Nobody Cares! … or do they?
With our app we have solved the problem of finding the closest and most appropriate help for wildlife emergencies, but that doesn’t mean more help is available.
Category Emergency Services
Pre-treating Trash and Recyclables for the Benefit of Wildlife
As we barge through these first decades of the anthropocene – anthroobscene? – we’re getting reminders every day of the damage humans are doing to the planet and to our fellow earthlings. Who isn’t sickened by the sight of a…
Helping Injured, Potentially Orphaned, or Distressed Wildlife in the Time of COVID-19.
Animal Help Now (AHNow) is in a unique position in the world of wildlife rehabilitation. The very nature of our work gives us more access than anyone to US wildlife rehabilitators. Today we approached our focus group – a diverse…
High-Tech Wildlife 911
This article was originally published in New Mexico Vegan. Think fast. Your neighbor’s cat has injured a bird. You’ve managed to scare off the cat, and now it’s just you and the bird, who’s dazed and bleeding slightly. What do…
We Did It!
Friends, A year ago, as we moved into December, Animal Help Now asked for your support for the year ahead, specifically toward our goal of doubling the number of people who use our app. You delivered, and so did we.…
A village, indeed. Or, say, an aspen stand.
A certain presidential candidate was certainly right when she said it takes a village to raise a child. It takes a village to do a lot of things, including raising a nonprofit. If you’ll indulge me, I’d like to give…
Just because you have a license doesn’t mean you should be driving
AHNow was recently alerted to a situation in the Midwest, where a wildlife rehabilitation facility is at the center of a federal investigation into the care and handling of animals. We’re not naming names here, but anyone with basic web…
When the Police Do the Wrong Thing
On Monday of this week, in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, a police officer stopped at the scene of a wildlife emergency. A mildly injured raccoon stood by the side of the road. A compassionate person already had pulled over to try to…
Any US Wildlife Emergency – from Anywhere: The Long Arm of Animal Help Now
The Dallas/Fort Worth Wildlife Coalition Hotline receives dozens of calls every day. While the hotline volunteers can handle most of those, they do receive numerous inquiries from outside their service area. After all, people find the hotline through web searches, and…
“There are lots of snakes.”
This was 1998 or so. At the time I had a half hour commute between my home in Boulder, Colorado, and my workplace in Golden. Highway 93 provided a relatively quick shot between the two, with just three stoplights (where…