Many Thanks

February 4, 2019August 25, 2022

Good Morning, Everyone! Many of you know that I had some unexpected surgery before the Christmas holiday so I had to temporarily close Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation for several weeks. I apologize for any inconvenience that anyone incurred and wanted to let everyone know that as of today, February 4th, 2019, we are open once again for business!

I would like to give a HUGE THANK YOU to my family and friends that saw to it that my husband, the animals in my care and myself were taken care of over the last 8 weeks. I am doing well and one of the most blessed people around to have so many people in my life that care about both my husband and myself.

Baby season is snapping at my heels and I am up to the job because of the great care from so many people.

Thank you all so much,
Fran Kitchen

Introducing “Thelma and Louise”

Drum roll please… I’d like to introduce to you our newest education animals at Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc., Thelma and Louise! These two opossum sisters came to us earlier in the week from The Ohio Wildlife Center in Columbus. Their center has a program at the local Marysville prison where inmates help to raise…

In Memory…

It is with a heavy heart that I report that Godzilla, our educational Great Horned Owl, had to be put down. She was in her 20s and was an amazing education bird. Godzilla had spent ten years at another facility before being transferred to Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation. She was in our care for eleven…

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Is It a Duck Owl?

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Memories

I have made so many memories in all of my years of wildlife work. Some of those memories are good and some are not, but they are all a big part of my life and my biggest motivators. For today’s Throwback Thursday I thought I would ramble a bit on some of those memories. My…

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This week we thought you would enjoy seeing photos (and narration) from a rescue that took place back in August of 2016. It was a day when the temps hit the high 90’s, and Fran donned long pants and a flannel jacket after a home owner called Operation Orphan about a young, Blue Heron that…