10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2014

To civilians who may have been puzzled by the wildlife crowd’s tossed-off references to peefas, modos or mice cubes, here is a beginner’s guide to Rehabberspeak. Fried rehabbers become emotional in ways that make perfect sense to us, but not necessarily to anyone else. Birds abbreviations slang wildlife rehabilitators'

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Mice Vet 260

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Violation of the law would be punishable by substantial fines, plus the cat owners would be required to perform community service at a local wildlife rehabilitation facility. They’d also have to pay for every aspect of care the injured bird requires, as well as the emotional suffering of the wildlife rehabilitator!”.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma Michigan 255

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2015

Part of a wildlife rehabilitator’s job description should be a willingness to have your heart smashed to bits over and over again.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation New York City Dogs 244

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2012

As a birder I like to believe that I have amassed a significant quantity of information about birds but Julie, in her labor of love as a wildlife rehabilitator, puts my puny store of bird lore in the shade. It brims with humor, with depth, with emotion, and with deeply personal stories that transcend typical nature writing.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Woodpeckers Emotional Hunting 262

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

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?” “What’s it called when birds return to the same nesting spot?” he asked the group, as we settled in a small clearing and set up the nets.

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Puffins Birds Groups West Virginia 277

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2012

Why do you wildlife rehabilitators waste your time saving a cardinal with a broken wing, when you could be giving your money to save habitat? All rehabbers have a rescue jones, but everyone has their own reasons for spending ungodly amounts of time, effort, money, and emotion on an endeavor which, to an outsider, may look insane.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Rescue Eagles 268

10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2015

Enough hand-wringing, enough taking butchered birds to exhausted, emotionally drained wildlife rehabilitators. Human rights, property rights, and wildlife rights – all in one steel container. Outdoor/feral cat people are bullies who prey on people unable to fight back, just as their cats do with birds.

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