10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

Mites will eventually kill the bird. It needs to be properly medicated and triaged. Even if you do not see an obvious wound, cat or dog saliva, which is full of nasty bacteria, can still get into a bird’s eyes/orifices and will eventually kill the bird; it will just die more slowly and painfully. Find a box.

Wounded 254

Wounded Rescue Medical Cats 254

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

In mammals, maggots eat only dead tissue and are occasionally used to debride wounds. But in birds they eat living tissue, and once they are internal will kill the patient. We medicated her for maggots, picked at least 100,000 of the creepy critters from her abdomen, and finally treated the injury. We had to find it.

Eagles 229

Eagles Wounded Bald Eagle Wisconsin 229

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Most arguments for conserving a species focus on things that we can measure in dollar amounts, such as ecotourism, medical benefits, etc. Snowy Owls are at risk of getting killed via collisions, incidental poisoning from rodenticides, and even illegal hunting (Stone et al. 1999, Holt et al.

Ethics 136

Ethics Owls New York North America 136