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Lightning Storms and Eagles

10,000 Birds

We are off to rescue a Bald Eagle, kiddo!” The eagle was so hypothermic I was reluctant to put her in a transport box. We all thought the kindest approach would be to end her suffering, but then…she raised her head and looked directly at me. In mammals, maggots eat only dead tissue and are occasionally used to debride wounds.

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India’s Raptor Rescuers

10,000 Birds

“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.