10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2014

But be it a mouse, bird, bat, gecko, kitten … it’s a very bad way to go, and no creature should have to suffer death by torture. “My My very first rescue was a House Sparrow caught in a glue trap,” says Donna Osburn, a wildlife rehabilitator in Kentucky. Birds birds glue traps glue traps sticky traps wildlife rehabilitator'

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Reddit Animals

MAY 6, 2023

You need to get it to a wildlife rehabilitation center. Domestic animal shelters don’t normally take wildlife and if they do it’s rare. Kitten milk replacement with heavy cream works in a pinch but squirrel or rabbit milk replacement is the only real substitute. It’s just not their function and against a few rules.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2011

Lorraine started with one tiny kitten when she moved into her home. The kitten Venus is an F4 Bengal meaning she’s four generations (F4) removed from the Asian Leopard Cat which is a small wild cat from Asia. According to US Fish and Wildlife domestic rural cats kill roughly 39 million birds annually.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2014

“Obviously the Spay, Neuter, Release program is just not working – cause where are the kittens coming from.” As we have mentioned many times here on 10,000 Birds, cats belong indoors because it is better for them, better for wildlife, and better for people. ” And she’s not alone.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2012

Russell National Wildlife Refuge. That’s how we’ll eventually learn for certain that we’ve been watching Ferret 492, out of all the fifteen black-footed ferrets that currently live on the Charles M.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2012

The boys knew what Owls looked like, they saw Screech Owls (and Barred and Great Horned Owls) at a local wildlife park, and we photographed Burrowing Owl families every year at Brian Piccolo Park. Flying from kitten to hen to dog to cow to car to boat to steam shovel, the baby bird asks the timeless question, “Are you my mother?”

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 6, 2007

Every time someone buys a puppy or kitten from a breeder, a shelter animal loses its chance at a home and pays with its life. July 31, 2007 The writer is the director of Domestic Animals and Wildlife Rescue & Information for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. This crisis calls for mandatory spay and neuter legislation.

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