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Two months after it opened, staff at Ireland s first hospital dedicated to sick and injured wildlife are appealing to the public to think twice before rescuing baby birds and animals.
The Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland (WRI) hospital, in Garlow Cross, Co Meath, says it is working at near capacity and is in danger of being overwhelmed.
WRI Education Officer Aoife McPartlin said: This is our busiest time of year. It’s what we call orphan season. It’s when we see lots of baby birds and animals born and often their parents are killed in road traffic accidents.
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The
wildlife hospital will be opening in the grounds of a pub in Co. Meath, that had to be closed due to the
Covid-19 pandemic.
Tara na Rí pub, which is just outside of
Navan, to accommodate animals and birds, as well as a portacabin house which will act as an
intensive care unit for the sick and injured wildlife animals.
Speaking to RTE, WRI Animal Manager
Dan Donoher said, We are going to cater for every native Irish wildlife species here. That could mean treating anything from a tiny mouse to a seal, a badger or a swan.
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