10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2021

Too often there are endless calls to friends of friends, to veterinarians who actually don’t take wildlife, to “animal control experts” who sound so dodgy you’re not sure you want them to know where you live. Animal Help Now is the first nationwide response system for wildlife emergencies.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Animal Raccoons 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2015

Instead of Special Weapons and Tactics, think: Sealed With A Trap. Enough hand-wringing, enough taking butchered birds to exhausted, emotionally drained wildlife rehabilitators. Sealed With A Trap. Human rights, property rights, and wildlife rights – all in one steel container. It’s time for this to end.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Wildlife Rehabilitation 259

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

So I asked seven wildlife rehabilitators, “Tell me your favorite (or one of your favorites) release story – the kind that makes you keep going, in spite of everything.”. “A It was so great, and it sealed my admiration for Veronica’s amazing dedication and skill.”. Birds bird releases wildlife rehabilitators'

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Ohio Tulsa West Virginia 216

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 25, 2013

As a wildlife rehabilitator I’ve always wanted to believe that if I put enough time, energy, and devotion into healing a wounded creature, our combined karmic payback will insure that it will live out its life well-fed and trouble-free. Releasing any wild animal is essentially rolling the dice. But this is not always the case.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Coyotes Wounded Rabbits 162

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

As we coasted through the water, staff member Tom Johnson pointed out basking harbor seals and identified birds for the uninitiated (“Female Lesser Scaup at two o’clock!”) As a wildlife rehabilitator, I am used to dealing with the (sometimes) well-meaning but uninformed public, who ask questions like “Do birds have bones?”

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Puffins Birds Groups West Virginia 249

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

Did you know a bird’s body has the ability to seal a small puncture wound within minutes? 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. Suspect” dog or cat interactions.

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