New Wild Review, s2e2: Humane Solutions part one…

Posted on March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 by Monte Merrick

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*Board of directors member and HWCC rehabilitator, Nora Chatmon (r) talks about human/wildlife conflict as Assistant Rehabilitation Manager, Lucinda Adamson (l) listens*.

For the latest episode of New Wild Review, four-fifths of Humboldt Wildlife Care Center’s clinic staff got together in February to talk about our Humane Solutions program – a backstage unfiltered eavesdrop as we talk about our work, our frustrations and some of the misconceptions about our wild neighbors that work against peaceful co-existence…

*Rehabilitator and Humane Solutions consultant Brooke Brown*.

*Nora Chatmon, Lucinda Adamson, Monte Merrick and Brooke Brown discuss our Humane Solutions program, in a backstage way…*

The discussion took off, lasting much longer than expected. In this epsiode, part one of our staff roundtable discussion, featuring Lucinda Adamson, Nora Chatmon, and Brooke Brown, we cover many of the frustrations – next episode the meaning, the awe and the victories – coming soon, the second half, in S2E3…

We hope you enjoy this discussion and remember! – our successful work keeping wild families together comes from your support! Thank you!

(podcast) New Wild Review vol 1 ep 4 Letting Nature Take Its Course

Posted on March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 by Monte Merrick

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In our fourth episode, I read an essay, Letting Nature Take Its Course, which was first published on this website in 2016 and again in the beautiful magazine, Wild Hope in 2019. Also included in this episode is a reading of the poem, Deer Skull.

As always, thank you for supporting our work. I hope you enjoy this episode.

A significant amount of the music in this episode was cmpossed and performed by Erica McCool. more of her incredible music can be found here: https://pezhed1.bandcamp.com/

(podcast) New Wild Review Vol 1 Ep 2 — Good Morning Heartache, Sit Down – About Despair

Posted on February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 by Monte Merrick

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Hi Friends and Lovers of the Wild,

Back in January, I posted a story on our facebook page concerning a study of the Common Murre (Uria aalge) die off that occured in the Eastern Pacific Ocean the the Fall/Winter/Spring of 2015/2016. It’s a sad story about the deaths of a million of these remarkable seabirds.

Immediately after posting the story I got a message from a friend and fellow animal rescuer in the Los Angeles area:

“It all seems so heartbreakingly pointless doesn’t it? We’re busting our asses saving one animal at a time and the whole f*****g planet is on the brink of extinction. If we don’t blow ourselves up in another war first.”

I felt that her despair was real and very familiar. So I wanted to address it without relying on platitudes… It became the instigator of our second podcast for our newy launched Bird Ally X: New Wild Review.

It’s a 29 minute “meditation” on our current world and the inevitable nature of despair. No answers are offered, but I hope that those of you in this field who feel hopeless at times are at least offered a branch to cling to…

As always, if you like our content and appreciate our work, please support us.

Thank you for your love of the Wild, and your support of Bird Ally X,
Monte Merrick

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This podcast was written and produced by Monte Merrick. The music used in this podcast is from Dreaming Dead Sea (Uria aalge)