10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

This guest blog was written by Debbie Souza-Pappas, the director and founder of Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation in Price, Utah. This process is known as distraction osteogenesis. Please visit Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation’s Facebook page and website , as well as the website of Payson Family Pet Hospital.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2016

They are among the most difficult birds for wildlife rehabilitators to raise, so if any fall down your chimney their best chance of survival is to put them back up there again. It’s always better to be in contact with a wildlife rehabilitator during this process, as they can answer any questions that come up.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2012

His eyes were in the process of changing from yellow to brown, and his tail was not yet red. Yes, wildlife rehabilitators hate those things, especially when they fly off the bird and under your shirt, which they are prone to do. I picked up a Red-tailed hawk two days ago. He was not a fledgling, but not an adult.

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Reddit Animals

MAY 6, 2023

You need to get it to a wildlife rehabilitation center. Domestic animal shelters don’t normally take wildlife and if they do it’s rare. It is a delicate process to save a rabbit but very rewarding. 2) If the rabbit is in danger such as from your cat or dog try to release it out of the perimeter. I would rather educate.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2013

Boris once told me a hysterically funny story in which he discovered his ex-wife in the process of adopting a Russian orphan without telling him. Birding Birds Destinations France La Reserve Ornithologique du Teich wildlife rehabilitation' He told it in a perfect Russian accent, hence the name (and his eventual divorce).

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2012

As a birder I like to believe that I have amassed a significant quantity of information about birds but Julie, in her labor of love as a wildlife rehabilitator, puts my puny store of bird lore in the shade. The birds in her art are alive and the birds in her writing are larger than life.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The male shown in the video above, filmed at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, was in the process of gathering nesting material for what usually adds up to a dozen to two dozen nests! Why do they build so many nests? According to Birds of North America Online , there may be several reasons.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2016

the transplant process went beautifully. Since I didn’t have an old falconer on hand, I watched some YouTube videos. Being a long time crafty sort, it looked to me like I could do a better job than some of them. With the help of a trusted owl-holding friend (essential!) We put her back in the mews to try out her new wing.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Faithful 10,000 Birds readers will remember Suzie as our wildlife rehabilitation beat writer. Your posts for 10,000 Birds took us into the unique world of wildlife rehabilitation. Can you share your most memorable experience as a wildlife rehabber? What was that process like? There are so many! Energetic.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

In a sequence of events to which every wildlife rehabilitator can relate, stories of the brothers who cared for injured birds circulated, their telephone began to ring, and their quest for medical knowledge escalated. Watch this remarkable video about Wildlife Rescue, and read their blog. We will not give up,” says Nadeem. “It

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The process of taking in a stray isn’t usually instantaneous and straightforward. Cat and dog rescuers share with wildlife rehabilitators the unfortunate burden of healing the hurt caused by other humans. She was a tortoiseshell, the color of dirt, tucked in the crawl space under our apartment. She immediately panicked.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

The process took eight years and has since been duplicated all over the world with a variety of species, explained one of our guides … the genial and informative Dr. Kress himself. As a wildlife rehabilitator, I am used to dealing with the (sometimes) well-meaning but uninformed public, who ask questions like “Do birds have bones?”

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10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. So New Zealand began the process of clearing islands of mammals, using poison, trapping and shooting.

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