10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2014

It’s a wonder wildlife rehabilitators have any hair left by the end of the summer, as we’ve been so busy tearing it out over people who have found a baby bird and tried to help by squirting milk down his throat or stuffing him with bread. Call a wildlife rehabilitator! Milk + Wildlife = Big Mistake.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Birds Eggs 255

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

Wildlife rehabilitators are a multi-tasking lot. Salami for an American Kestrel, salted popcorn for a baby squirrel,” wrote Sigrid Warren. “I I took in a Flying Squirrel they’d been feeding chocolate covered coffee beans,” wrote Letitia Labbie, to which Sandi Lancaster Leonard replied, “OMG! wrote Maryjane Angelo.

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Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

Injured wildlife are not the most cooperative of patients. Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. And I was pecked in the eye by my pet chicken, does that count?”. “I I had the snot bitten out of my thumb by a squirrel who didn’t want a bath,” said Shannon Keith.

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