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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

Injured wildlife are not the most cooperative of patients. Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. I had the snot bitten out of my thumb by a squirrel who didn’t want a bath,” said Shannon Keith. “I Yeah right! They don’t love us like we love them, right?

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Do Not Feed Baby Birds Ham

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Wildlife rehabilitators are a multi-tasking lot. THEY’VE BEEN FEEDING HIM LOW-SALT HAM,” she wrote, all in caps, then added some choice commentary which I can’t seem to locate right now, but which inspired all her rehabber friends to add their two cents. “A The baffling, mind-boggling public. Like they aren’t crazy enough?”. “I

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Wildlife Rehabber Misidentification

10,000 Birds

“Here’s an idea for a blog,” wrote Donna Osburn, a wildlife rehabilitator from Kentucky. He was right! And once I took in three pit bull puppies that turned out to be squirrels.”. “I Birds Conservation Bird falcon grackle Green Heron hawk owl vulture wildlife rehabilitators wren' This is a great topic.

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