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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

10,000 Birds

Covered in fish slime! Jan Turner took in a raccoon cub delivered by a well-meaning couple determined to get it where it needed to go. They showed me their wounds! “A Red-Tailed Hawk wrapped in an oily rag and transported inside the guy’s pickup truck toolbox,” said Johanna Walton. The lady didn’t want it to get out.”

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

10,000 Birds

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. They pointed out the puncture wounds, likely infected with bacteria that could quickly kill. They simply helped me with my bird.

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