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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

10,000 Birds

Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. 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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How To Transport Baby Birds

10,000 Birds

But occasionally it’s clear that something has happened to the parents, or the whole tree has been cut down and there are no alternatives, or the birds had the bad luck to be born in an area where one or more idiotic, soulless humans let their cats roam around outside. In any of these cases, it’s a ride to the rehabilitator or else.

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Rescue for the rescuer.

4 The Love Of Animals

This is a guest post from Cherie, and I think that it is something everyone who rescues animals needs to read. A few signs that YOU may need Rescue: you can not stop rescuing animals. Following is a telepathic conversation I experienced while transporting dogs to a rescue. Thanks Cherie!

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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

10,000 Birds

Predators and storms can wreak havoc and human intervention is sometimes needed for survival. Call and transport the bird to a bird rehabber ASAP. Ok, so you’ve rescued a bird. If you have the desire to rescue and feed baby birds, become a volunteer with a federally permitted bird rehabber; we can always use the help!

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Proposed Nebraska Legislation Angers Horse Activists

Critter News

Tyson Larson introduced LB 305 on Wednesday, which would create a state meat inspection program, which would in turn allow horse meat to be transported across state lines. He also introduced LB 306, otherwise known as the Livestock Animal Welfare Act.

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Tiny Turtles

4 The Love Of Animals

Park rangers in Cape Canaveral, FL transported the reptilian refugees to SeaWorld after rough seas caused by Hurricane Bill prevented the week-old trio from trekking from their nest to the waters off the Cape Canaveral National Seashore. Loggerheads are listed as threatened by the U. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).

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A Win-Lose Proposition for Farmers and Consumers

Animal Person

People whose careers involve creating, fattening, transporting and slaughtering sentient nonhumans whose parts and secretions will then be used as food are having some financial difficulties. Why the rescue plan? Along with the rest of the country. The market has spoken; this is supposed to be capitalism, not corporate socialism.