10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

The crow in the photograph above is unreleasable and lives at Teatown Lake Reservation in New York. The crows are not friendly to humans, although they sometimes make an exception for the person who raised them. The Common Grackle pictured at left was a patient at Wildlife Care Alliance in Virginia.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

Occasionally I host wildlife rehabilitator vent-fests, where I post a question on Facebook and duly note the rehabber responses. Today’s topic comes from Tracy Anderson in Hawaii: what was the strangest container (or method of transport) in which you have received wildlife? “Almost restores your faith in humanity!”

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. 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. High Technology.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2015

Part of a wildlife rehabilitator’s job description should be a willingness to have your heart smashed to bits over and over again. The month before we lost him to bone cancer at age eleven, I was in New York City and met a British man. More than 90% of wildlife injuries are caused by humans.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2013

She lives with her handler, wildlife rehabilitator Lisa Acton, in upstate New York. Lisa takes her to schools, fairs, and events, and together they show people why they should respect and admire the wildlife who live around them. Birds Eurasian Eagle Owl wildlife rehabilitator'

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10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2015

This post is from Lisa Beth Acton, a wildlife rehabilitator in Accord, NY. Lisa brings her to all kinds of gatherings to spread the word of wildlife (see Xena’s Facebook page ). We live in upstate New York and have few neighbors. She has a captive-bred education bird named Xena, a Eurasian Eagle Owl.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2013

But then we get a few heroes who do everything right, who go far out of their way to help an injured wild creature, and who restore … well, maybe not our complete faith in humanity, but at least our confidence that we won’t end up in jail for the rest of our lives. He called Lisa Acton, of Animal Kingdom USA Wildlife Rescue , who took over.

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