Flight School Season!
Flight school season! If you find a baby bird on the ground and it has feathers, LEAVE IT ALONE!
Wildlife
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Today Laura Jordan of Medina Raptor Center and Fran Kitchen of Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc. presented Dr. Riggs and Metropolitan Veterinary Hospital with this beautiful carving of a Heron for all the work that they do for wildlife.
Today Laura Jordan of Medina Raptor Center and Fran Kitchen of Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc. presented Dr. Riggs and Metropolitan Veterinary Hospital with this beautiful carving of a Heron for all the work that they do for wildlife.
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Baby Season Has Arrived!!
Baby season has arrived!
The first babies of the season arrived March 1st! Find out how you can help.
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BABY BEAVER UPDATE:
BABY BEAVER UPDATE:
Engineering at it’s best!
Those of you that follow our page may recall that back in July, we posted a video of a 4 week old beaver. It was stolen from its mom in the middle of the night by people that were fishing and thought they would ‘save it’. The truth is, it should have been left alone as mom was not far away. This happens far too often when humans try to intervene when they shouldn’t.
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BABY BEAVER UPDATE:
BABY BEAVER UPDATE:
Back in July, we posted a video of a baby beaver, appx 4 weeks old, that was found but should have been left alone as mom was not far away. Well, that baby beaver is growing like a weed! -
OOWR and COVID-19: OOWR NEEDS YOU NOW MORE THAN EVER!
With the news about the novel coronavirus changing rapidly, you might be wondering how this may impact Operations Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation and the animals. I wanted to take a moment to share what we are doing and how you can help. WHAT WE ARE DOING: First of all, as of today, OOWR remains open for…
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Dog | Educational Animals | Fall | Fran Kitchen | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Opossum | Waterloo Rd | Wildlife
One of a Kind
One warm fall afternoon, I went out to get the mail. As I looked down the street, I saw a little puppy running right down the center of Waterloo road. With the traffic that comes down this main road, I knew if I didn’t do something he was going to get hit by a car. …
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HELP WANTED
I often get asked by generous friends of Operation Orphan as to how they can help. Donations and purchases though our Amazon Wish List have been a tremendous help to me this year and I thank you very much to all that have donated. Today, I come to you with a very specific need that…
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Birds | Cat | Fran Kitchen | Mammals | Ohio | Ohio Division of Wildlife | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Throwback Thursday
Things Done Wrong
I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it again: 85% of the baby animals picked up ARE NOT ORPHANED and should have been LEFT ALONE. Mom usually is not far away. Below are some of the most common things that people DO WRONG when they find an animal and what’s THE RIGHT thing…
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Animals | Bunnies | Dog | Educational Animals | Fran Kitchen | Mammals | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Opossum | Rabbits | Squirrel | Throwback Thursday
Bunnies, Bunnies, and More Bunnies!
That’s what it is like here at Operation Orphan these days. Add some opossum and 25 baby squirrels that just came in this week. Did I mention that they all need to be handfed? Yes, folks, baby season is NOT over yet! With no time to write a TBT this week, I want to repost…
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Cat | Dog | Ducks | Educational Animals | Fawn | Fran Kitchen | Geese | Mammals | Smithville | Throwback Thursday | Wildlife
Why The Parks Say “NO”
When it comes to parks, there are some important rules to follow. Many people don’t like to follow these rules; many times it’s because it is unclear to them why these rules exist. Or maybe they don’t even know these rules exist! Here are a couple of important rules that parks have in place to…
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Birds | Division of Wildlife | Educational Animals | Fran Kitchen | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Raccoon | Throwback Thursday | Tom Henry | Turtles | Wildlife Story
The Deadly Truth about Trash
Without thinking about it, each of us do little things each day that impact our environment and wildlife in a negative way. For example, who would ever think that something as simple as throwing away the ring that is attached to a bottle cap could cost an animal its life? One year when I was…
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Not Fun!! Please Read and Share
For those who know me or have followed me through the years, you know that I am big on education, especially as it pertains to learning how to co-habitate with wildlife. Sometimes the education that I give may seem harsh but needs to be said, as in the case of today’s post. My job is…
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Animals | Deer | Educational Animals | Fran Kitchen | Nature | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation
Do Not Bother The Fawns!
Unless they are roaming and non-stop vocalizing for several hours, they are being cared for (Mother is not far away). PLEASE LEAVE THEM ALONE! Deer are giving birth now and I’ve been getting calls non-stop about fawns, so I want to get this message out to everyone. PLEASE SHARE. If you see a fawn in…
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Beaver | Fran Kitchen | Mammals | Ohio | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Season | Wildlife | Wildlife Story | Winter
A Beaver’s Tail
It was one of those crazy winter days that we had first been handed a lot of snow, only to be followed by at least three hours of freezing rain and then more snow. Two days later, a phone call came in about a beaver. The night before, the young man had come home and…
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Animals | Facts | Mammals | New Franklin | Ohio Counties | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Paris Twp | Pennsylvania | Rabies | Raccoon | Stark County | State Division of Wildlife | Summit County
Rabies: What Do You Know?
Rabies is a deadly virus that strikes the central nervous system of mammals and almost always results in death if not treated. The virus is spread through an infected animal’s saliva. People and pets do not have to be bitten in order to contract the disease; there only needs to be an open cut, scratch, pimple or…
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Attention Teachers! THINK before hatching eggs in the classroom!
ATTN TEACHERS: BEFORE you decide to purchase eggs for the purpose of hatching them in the classroom, PLEASE know what you are going to do with them once they hatch and get too big for your classroom. They do not belong in the city limits and they are not a pet for a child that…
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Educational Animals | Facts | Louise | Mammals | Marsupial | Marysville prison | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Opossum | Opossum | The Ohio Wildlife Center in Columbus. | Thelma | Wildlife
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…
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Division of Wildlife | Educational Animals | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Raccoon | State Division of Wildlife | Summit County
Returning 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…
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Bald Eagles | Birds | Deer | Fran Kitchen | Mackinaw | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Porcupine | Throwback Thursday | Wildlife | Wildlife Story
Forever In My Mind
Back in the early 90’s, Ron and I traveled to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to release a rehabilitated baby porcupine. On our journey to the UP, we camped at a state park near Mackinaw. The park ranger saw the Operation Orphan sign on the camper and was curious, so he came over to talk…
