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Baby Animal Season, Part I
We've just fed 30 hawks, falcons, owls and other birds of prey;
1 bob cat; 20 raccoons; 4 foxes;
2 rabbits; 10 opossums; 2 skunks; and a dozen shorebirds . .
. all in various stages of rehabilitation . . . and cleaned their
40 outside cages.
We've also just fed most of the
orpaned babies inside our hospital: 17 raccoons, 10 opossums,
6 bunnies, 8 downy owls, 5 baby hawks, 15 turtles and gopher
tortoises, 5 tiny fawns, and the latest batch of baby song birds.
And it's only 10:00 a.m.
This is Baby Animal Season
at St. Francis Wildlife.
Thanks to you and our dedicated
staff and volunteers, St. Francis Wildlife is able to provide
high-quality, around-the-clock care for all these animals.
We couldn't do it without you,
our members. Your commitment to preserving wildlife makes you
an important part of our team. Your generous donations have enabled
us to pay for food, supplies and expensive medications for our
many
wild patients. But this summer's orphaned babies, in addition
to the many sick and injured wildlife emergencies, have already
depleted our reserves, and we are only half way through the summer.
Won't you please take the time
now to send a contribution to sustain us through our busiest
time of year?
Where your money goes:
$100 would pay for:
* medications, supplies, and milk replacer to save a young deer
with a broken leg who was hit by a car.
* enough mullet and cigar minnows to feed an injured pelican
for 90 days (the normal recupera-
tion period).
* half the expense of materials for building a new cage to house
an injured fox.
$50 would pay for:
* enough commercial Bird of Prey Diet to raise an orphaned Great
Horned Owl until it's old enough to be released back to the wild.
* the gasoline it takes to make 10 rescue trips to various parts
of our county to save deer, foxes, opossums, raccoons, owls,
and the many other birds and animals who are the victims of car
collisions, fishing line entanglement, illegal gunshots, secondary
poisoning, and so on.
$25 would pay for:
* 6 months of food for a non-releaseable Red-tailed Hawk used
in dozens of educational programs for school children, scouting
groups, civic organizations, and at special community events.
* the cost of raising about 25 orphaned song birds. We took in
more than 600 song birds in May and June alone!
$10 would pay for enough food:
* to raise an orphaned baby wood duck.
* for 3 baby raccoons for 5 days.
* to feed an orphaned, newborn fawn for
7 days.
Your tax-deductible donation
will help ensure that we can continue this important work which
is so vital to our community and the wildlife that enriches us
all. Please give all that you can. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Jon Johnson, Executive Director
St. Francis Wildlife Association
Please send your tax-deductible
donation to:
St. Francis Wildlife Association
P.O. Box 38160
Tallahassee, FL,
32315
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