#wildlife-rescue

#wildlife-rescue

An officer with Hanover County Animal Protection found the ransacker splooted out next to the toilet on Saturday morning, according to the agency's Facebook post. The officer then transported the trash panda - likely still too inebriated to plot an escape - to the shelter "to sober up before questioning," per the post. What they're saying: "After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices),"

Picture this: you're a wildlife rescuer trying to nurse an injured falcon back to health. Every few days, you need to catch the bird, restrain it, and place it on a scale. The bird panics, thrashing and screeching. Your heart races as you try not to get talons to the face. Sometimes, the stress alone can kill the very creature you're trying to save.

BROOMALL, Pa. -- A fox roaming around Broomall, Pennsylvania, with plastic piping stuck on its neck has finally been captured.. Good Boy Dog Recovery confirmed to Action News that they captured the fox Saturday night. Pocono Wildlife then removed the corrugated plastic piping from around its neck, treated her with antibiotics, and gave her vaccines. They released the fox back into its territory around 2:00 a.m. Sunday, where a fellow fox was waiting for her.

The great horned owl was found at the Black Desert Resort in the south-western part of the state and arrived at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, earlier this month with its face, chest and right wing covered in dried concrete. After making sure the bird could breathe, sanctuary workers spent days cracking apart the concrete using forceps and cleaning its feathers using toothbrushes, dish soap and their fingers. Two weeks later, it was able to fly again and is continuing its recovery in an aviary.

"Yeah, I did a double-take. For a second, I had to check myself - alligators are not native to Boston waterways, right?" Lieberman said. "I texted my coworkers because I had a morning meeting: 'Hey guys, this is a good excuse to be late for work. There is an alligator right in front of me and I don't know what to do.'"

We want them to feel safe, we want them to come back to their normal routine. So we're calling off the physical search. I'll go out with my drone once a day or so, and then see what we can find. But unfortunately, it's going to be a little bit of a ti

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"It might only be a pigeon, but that was disgusting," says Stacie Delzingo, the founder of Safe Hands. "And it's cruelty."

Given that seeing an orange lobster typically means it is dead and boiled and on a plate, shopper Kyle Brancato did a double take when he spotted the lobster moving among the others for sale at a Tops grocery store in upstate New York. I walked by the lobster tank, and I saw this bright orange lobster, Brancato told WHAM, a local CNN affiliate. Very different from all the other ones in the tank.

Elton, a 3- to 5-year-old endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle, was the star of the show on Coney Island Beach on Aug. 6, as marine wildlife and environmental organizations, local officials, and New York Aquarium camp participants and high school leaders cheered his release into the Atlantic Ocean.

A Martin County Fire Rescue paramedic and a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer successfully rescued a large female loggerhead sea turtle trapped in rocks at House of Refuge Beach. The turtle, weighing about 300 pounds, was discovered by a local photographer who promptly notified the authorities. Together, FWC officers and firefighters lifted the turtle, enabling her safe return to the ocean unharmed. The incident emphasizes the importance of reporting injured wildlife to the appropriate authorities, as highlighted by the FWC's hotline for wildlife emergencies.

We are 100% volunteer run. We need volunteers to be able to help these animals.

San Francisco Animal Care and Control successfully rescued three baby raccoons trapped in the wall of the Chase Center, demonstrating the ongoing need for wildlife support.

Owner Georgia Gardner said her pet approached without hesitation when they were reunited by Kangala Wildlife Rescue on Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia state on Tuesday for the first time since November 2023.

A pair of young bald eagles were successfully rescued by firefighters in Longmeadow after their nest was destroyed by strong winds, ensuring their safe rehabilitation.

"It's unfortunate they had such a rough start to life but we are grateful for the efforts of all parties involved to make sure they got the help they needed and ended up in the right place."

An appeal for information is underway following a distressing incident where a pigeon was shot with a catapult and later euthanized due to severe injuries.