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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

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Call and transport the bird to a bird rehabber ASAP. It needs to be properly medicated and triaged. Most likely the bird will need to be medicated for a few days “just in case.”. Bird diets are specific to each species; liquids and food fed improperly can cause a bird to aspirate, get sick or die. Find a box.

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India’s Raptor Rescuers

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But Nadeem and his brother, Mohammad Saud, have kind hearts, boundless energy, and ever-increasing medical skills, and have been almost single-handedly returning Delhi’s injured raptors to the sky for the past twelve years. They are considered unlucky, so no one has a kind heart for them.”. We will not give up,” says Nadeem. “It