[…]issue swept under the rug. The most important point is that this crisis was caused by improper fish waste disposal that can be tracked directly to the discharge pipes and infrastructure at Shelter Cove and Crescent City. The harbor districts with jurisdiction over these cleaning tables had been made aware of this problem the previous year. Yet nothing was done in the intervening months before the Young of the Year Pelicans arrived this summer. Federal law prohibits harming Brown pelicans and other wildlife. State law prohibits discharging any substance harmful to fish, plants, birds or mammals into any State water. […]
[…]reduce the number of injuries to marine birds at boat launches and fish cleaning stations due to fish waste. There only a few hours left in 2012 for your contribution to help aquatic birds and the people who care for them to be tax-deductible this year. Our work for 2013 will depend on your support. Thank you for being a part of our accomplishments in 2012, we look forward to continuing these efforts and more in 2013. In alliance with wild birds and all wildlife,Wishing you a joyfulNew Year, Monte Merrickco-Director Bird Ally […]
[…]look like much, but this tiny concrete river is where the orphaned raccoons in our care learn to fish! Check out this video from last year of one of our released raccoons immediately catching a fish within her first minutes of freedom! A very young Opossum about to be fed replacement formula. Soon she’ll be weaned. Opossums grow up fast! In just a few more weeks she’ll be released to her wild and free life! Osprey uses new feathers to fly in our aviary. It won’t be long before we make the trek back to Lewiston Lake, where this intense, […]
[…]year somewhere near this number. By about a 100 patients over 2012, the year we treated 250 fish waste impacted Brown Pelicans, 2019 is the busiest year ever in our 40 year history, and we had no huge emergency as we did in 2012 – this is just day to day work, answering the phone, going on rescues, treating those injured and orphaned wild neighbors that our human neighbors found in their yards, their basements, the beaches and the highways. Also in 2019, BAX rescued over 250 wild ducks sickened by another avian botulism outbreak on the Lower Klamath Refuge […]
[…]final report on the work we did for the Kure/Stuyvesant Trustee Council related to to fish waste contaminated wildlife, specifically juvenile Brown Pelicans on the Redwood coast in […]
[…]added excellent people to our crew. Lucinda Adamson, who was an intern during our second fish waste Pelican crisis in 2012 is now the Assistant Wildlife Rehabilitation Manager. Stephanie Owens, who began as a volunteer in 2014 is now a staff rehabilitator. Ruth Mock is volunteer coordinator. Recent additions to our permanent gang, who recently completed internships, Brooke Brown who works with our humane solutions program for co-existing with our wild neighbors, and Desiree Vang, another recently graduated intern who is helping us with our membership data and other administrative tasks. Both continue to work in animal care in the […]
[…]ago this week that Bird Ally X teamed with Humboldt Wildlife Care Center to rescue over 50 fish waste contaminated juvenile Brown Pelicans found at the public fish cleaning stations at Crescent City and Shelter Cover, on California’s beautiful and rugged Redwood Coast. What began as an emergency response developed into a permanent partnership, with Bird Ally X and HWCC merging into one organization. This began an intense period of infrastructure building. We’ve added seabird pools, a pelican aviary, a raptor aviary, raccoon housing, other small mammal housing, a waterfowl aviary, renovated our songbird aviary, and more! We have a […]
[…]in a wildlife rehab setting are regulated by state agencies, such as the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, or the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, etc. The state agency will have a fish and game code that dictate what is allowed in wildlife rehabilitation facilities. Included in this code is a Memorandum of Understanding, a set of rules for wildlife rehab conduct that were written in order to ensure that the practice is as ethical as possible. See an example of the California Memorandum of Understanding here: https://www.nativeanimalrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/MOU-2020-2023-CA-Dept-of-Fish-and-Wildlife.pdf The National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association and the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council: […]
[…]this book!” – Erica Miller, DVM, Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research Poster: Fish waste/Bird safe marina poster Poster suitable for Marinas, Boat Launches, Fishing Docks, wildlife rehabilitation centers and other places At-a-glance information on keeping wildlife safe from the deleterious effects of the oily waste that comes from cleaning catch. size 11″ x 17″ Designed by BAX and made possible by a grant from the Kure Stuyvesant Trust, this poster is available for FREE while supplies last. Available either on paper or on vinyl for durable outdoor use. Shipping and handling to be paid by the orderer. Request a poster […]