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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

Another time I was wearing gloves, just as I should have been, and an adult raccoon bit through them and took a divot out of my middle finger. It was swollen and sore for two weeks.”. “It didn’t really hurt until my co-worker pried him off and the talon came out of the hole. “I threw him off and ran for a broom.