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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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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 A robot that feeds baby birds so I can take a nap,” wrote Jodi in Massachusetts. “A Birds wildlife rehabilitators wildlife rehabilitators wish list'

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Shutting Your Trap

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The trap had been set in the woods right next to my house. I knew the wildlife. The states which have essentially banned leghold traps are Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, California, and Washington. Birds Conservation Great Horned Owl leghold traps Red-tailed Hawk wildlife rehabilitators'

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Glue Trapped

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My very first rescue was a House Sparrow caught in a glue trap,” says Donna Osburn, a wildlife rehabilitator in Kentucky. The Barn Swallow at right was rescued by Rebecca Dmytryk of Wildlife Emergency Services in Moss Landing, California, and transferred to Native Songbird Care and Conservation in Sebastopol.