10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2015

It’s so much easier to delete a picture than to end the life of a mortally wounded cat-caught bird, like this Downy Woodpecker … who is alive, but not for long. Outdoor/feral cat people: are you upset I posted these cat photos? How lucky you are that you can delete them with the push of a button. There is no moral ambiguity here.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Rescue 255

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2016

I was used to photos shared by rehabbers – gory wounds, wince-inducing x-rays, fledglings with terrible feathering thanks to uninformed “rescuers.” When I finished reading the review, I clicked around the site that he and his fellow birder Mike Bergin had created. I was floored!

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Birds 2009 238

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2014

The snake had no puncture wounds, and was released 24 hours later. “He probably decided to make a meal out of the snake, but the snake had other ideas.”. Tom picked them both up, put them in a carrier, and took them back to the clinic, where he and Peggy managed to pry them apart.

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Reptiles Chickens Sea Turtles Wildlife Rehabilitation 233

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The trail wound through the woods, over a footbridge hugging a creek, and along a marsh where cattails swayed in the gusty wind. It’s just that an extra two or three miles, or maybe it’s ten or twelve, just don’t matter to him; and obviously the iPhone doesn’t care, either. I heard the sound of crows.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Birds Abandon 192

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2015

As such, it is unsurprising that this book is liberally salted with first-hand anecdotes of owl close encounters, and indeed the eighth chapter is entirely dedicated to the author’s work with star-crossed owls that have one way or another wound up in peril.

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Owls Wounded Colorado Rabbits 191

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 25, 2013

As a wildlife rehabilitator I’ve always wanted to believe that if I put enough time, energy, and devotion into healing a wounded creature, our combined karmic payback will insure that it will live out its life well-fed and trouble-free. Releasing any wild animal is essentially rolling the dice. But this is not always the case.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Coyotes Wounded Rabbits 180

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Rehabilitators at Tamarack are now treating the redtail with antioxidants as well as providing hydrotherapy and continuing wound care, all the while trying to handle her as little as humanly possible. Erica Miller, formerly of Tri-State Bird Rescue in Delaware. Will she be releasable? It’s too soon to tell.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Delaware Wildlife Raccoons 220

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2014

Wounded birds were left to crawl away into the woods; sometimes, during breaks, children were encouraged to run across the field, scoop them up, and tear their heads off. The infamous Labor Day Pigeon Shoot was held in Hegins, Pennsylvania from 1921 until it was closed down in 1998.

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Killing Animal Abuse Slaughtered Slaughter 272

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2021

But time, apparently, heals all wounds, and this August I went back to discover that while Pino Real may never again be what it once was, it is still good. In the best case, wonderful mixed-species forest would be reforested with a single species of pine. When it became too much to bear, I stayed away from Pino Real for 18 months.

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Kansas Wounded ALA Squirrels 229

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2011

It took out the power plant which supplies 60% of the Republic’s power grid, killed 13 people, wounded some 60 more, and pretty much destroyed two villages. You see we went right past the Cypriot military base where the explosion took place on early Monday morning. So it’s not a good week in Cyprus!

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Cyprus illegal Wounded Killing 187

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2012

I can also remember the fleas they brought home to share with us and the wounds they would get from unknown sources.

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Cats Feral Cats Litter Ohio 230

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

They showed me their wounds! They were able to untangle him, but they took a few good talon hits in the process. One of them put him in their motorcycle box and they all brought him to me. These huge guys with long beards and Harley T-shirts were almost in tears when I told them the bird would be OK.

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2016

Luckily, she had no broken bones, but she did have a large open wound on her right wing. Back in October, ON A WING AND A PRAYER was brought an injured Great Horned Owl who had been found on the median of a rural interstate highway several hundred miles away She was a great big female, presumably hit by a vehicle.

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New Mexico Wounded Owls Mexico 160

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2013

Now that passerine migration has largely wound down the attention of this New York birder has shifted to seabirds, shorebirds, and the occasional trip looking for breeding birds.

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Eggs New York Wounded Jamaica 154

Critter News

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The bodies of seven sea lions with bullet wounds were recently found on the Nisqually River. The animal protection group Seal Sitters says a necropsy showed that the sea lion had suffered a shark bite and had twisted intestines in addition to a bullet wound. On Monday, a sea lion was found dead on West Seattle’s Lincoln Park beach.

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Sea Lions Lions Wounded Washington 100

Animal Person

JULY 24, 2009

He came to OCFA totally flea infested and with a few open wounds. One wound (the one on his front right leg) was to the bone. Dogs they can not place in foster care or find adoptive homes for are euthanized after 14 days by county ordinance. Their shelter is full. He has been vetted and is healing nicely.

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Greyhounds Wounded Neutering Vet 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 28, 2008

An old stray dog was wounded in the Mumbai attacks and rescued. The survival of the aging Sheru, despite a gunshot wound to his left shoulder, has become an uplifting and soothing symbol of Mumbai's recovery to many of the city's anxious and angry citizens. He is now recovering and will hopefully find a home.

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Stray Dog Stray Rescue Dog Rescue 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

They adorn their bodies with decorative scarification, a painful process of slicing into the skin and rubbing the wounds with charcoal. As the wound heals, this is replaced with larger and larger lip plates until they are able to stretch their lower lip over the back of their head and can wear lip plates of 5-inches or more in diameter!

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Cattle 254

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 4, 2014

Teaser: James Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, died needlessly from a gunshot wound because the doctor who cared for him made two wrong assumptions. James Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, died needlessly from a gunshot wound because the doctor who cared for him made two wrong assumptions.

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Killing Wounded United States 2014 93

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Eliminates bullet fragments in the wound channel as it forms a”mushroom” or peels back upon impact. As George Fenwick, president of American Bird Conservancy stated, “If non-lead ammunition is good enough for the U.S. military, with all their ballistics and performance testing, it should be good enough for hunters.”

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Hunters Hunting North America Game 191

Critter News

JANUARY 6, 2009

Here's what they say about "the Firing Squad," a horrible method of "treating" wounded work animals. They will be ‘fired’ with a red hot iron in the mistaken belief that it will cure a wound. We don’t really mean that they will be lined up and shot. No, their suffering will be far more drawn out.

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Animal Cruelty Wounded Morocco Animal Welfare 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

This Olive Sea Snake was a very fat specimen and had a wound which didn’t look particularly fatal. Porpita porpita washed in and breaking up Floating Porpita porpita It has been quite some time since I came across a Sea Snake washed up on the beach, but this week I did.

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Wounded Eggs Rescue Breeding 160

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2013

They did however show an increased incidence of wounds which the birds were thought to maintain and re-open. A study showed that a herd of cattle from which ox-peckers were shooed away over a prolonged study period showed no significant reduction in ticks compared to a herd which were allowed to host the birds.

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Rhinos White Rhinos South Africa Wounded 159

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2015

Due to the nature of the day and the ridiculous tameness of the Palm Warblers , the difference that wound up making the most difference here was the near focus. Their single-hinge design required a different, and to me a bit less congenial, grip, but their action was equally smooth and they felt equally well-balanced.

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Wounded Wildlife Birds 157

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The wound was also very contaminated with dirt and debris. The trap was not attached but it was obvious this was the cause, and the x-ray confirmed it. It seemed whoever set the trap had ‘released’ the injured eagle upon finding him, as the bird could not have freed himself without the loss of the entire foot.

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Eagles Wildlife Rehabilitation Utah Vet 174

Critter News

AUGUST 13, 2009

The Marines also claim that using live pigs and inflicting wounds on them is the only way to approximate real-life situations in combat. They claim the animals are asleep during the procedures and feel no pain. It's the best way to train medical personnel. Read and decide for yourself.

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Pigs Medical Wounded Animal Research 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2011

The trails that wound through woods and across meadows were wonderful and the lake, though small, is a beauty, and the entire park is just chock full of nice landscapes. Fortunately for me, there were birds around too!

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Kentucky Agenda Wounded Litter 160

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The boy was wounded by his loss, just as the homeless dog was wounded when his owner died. It took nine years for my picture book, THE BLUE HOUSE DOG, (Peachtree Publishers/August 1, 2010) to come out. It’s a fictitious account of the story narrated by a young boy named Cody who lost his beloved puppy to an unexplained ailment.

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Dogs Homelessness Stray Dog Wounded 100

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

A recent arrival at the Nairobi nursery was an elephant named Murka, rescued near Tsavo National Park with a spear lodged deep between her eyes and gaping spear and axe wounds along her back and sides. Her deep wounds were filled with maggots. A mobile vet unit was able to tranquilize her, clean her wounds, and extract the spear.

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Elephants Kenya Wounded Rhinos 100

Critter News

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Manager Trudi Urie says the wounded doe was hanging out behind the store and then ran through an open door into a stockroom. Workers at an Ohio pet shop are used to worried pet owners bringing their animals in to be treated in the store's clinic.

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Deer Wounded Ohio Pets 100

Critter News

AUGUST 29, 2008

The wolves suffer needlessly because hunters simply wound them more often then not firing from an airplane. I understand there may be some instances where predator control is necessary. I'm not an absolutist on this point. Doing it from low flying aircraft, however, is just barbaric. This is what Palin has pushed for.

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Wolves Defenders Of Wildlife Alaska Killing 100

Critter News

APRIL 7, 2009

The explosions have ranged in intensity, wounding some of the pigs and killing others. For an 11-month period that ended in December, researchers subjected pigs and rats to about 200 blasts, according to Pentagon documents and interviews. Roadside bombs are the top killer of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Did you know this?

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Pigs Research Ethical Treatment Afghanistan 100

Critter News

JANUARY 13, 2009

Another ranger was wounded in the attack and a rebel was captured. Just last week, a 33-year-old ranger was killed by Mai Mai rebels. Mai Mai rebels are described as community-based militia groups frequently involved in banditry. That arrest has resulted in several leads in the investigation.

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Congo Gorillas Endangered Species Wounded 100

Critter News

JULY 21, 2009

My bill will help train a statistically significant number of dogs to measure the benefits to veterans with physical and emotional wounds. Al Franken (suck on that Bill O'Reilly) has introduced a bill to increase the number of service dogs for vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Vet Afghanistan Iraq Dogs 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2023

And pigeons, with their uncanny homing instincts, have played heroic outsized roles in various of our human wars, including the First World War, where a bird named Cher Ami, shot and wounded in the chest, with the loss of the right leg and the sight in one eye, nevertheless made it home, and was credited with saving the lives of 194 Yanks – the “Lost (..)

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Bald Eagle Montenegro Zambia Zimbabwe 181

Critter News

NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Animal cruelty occurs when someone intentionally injures or harms an animal or when a person willfully deprives an animal of food, water or necessary medical care.

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Animal Cruelty Cruelty ASPCA Animal 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2013

Finally when she arrived, she effortlessly scaled a tall tree and reappeared on an open horizontal branch where she proceeded to lick some blood from the Wild Cat’s puncture wounds. This branch was her dining room and remains of her previous meals, mostly dove and sandgrouse feathers, were in prominence.

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Leopards Cats Namibia Botswana 162