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The Medicine Bird

10,000 Birds

“I’ve seen her around, when I was setting my traps,” said the trapper himself, who brought her to Tamarack Wildlife Center , in Saegertown, PA. This is why certain wildlife rehabilitators end up misanthropic and homicidal. Birds Albino leghold traps leucistic Red-tailed Hawk wildlife rehabilitators'

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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 all thought the kindest approach would be to end her suffering, but then…she raised her head and looked directly at me. We had to find it.

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India’s Raptor Rescuers

10,000 Birds

The sharp strings are a menace to passing birds – especially kites and other raptors – who cannot see them and sometimes suffer grievous, if not fatal, wounds. When Nadeem and Mohammed first began in 2003, few veterinarians would suture the wounds of birds, saying they were too small.