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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

I was working at the Coastal Wildlife Rescue Center here in Alabama, and he had either been blown in during a storm or caught a ride on a ship. Yeah right! Right now I have a nice hickey on my arm from a Canada Goose. They don’t love us like we love them, right? Finally I got some fingerless padded baseball gloves.”. “I

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Maine’s Great Black Hawk – Rescued!

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There is a small wound on the lower beak, which is not significant, but will be cleaned and treated. The main concern remains fro stbite to both feet, with the right foot worse than the left. The post Maine’s Great Black Hawk – Rescued! No fractures were seen on radiographs. appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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ADVICE: malnurished kitten refusing to eat

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(i have uploaded this to multiple other animal based forums) my family and i rescue kittens and today i found a tuxedo kitten (about a month old i'd say) in the middle of the road. it has no extertal wounds beside the fact that its right eye seems to be either stuck together/possible wounded and healing.

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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

10,000 Birds

Putting a baby bird back in its nest is not always the right thing to do. Even if you do not see an obvious wound, cat or dog saliva, which is full of nasty bacteria, can still get into a bird’s eyes/orifices and will eventually kill the bird; it will just die more slowly and painfully. Ok, so you’ve rescued a bird. Find a box.

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Working Animals Face "Firing Squad" in Developing Countries

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Fortunately the donkey was rescued by the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA). Here's what they say about "the Firing Squad," a horrible method of "treating" wounded work animals. They will be ‘fired’ with a red hot iron in the mistaken belief that it will cure a wound. Horrible story.

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Sea Snakes of Northern Australia

10,000 Birds

Olive Sea Snake that has had a dog visit it on the beach Olive Sea Snake with obvious bulge Stoke’s Sea Snake Stoke’s Sea Snake with wounds Dubois’ Sea Snake Dubois’ Sea Snake being returned to the sea! Wicked, right? I hope you enjoy these photos! Renato-yes…plenty of diversity here! Hat-tip to Stella.

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