There are few sights more wrenching to a wildlife rehabilitator than a convulsing, lead-poisoned bird. Waterbirds eat lead shot while scouring the bottoms of...

The other night I went out to rescue a great big Red-tailed Hawk, who turned out to be a tiny little Sharp-shinned Hawk. The...

Of all the billions of things that keep wildlife rehabilitators from sleeping at night, public releases are one of the big ones. Ideally, we...

My rehabber friend Lisa Acton, who is with Animal Kingdom USA Wildlife Rehabilitation, picked up her phone and heard the voice of an elderly...

Rehabbers are all – well, almost all – connected by the internet. We join listservs so we can talk to compatriots, even if they...

I’m not a big fan of bird banding. When I see a band I imagine something slipping beneath it and trapping the bird, I’ve...

I live near a small zoo. All of the animals, birds and reptiles who live there are native species who were once injured, have...

The kids can’t get enough of this stuff. “Who’s ever seen an x-ray?” I ask. “Anyone ever broken a bone?” Hands shoot up. “Here...