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Glue Trapped

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But be it a mouse, bird, bat, gecko, kitten … it’s a very bad way to go, and no creature should have to suffer death by torture. “My My very first rescue was a House Sparrow caught in a glue trap,” says Donna Osburn, a wildlife rehabilitator in Kentucky. Birds birds glue traps glue traps sticky traps wildlife rehabilitator'

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PSA

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You need to get it to a wildlife rehabilitation center. Domestic animal shelters don’t normally take wildlife and if they do it’s rare. I operate as a permitted rehab in Florida. Kitten milk replacement with heavy cream works in a pinch but squirrel or rabbit milk replacement is the only real substitute.

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National Feral Cat Day Didn’t Go As Planned

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Fort Myers, Florida, where the feral cats have gotten so bad that people are moving out of their neighborhoods. “Obviously the Spay, Neuter, Release program is just not working – cause where are the kittens coming from.” Example one? “I don’t even own a pet, and yet I’m dealing with the pet problem.”

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Baby Bird Books, Little Bird Books

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Jake lives in southern Florida, so he and his friends had to be interested in learning about these birds, which they saw everyday, right? And then I showed them the one photo that was not taken in Florida, an image of baby American Robins in a nest in Central Park. There is nothing as deadly as 15 bored 4-year olds.

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