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India’s Raptor Rescuers

10,000 Birds

“It is next to impossible to persuade people in India to donate money for injured raptors,” says Nadeem Shehzad, co-founder of Wildlife Rescue , a registered non-profit in the Chawri Bazar area of Old Delhi. Birds Black Kites India Bird Rescue India raptors Mohammad Saud Nadeem Shehzad wildlife rehabilitators Wildlife Rescue'

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Lightning Storms and Eagles

10,000 Birds

Even as a veteran wildlife rehabilitator, I could scarcely believe the sight before me. Not only were her organs exposed, the entire area was alive with maggots. We medicated her for maggots, picked at least 100,000 of the creepy critters from her abdomen, and finally treated the injury.

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