Category: bird rescue

Why do we rehabilitate oiled wildlife?

Posted on by Monte Merrick

Why do we rehabilitate oiled wildlife?

A very easy question, actually. For the same reason that we rehabilitate any orphaned or injured wild animals.

And what is that reason?  If you find someone in jeopardy you try to help.

If your best effort doesn’t help you try to discover why. You change your approach. You learn your lessons. You improve your result.

It is very simple really. What more needs to be said?

The cost of treating injured wild animals doesn’t come from some general fund set aside for issues related to wildlife, pre-established and limited.

No. It comes from the fund that is generated by those who agree that such treatment be available, and those people are few, and funds are scarce.

If it were not for all of those animals that will never be found, the thousands and thousands of dead, it would seem to be a rare moment of justice in a nation as built on wholesale destruction as is the United States, that the party who injures is the party who pays, as the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 demands.

 Now,  should the party who injures be in any way construed to be the party who cares? Absolutely not.

Dear BP, the only thing you have to give is money. Otherwise, butt out, shut up, and wait for your trial.

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Terrible photos from East Grande Terre Island, Louisiana

Posted on by Monte Merrick

While BP struggles to protect itself from justice, and BP CEO Tony Hayward continues to make a public ass of himself, – as Janet Rubchenko leads NOAA into irrelavancy, the Oil that this industry and the State have loosed upon the world continues to poison and kill.

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bird ally x – helping wild birds and the people who care for them.

mission statement: bird ally x is a collective of wildlife care-providers committed to raising the standard of care available for sick or injured aquatic birds. bird ally x works to help wild birds in their efforts to survive the hazards of civilization through:

  • the direct action of caring for wild birds in distress
  • supporting other rehabilitation groups through workshops and consultation
  • generation and proliferation of educational and informational materials and literature, for our colleagues and our neighbors

bird ally x will build, strengthen and further develop the resources available to ensure that excellent care is provided by working with colleagues in wildlife rehabilitation to maintain an environment of mutual aid and benefit.

In all efforts, bird ally x is committed to continually elevating the quality of available care, and uncompromising advocacy on behalf of wild birds.

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