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Dealing with injured wildlife focus of St. Charles program

Learn about Anderson Humane Wildlife Center at Izaak Walton League meeting

On Tuesday, Nov. 7, the Elgin Chapter of the Izaak Walton League will host Stephanie Franczak from the Anderson Humane Wildlife Center.

A second chance in the sky: Rehabbed great horned owl returns to wild

After about six weeks of care, Anderson Humane released a great horned owl back into the wild Friday at Campton Forest Preserve. They believe the owl was suffering from West Nile virus and another infection.

Florida wildlife and birds are incurring injuries at a staggering rate

JUPITER  For six brown pelicans, freedom was only a few flaps of their wings away. Two adult and four juvenile pelicans were released back into the wild April 9 by volunteers and friends of the Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, a wildlife hospital and education center headquartered in Jupiter since 1983.  For nearly two months, the pelicans were patients at the sanctuary s wildlife hospital. Some had been treated for injuries incurred after they became entangled in fishing gear. The others were treated for exhaustion, probably as a result of migrating, explained Stephanie Franczak, hospital director at Busch Wildlife. Freedom Friday The release was the end of a week s worth of wildlife releases by sanctuary staff, Franczak said. Prior to the pelican release, staff had turned loose four screech owls, about 15 squirrels, 15 possums and a few songbirds.

Pelican found in frigid Connecticut river recovering at Florida animal sanctuary

The pelican was nicknamed “Arvy” after being flown to the center in Jupiter on an RV-12 plane last week.