There’s a deer stuck in the fence. A bat fluttering in the tool shed. A squirrel with maybe a broken leg struggling on the front lawn. A small cougar –
Three Hoosiers spent the last six months to a year trying to speak to the Social Security Administration to no avail. They're frustrated and they're not alone.
As the number of animals being brought into the care of local nonprofit Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release grows, board president Bev Myers says the organization is in need of more volunteers.
The organization’s Intake Center, at 809 Maltman Drive, Grass Valley, is currently being used primarily for triage and caring for birds until they can be transferred, according to Myers.
Birds are being transferred to Gold Country Wildlife Rescue, which Myers said has the facilities, staff, and volunteers to take care of them.
Myers said Wildlife Rehabilitation and Rescue’s Intake Center is mostly taking in songbirds or varieties like woodpeckers, while raptors and small mammals are being rehabilitated more at the homes of organization members who are able to take them in.
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Did you have a tree come down recently in the storms? Be sure to see if there are any babies in them. Squirrels are starting to have babies now as well as songbirds and birds of prey.
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Wildlife Rehabilitation & Release (WR&R) is looking for a new home in Nevada County. We have been caring for wildlife for about 36 years now and it is time for us to move from our rented store front and volunteers’ homes. We need some property with about five acres that is zoned agriculture residential, utilities available, and maybe a building or barn where we could start out. We would like to lease this property or lease with an option to buy. We need a place that is easy for the finders of injured wildlife to access, and with room for volunteers to park while they work with the animals.
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