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Kathy Hershey: Parker, the Playground’s Vulture

10,000 Birds

Today’s blog was written by Kathy Hershey, co-founder of Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators in Hope, Indiana. His modus operandi was essentially the same wherever he’d appear: first, he’d stand next the school entrance and wait while the school bus unloaded, then he’d make his way to the playground and play “tag” with the kids.

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Shutting Your Trap

10,000 Birds

The name and town of the owner were engraved on a metal tag. A recent thread on my Raptorcare listserv produced one wildlife rehabilitator’s nightmarish photo of a leghold trap firmly clutching the leg of a Great Horned Owl. Birds Conservation Great Horned Owl leghold traps Red-tailed Hawk wildlife rehabilitators'

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On the Freezing of Birds

Animal Person

I was watching a news segment on a wildlife rehabilitation center here in Florida. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. It was time to feed the bird of prey who was about to be released and while the rehabber was speaking with the interviewer someone emerged from a walk-in freezer with a tray of baby chicks.