Wildlife rehabilitation is the rescue and care of injured and orphaned wildlife. Wildlife rehabilitators play an important role as conservationists and humanitarians.
Are you interested in becoming a Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator? Keep reading as I am going to give you first-hand knowledge based on twelve years of personal experience on what it takes to become a licensed wildlife rehabilitator.
The red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)is one of the most familiar turtles in North America. Many people recognize it from backyard ponds, city parks, and pet stores. This species is hardy, adaptable, and long-lived, which explains both its success in the wild and the serious problems it causes when released outside its native range. They inhabit freshwater on all continents across the world, except for Antarctica.
Scientists keep learning more about the various animal species that are at risk for getting COVID. High numbers of white-tailed deer have contracted SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus across the United States. The large population and social behavior of the deer, along with their close proximity to humans, appear to be the main causes for this.
Feeding birds in the winter is good for you and for birds. This enjoyable experience can bring you closer to nature while giving the birds some much-needed winter nourishment.
In addition, habitat loss due to development has destroyed much of the bird’s natural food sources. They will pay you back by providing insect control, eating weed seeds, and pollinating flowers.
Wisconsin has 11 species of turtles. Of these, the Ornate Box turtle is considered endangered and the Blandings and Wood turtles are considered threatened within the state.
Like all reptiles, turtles are cold-blooded or ectothermic which means they rely on the environment for heat. Turtles in Wisconsin have made some neet adaptations to living in a place that gets quite cold in winter.
Kidnapping is an unfortunate event when humans steal baby wild animals from their natural homes. Sometimes people kidnap wildlife because they think they are helping or rescuing the baby. Often humans kidnap wildlife because they want an exotic pet.
The purpose of this article is to help both wildlife rehabilitators and people who care about wildlife to learn about wildlife kidnapping and make good decisions to help wild babies.
The sandhill crane is a large and magnificent bird that is found in wetlands in the central United States. They spend their breeding season in Wisconsin’s wetlands and are a common sight even in urban areas.
At one point Sandhill crane populations had dwindled so low they were near extinction. Aldo Leopold and other Wisconsin environmentalists were instrumental in publicizing their plight.
These birds are best known for their graceful dance-like movements, which they perform during courtship rituals and their very vocal conversations.
Benjamin Franklin was right about one thing. The turkey would have made a great national bird.
Wild Turkeys are large, plump birds with long legs. You often see them walking in fields or on the edges of wooded areas. The distinctive gobble and beautiful tail plumage on the male make them easy to identify.
I will be the first person to tell you that helping wildlife is a good thing. However, there is a right way to go about helping your wild neighbors.
Wildlife has a harder time finding food in winter and dealing with the cold and snow. In addition, humans have often destroyed habitat and resources that allow them to forage throughout the year.
Sadly birds collide with windows far too often. Audubon estimates that one billion are killed every year. These bird strikes are the second leading cause of death for birds. Outside domestic cats are the first.
These numbers include endangered species as well as backyard favorites like the hummingbird.
As we construct more buildings to meet the needs of humans we make the air space more perilous to birds. Making accommodations in our construction can help save the lives of many birds.
Are you one of those people who halts traffic to help a turtle cross the road? Stops to say a prayer and check the pouch for babies of a possum killed on the road? Tries to find the nest of a baby bird.
I’m so glad you care about wildlife! Thank you for all you do. At Fox Run Environmental Education Center we appreciate our finders.
For those of you with a passion to help wildlife one simple way is to put a wildlife rescue kit in your car. The things in this kit will help you to safely catch and move a wild animal so that you can transport them to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator.
In spring and summer, people sometimes find baby birds that are outside of their nest. While some of them may be orphaned and really need our help, this is not always the case.
In this article, we want to discuss how to tell if a baby bird needs intervention and how we can care for baby birds in a responsible way.
Kentucky has 33 native snakes of which only four are venomous. Snakes are very beneficial to the environment. They eat rodents and help to lower disease spread by these animals.
This article will talk about snakes’ physical features, introduce you to a few of the cool Kentucky species, discuss snake rehabilitation, and what to do if you are bitten by a snake.
Near the coastline of one of the east’s favorite vacation spots lies one of the largest aquatic animal sanctuaries on the East Coast. The Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island witnessed an influx of “patients” over the course of the last few weeks, most recently after Georgia and other surrounding states lifted quarantine restrictions in early May.
