Past Rescues

Releasing a screech owl:

These 10 young raccoons range in age from 8-10 weeks. This was their first day in an outdoor enclosure. Seven of them were still on a bottle four times a day. These were the first ten ( of over 50) babies of the season! 

A Record  Year!

This adorable baby Badger arrived the first of May 2011 at approximately 6 weeks old. She was still nursing, but within a couple of weeks we had her eating on her own. She needed love and nurturing in the beginning, but after being put in her outdoor enclosure where she could excavate to her heart’s desire; she became a Badger and started her posturing and bluffing and was released mid-summer. Surprisingly, Badger’s are relatively easy to handle. Their very long front nails are only for digging and they do not use them in confrontations of any sort…only their mouths and that I might add, is what one needs to be careful of.

We rehab anywhere from 12-20 bats a year. Most adult bats eat anywhere from 15-30 mealworms a night in rehab. This juvenile male Big Brown Bat was found on ground in September several years ago. He still had his milk teeth which is indicative of a late season baby. He was release that next spring.