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Wildlife Section
This section is devoted to providing educational resource links and information on
wildlife. Please read my Letter
addressed to the person who deliberately ran over a animal by my house.
If you feel it has any merit, you are welcome to pass it along.
Wildlife Book
Recommendation:
"Healers
of the Wild: People Who Care for Injured and Orphaned Wildlife; a guide
for young people, their families, schools, and communities",
by Shannon K. Jacobs. Published in 1998 by Coyote Moon Press, Denver,
CO. Too often, well-meaning people come across
wildlife
babies and think they need "saving". Sometimes they do,
but a lot of times they don't. This book will help you decide when
your help is needed and when it's not. It is aimed at educating
young people, but is highly readable for adults. It is chock full
of information about wild animals. For example, did you know that
raccoons and squirrels usually have at least two dens (pg. 83)?
This means that, if you accidentally disturb or destroy a nest
containing these babies, they don't necessarily need to be rescued. The mother will often move them to another den
or nest. If you do come across wildlife that are truly
injured or orphaned, this book shows you how to contact the wildlife
experts in your area (addresses, phone numbers and other resources
provided in the book) where the animal will have the best chance of
survival. I wish I could put a copy of this book in every
household.
If you can't find this
book at your local library, it is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
Here
is a great site on raccoons: Raccoon
World
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