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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

10,000 Birds

“A hot tub for my sore muscles,” wrote Sigrid in Colorado. “A Twenty-four hours uninterrupted sleep,” wrote Vonda in Georgia. A massage therapist for an hour every morning, then I wouldn’t be so bitchy,” wrote Jodi in Massachusetts. Just Desserts.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. It gives one to wonder why this designation was made. He and his mate were one of the few successful pairs in the whole eastern flock!

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