This is a nice story from the The News-Gazette.com. A sludge-covered female eagle got herself out from the bank of a retention pond in Illinois, but was not able to fly away. Fortunately Naturalist Gary Wilford got the call about the injured eagle on the Danville Sanitary District grounds. “It was pretty exciting,” said Wilford, who [...]
Learn the real story about wildlife rehabilition and fawns in the article ”Bambis or not, volunteer cares for 8 fawns” from the Dallas Morning News online. According to the article, a small herd of eight bright-eyed fawns are adapting to the world at South Plains Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and being cared for by center volunteer Barry [...]
A few days after this baby owl tumbled out of his nest, he had a little help from neighbors to return to his nest. The owlet is very sweet. This is a heartwarming, must watch video!
The article “Otter and dogs best friends at wildlife sanctuary” caught my eye. A river otter named Ootie befriended some dogs and now lives at the SOS Wildlife Resources wildlife sanctuary in Darien, Georgia. On one of Elizabeth Oxnard’s afternoon walks with her four dogs along the Sapelo River, she looked behind her to see Ootie [...]
I was happy to hear about a project that will help Florida turtles and other wildlife. The Lake Jackson Ecopassage project will help wildlife cross a deadly stretch of U.S. Highway 27 in Tallahassee. The article, “Florida Turtle Tunnel Protects Motorists Too“, states that it’s a solution to a pressing problem that makes the highway unsafe [...]
According an article in the SeaCoastOnlin.com, an orphaned fawn dodged cars and trucks at a traffic circle before being rescued by police and Fish and Game officers. Fish and Game Officer Kent Gustafson said the fawn will be brought to a wildlife rescue facility in Madison, where it will be reared until fall, then released [...]
Fawns are precious. Through Lost in the Woods, Carl and Jean hope people learn most fawns found alone in the woods are rarely lost or abandoned. Newborn fawns spend their first weeks without mom because her scent will attract predators to her babe. She instinctively knows to stay only briefly to nurse and care for her [...]
This touching video comes from Arnold’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Okeechobee, Florida. The organization’s goal is to rescue, rehabilitate and return recovered animals to their natural habitat. Unfortunately, some of these animals have sustained injuries that limit their return to the wild. In these cases they have set up habitats for them to stay at the wildlife [...]
According to the Huffington Post, a baby sea lion was rescued early Monday after wandering onto a busy San Francisco Bay area freeway. Some drivers on Interstate 880 called the California Highway Patrol, reporting the animal “walking” in the center divider near the Oakland Coliseum. Authorities think the sea lion likely made it onto land from [...]
A customer brought her concern to our attention. She told us that watching Lost in the Woods: The Movie with her children helped explain what was happening with does in the hay fields near her home in the farmlands of northwest New Jersey. She said does seem to be searching for their fawns in the cut fields. [...]
