10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2013

Even the most touchy-feely, circle-of-lifey, we’re-all-one-with-nature wildlife rehabilitators hate them. Because whenever I encounter one of these insects I’m either trying to avoid it or kill it, not take a picture of it, and this was the only uncopywrited photo I could find. It’s not good. How could things be worse?

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Vet Abandon Abandoning 244

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

When using a regular hospital cage, the wildlife rehabilitator reaches in, picks up the bird, transfers him to another cage, cleans the original one, then returns the bird. In order to minimize handling, any sort of medical treatment needed is done then, as well. When birds are down and out, this is not a problem. Thanks, Dad!

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Protest Protesting Protesters 259

10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2015

This post is from Lisa Beth Acton, a wildlife rehabilitator in Accord, NY. Lisa brings her to all kinds of gatherings to spread the word of wildlife (see Xena’s Facebook page ). We took her to the vet and put her on medication, and somehow she pulled through. This summer Lisa raised three orphaned Common Ravens.

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Raised Mice Wildlife Rehabilitation Squirrels 250

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

Even as a veteran wildlife rehabilitator, I could scarcely believe the sight before me. But in birds they eat living tissue, and once they are internal will kill the patient. We medicated her for maggots, picked at least 100,000 of the creepy critters from her abdomen, and finally treated the injury.

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Eagles Wounded Bald Eagle Wisconsin 257

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

Mites will eventually kill the bird. It needs to be properly medicated and triaged. 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. Child brings home a baby bird.

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Wounded Rescue Medical Cats 257

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2012

When I see a band I imagine something slipping beneath it and trapping the bird, I’ve seen photos of birds with so many bands it looks like they’re wearing stockings, and then there’s the awful story of Violet , whose band eventually killed her. She was tired, thin, and had several medical issues. And to prove it, there’s The Queen.

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Rabbits New Jersey Neglecting North America 264