10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2021

If you’ve had an encounter with a wild animal – a bird stunned by hitting a window, a fox hit by a car, or a family of raccoons unexpectedly found residing in your attic – you know how hard it can be to find help. Animal Help Now is the first nationwide response system for wildlife emergencies. Here is a basic how-to video.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Animal Raccoons 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

There are few sights more wrenching to a wildlife rehabilitator than a convulsing, lead-poisoned bird. In what some might see as an unlikely alliance, wildlife rehabilitators, veterinarians, and – yes – hunters have banded together to convince those who hunt to use copper bullets instead of lead.

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Hunters Wildlife Rehabilitation Hunting Legislation 178

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

The mission of wildlife rehabilitators is to return injured birds to the sky, or the sea, or wherever it is they came from. From June 1 to September 26, Hog Island offers week-long residential birding and nature programs for adults, teens, and families. How could you not?

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Puffins Eggs Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle 274

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2016

This beautiful Northern Flicker hit the window of a Family Dollar store in Beacon, NY. Daniel called his brother, Dylan, who called his friend Skye Horgan, whose mother is a wild bird rehabilitator (me). Do you see how these wildlife rescue stories go? All photos and videos by Lia Pignatelli, except final by Skye Horgan.

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