Archive for the 'Wildlife Rescue' Category
Woman works to improve lives of feral cats
Thursday, November 16th, 2006Feral cats have spent a long time as the low animal on the totem pole of the animal welfare movement. Their caretakers didn’t fare much better. They were often characterized as crazy old women who wear scarves in summer and spent their money on wild cats who don’t belong to them and run away when [...]
South Dakota Stockgrowers Deny Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Program
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006Recent vote supports Pennington County opposition to reintroduction of ferrets in state Rapid City ~ During their annual membership meeting held in Spearfish, S.D., September 15, 2006, the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association (SDSGA) voted unanimously to support the Pennington County Commission’s opposition to the reintroduction of additional ferret populations in the state. SDSGA District 3 [...]
A clear-cut controversy
Thursday, August 17th, 2006August 10, 2006 West Boca For decades, parrots, baby owls and ducks found refuge along the tree-lined canal between the Brentwood neighborhood and Boca Glades Golf Course west of Boca Raton. But as the Lake Worth Drainage District eradicates trees on canal banks in Palm Beach County, more neighbors are disturbed about the loss of [...]
Little critters, lots of love
Thursday, August 17th, 2006August 11, 2006 FORT LAUDERDALE A The Wildlife Care Center recently opened its doors to the nursery and invited the public to come as guests bearing presents. In exchange for a rare chance to see inside the center’s nursery, where staff feeds and cares for orphaned birds and mammals such as squirrels and raccoons until [...]