehabbers see reptiles in glue traps, gulls entangled in fishing line, raccoons used as target practice, raptors dying from rodenticides, and songbirds shredded by domestic cats … cats like Puck. Cat and dog rescuers share with wildlife rehabilitators the unfortunate burden of healing the hurt caused by other humans.

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