10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. Occasionally I host wildlife rehabilitator vent-fests, where I post a question on Facebook and duly note the rehabber responses. Two wildlife biologists brought me a Golden Eagle inside a metal pipe.”

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 278

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2014

“We had a call one morning about a snake and a hawk,” says Tom Sweets, the executive director and chief rescuer of the Key West Wildlife Center , located at the very tip of Florida. The snake had no puncture wounds, and was released 24 hours later. Birds Conservation Black Snake Broad-winged Hawk Key West wildlife snakes and birds'

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Reptiles Chickens Sea Turtles Wildlife Rehabilitation 199

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

We are off to rescue a Bald Eagle, kiddo!” Even as a veteran wildlife rehabilitator, I could scarcely believe the sight before me. In mammals, maggots eat only dead tissue and are occasionally used to debride wounds. If there is an entrance wound, there is an exit wound. Luckily, this wound was not as severe.

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Eagles Wounded Bald Eagle Wisconsin 228

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

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. Did you know a bird’s body has the ability to seal a small puncture wound within minutes? Ok, so you’ve rescued a bird.

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Wounded Rescue Medical Cats 253

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The trail wound through the woods, over a footbridge hugging a creek, and along a marsh where cattails swayed in the gusty wind. Such is the sad truth of die-hard wildlife rehabilitators, who can’t even go on a simple bike ride without feeling compelled to rescue birds who either don’t exist or turn out to be perfectly healthy.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Wounded Abandon 168

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. The wound was also very contaminated with dirt and debris. This bird was lucky to be found and rescued by a Good Samaritan in this remote area. This was going to be a tough case.

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Eagles Wildlife Rehabilitation Utah Vet 138

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

“I’ve seen her around, when I was setting my traps,” said the trapper himself, who brought her to Tamarack Wildlife Center , in Saegertown, PA. This is why certain wildlife rehabilitators end up misanthropic and homicidal. Birds Albino leghold traps leucistic Red-tailed Hawk wildlife rehabilitators' Will she be releasable?

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