Nine Ducklings Vanish Down A Storm Grate While Their Mom Paces The Curb
The mother never left. That turned out to be the single most important detail of the whole rescue.
Theo BrandtJul 30, 20264 min
Search the archive
Found 7 results for “wildlife”
A Fox Family Moved In Under A Garden Shed — Officials Say Leave Them Alone
Four kits, one vixen, and a homeowner who spent two weeks convinced she had a problem. By August the den will be empty on its own.
Theo BrandtAug 6, 20265 min
A Hedgehog Out In Daylight In November Is Always An Emergency
This one weighed 284 grams — well under the threshold for surviving a winter. The rule rehabilitators want you to memorize is simple.
Theo BrandtJul 21, 20265 min
People Keep 'Rescuing' Fawns That Were Never Lost — This One Got Her Mother Back
A fawn lying alone and motionless in tall grass is not abandoned. She is doing precisely what she is supposed to be doing.
Theo BrandtAug 3, 20265 min
Four Orphaned Squirrels Arrived In A Shoebox — And Got Rebuilt Over Twelve Weeks
A tree came down in a storm. What followed is one of the most labour-intensive jobs in wildlife rehabilitation, and it looks nothing like people imagine.
Theo BrandtJul 15, 20266 min
The Barn Owl Hit By A Car On Route 9 Flew Out Of A Box Last Night
Six weeks, one fractured coracoid, and a release protocol that hinges on a single question: can she fly silently?
Theo BrandtJul 27, 20265 min
A Diver Saw A Flash Of Orange — Then A Sea Turtle Swam Straight At Her Asking For Help
"She came right up to me and stopped." Forty metres of discarded net had wrapped a green turtle's front flipper. What the diver did next was the hard part.
Theo BrandtAug 12, 20266 min