10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I Change in Law. I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. That’s easy!” wrote Veronica in California. “I

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10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2015

What do you do when you – a citizen whose rights are protected by the U.S. This is what we need for birds, whose rights as government-protected species are violated every day by free-roaming cats. This is what we need for birds, whose rights as government-protected species are violated every day by free-roaming cats.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Wildlife Rehabilitation 259

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

There are few sights more wrenching to a wildlife rehabilitator than a convulsing, lead-poisoned bird. In what some might see as an unlikely alliance, wildlife rehabilitators, veterinarians, and – yes – hunters have banded together to convince those who hunt to use copper bullets instead of lead.

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Hunters Wildlife Rehabilitation Hunting Legislation 187

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The trap had been set in the woods right next to my house. I knew the wildlife. Had I known the law better I would have said, “Excuse me, but this trap is not worth over $250 nor have I damaged it with explosives, so in the State of New York you cannot legally charge me with Malicious Mischief.” I’d released birds there.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2012

Not having a smart phone, I called a friend in New York and had him Google up some wildlife rehabilitators’ numbers, but they were all out of service. Leaving it there did not seem like a good option. A different Hoary Bat, on a better day. It turns out, helping a bat is hard. Animal Control was on the way.

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Bats Wildlife Rehabilitation Missouri Montana 138

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2016

One might say the heart of the person who wrote the flyer was in the right place. All birds of prey are protected by state and federal law,” says Eileen Wicker. “If All photos courtesy of Raptor Rehabilitation of Kentucky. If you have a very small dog, be careful and use common sense. If you have a cat, keep it inside.

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Pets Barn Owls Kentucky Bald Eagle 240