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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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We had a fledgling Yellow-billed Cuckoo delivered in a glass of water,” said Marge Cahak Gibson in Wisconsin. “By The prize for presentation goes to the folks who delivered this very small opossum to Michelle Wellard in Philadelphia. By a lawyer.” Soaked and ice cold! How did Crystal react? “I was impressed but bewildered.”

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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I wish people would start appreciating the misunderstood animals out there, like snakes and opossums,” wrote Elissa in New York. They’d also have to pay for every aspect of care the injured bird requires, as well as the emotional suffering of the wildlife rehabilitator!”. Change in Attitude. “I Change in Government Attitude. “I’d

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