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Out of over 30 respondents, almost everyone wanted money for better facilities, paid staff, on-call veterinarians, emergency vehicles, food, and protected land – from Terry and Lindsay in California to Cindy in Michigan, from Sally in Kentucky to Mickie in South Dakota, and Lisa and Lia in New York. wrote Laura, on Long Island.
When the photo was posted on social media, people immediately began making calls – to the local wildliferehabilitation center, the state falconry club, and the wildlife division of the state wildlife agency. You can own a yak in Kentucky, but not a cheetah in Maine. Now imagine you have the lungs of a bird.
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