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Red Tail Hawk
This female Red Tail Hawk was brought in the first week of February. She had a broken wing. It was to late in the day to get her to Dr Riggs so first thing the next morning I took her to him. The day after I took her to Dr Riggs office she laid an…
Birds | Bunnies | Educational Animals | Fran Kitchen | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Wildlife StoryNew Endangered Species…The Bunny Bird
After 53 years of rehabilitation, I have come across a new species of wildlife. I was notified of this new species when a man came to my door with a litter of four bunnies and an egg. The egg was in with the nest of bunnies (looked just like a robin egg, but how much…
A lot of bunny nests are being found.
Read about what to do if you find a bunny nest, on our website at: https://www.operationorphanwildlife.com/learning…/rabbits/
On a day that was pouring down rain. I got a call about a baby groundhog that was on a sidewalk outside a dorm at Kent State.
It was under seven (7) days old and it’s toes were still fused together. At first I thought he had been washed out of it’s den from all the rain. After inspecting the little guy, I found three small puncture holes. Two on the shoulder and one on its back hip, which indicates a predator,…
RABIES: What do you know?
With baby season in full swing, I’ve been getting a lot of calls about baby raccoon, an animal that I can not longer take in. In the past I was allowed to raise raccoons and release them back into the wild. However, for the last several years 15 Ohio Counties, including Stark have imposed rules…
Division of Wildlife | Educational Animals | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Raccoon | State Division of Wildlife | Summit CountyReturning to the Wild
All too often I come across stories of wildlife that are euthanized, die of starvation or die in captivity due to improper care or killed by homeowners because they become a nuisance. This often happens because someone thought they could raise an orphaned animal on their own. There is so much that goes into preparing…

