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Sanctuary News
August 2009
We are well into the wildlife baby season
and the clinic is active with juvenile birds and fawns who
are nearly weaned. This is the exciting time of year when
the staff sees all of their hard work pay off. The tiny featherless
birds who came to us weeks ago have learned to fly. Raccoons
and skunks who started out smaller than the size of your palm,
who have begged for our attention and a bottle, now run away
from our approach, their wild instincts developing a healthy
fear of humans. The early season squirrels and opossums have
all been released, and since these species have two birthing
seasons, we are just starting to see the second wave of babies.
This has been a tough year for wildlife. The
drought in south central Texas is almost unfathomable. Animals
must search harder and in wider ranges to find food and water
and we are seeing many more cases of malnutrition and dehydration.
With nearly two months of temperatures over 100 degrees every
day, the animals in the sanctuary seek shelter from the heat.
We are doing all that we can to make them comfortable, providing
plenty of shade and cool water to drink and misters in the
enclosures of some of the more compromised of residents. We
hope that rain will come soon to heal the land and our water
sources and give all of the human and non-human animals the
relief they need.
In this issue, we have written about some
of our special cases we have worked on recently, including
a three-legged sheep named Wylie,
a rescue of eighty cats, and an egret
rookery in trouble in San Antonio. Each of the lives we
save is equally valuable. These are just three of their stories.
Best wishes from WRR, and happy reading!
Angela Grimes, Executive Director
Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation, Inc.
In This Issue…
Baby Egrets Fall from
Rookery in San Antonio
by Angela Grimes, Executive Director
How You Can Help Wildlife
in This Drought
by Lynn Cuny, Founder & CEO
Wylie Gets Wheels
by Angela Grimes, Executive Director
Woman's Death Leaves 80
Cats Alone and Sentenced to Death
by Angela Grimes, Executive Director
Support HR 2811 House
Bill Amendment to Ban Pythons
by Angela Grimes, Executive Director
Help Us Catch the Attention
of Dirty Jobs
Get Ready to Walk on the
Wild Side!
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