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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

I was trying to give a Brown Pelican subcutaneous fluids with a 60 cc syringe and an 18 gauge needle by myself,” says Stephanie Whitbeck Kadletz. “I Needless to say the pelican jerked and the needle went straight through my thumb and stuck out the other side. Most of mine are small mammals,” said Denise Hunter.