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The Medicine Bird

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“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. Just the other day I was saying that I hope I never catch her.”. Will she be releasable? It’s too soon to tell.

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Lightning Storms and Eagles

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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. In mammals, maggots eat only dead tissue and are occasionally used to debride wounds. If there is an entrance wound, there is an exit wound.

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Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest

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Wounded birds were left to crawl away into the woods; sometimes, during breaks, children were encouraged to run across the field, scoop them up, and tear their heads off. Runyan has no problem with hunting; she gives wildlife and gun safety presentations to Rod and Gun clubs across the state. This is baloney.

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India’s Raptor Rescuers

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“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. When Nadeem and Mohammed first began in 2003, few veterinarians would suture the wounds of birds, saying they were too small.

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Maine’s Great Black Hawk – Rescued!

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I could write an entire essay on the foolish ways people approach nature and wildlife… but I won’t. Together, they worked with a team to transfer the bird through a sleet and freezing snow storm to Avian Haven , a wild bird rehabilitation organization. Fish and Wildlife Service, to decide its fate.

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