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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

10,000 Birds

I wish people would start appreciating the misunderstood animals out there, like snakes and opossums,” wrote Elissa in New York. A hot tub for my sore muscles,” wrote Sigrid in Colorado. “A Change in Attitude. “I That more rehab centers would accept non-natives, like pigeons house sparrows, and starlings,” wrote Charis in Oregon.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

When I rescued a mother opossum and her babies from a trashcan full of filthy water, she bit my finger,” said Bettina Bowers. And it wasn’t even the opossum, it was the nasty water.”. “My It was swollen and sore for two weeks.”. asked Johanna Walton. “My I wonder what the other two were?”.