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Spotlight: Laurens Wildlife Rescue

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First up: Vonda Lee Morton, who has been a rehabber for 15 years, and started Laurens Wildlife Rescue in Laurens County, Georgia, ten years ago.

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Sassy needs a home, more information in comments please spread the word

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Ocala, Florida This is Sassy she had been brought into a local vet's office in Georgia, the owner wanted to euthanize her due to just not wanting Sassy anymore, due to owner being pregnant, that's it nothing else! South Georgia Equine Rescue has vetted her 100% and she is ready to find her forever! Here is the app link!

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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. The finders of an adult Barred Owl brought to Kathryn Dudeck in Georgia thought he had a wing fracture, so they wrapped the entire bird in the plastic protective wrap used by landscape companies and taped it up.

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DOGTOWN: Tales of Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Redemption

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I recently got a copy of DogTown: Tales of Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Redemption for review on this site. A prime example is the story of Georgia, a dog rescued from the Michael Vick dog fighting ring. DogTown: Tales of Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Redemption is a perfect gift idea for the dog lover in your life.

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82-foot-long “Rescue Rig” on Way to Missouri

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The team is just coming off its rescue efforts in Memphis, where floods of historic proportions affected uncounted numbers of domestic and wild animals. The Red Star team consists of 13 staff and volunteers who will begin work tomorrow. Helens and 9/11.

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Glue Trapped

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Sentient people recoil at the idea of leg-hold traps, those medieval–torture devices which cause so much pain and suffering before their victims eventually die, are killed, or (very occasionally) are rescued. My very first rescue was a House Sparrow caught in a glue trap,” says Donna Osburn, a wildlife rehabilitator in Kentucky.

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26 Dogs saved by the ASPCA

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On February 17th they rescued 26 Pit Bulls near Sandersville, Georgia. Tags: people helping animals rescues. The ASPCA continually does amazing work on behalf of our animal companions. The dogs had been left to starve, no food, water or even shelter from freezing temperatures.

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