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Category Wildlife
Putnam County, Missouri: A long way from justice
A report today from the Missouri Department of Conservation confirms: The Missouri boys who recorded videos of themselves enthusiastically cornering and beating to death with baseball bats several raccoons in what certainly qualifies for felony prosecution have been given… a…
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.
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…
A hidden crisis, an abundance of opportunity
(They’re safe.) Another baby/busy season is well under way, and again we at Animal Help Now are deluged with reminders that even in an age of increasing appreciation for wildlife, the critical work of wildlife rehabilitation remains woefully under-appreciated, under-supported,…
Of Opossum “Drops” and Less Obvious Affronts
Note: For an update on Millie, the opossum referenced below, and on the “opossum drop” itself, see our Nov 2019 blog, here. The ridiculous, cruel and anachronistic opossum “drop” in Andrews, North Carolina, went ahead last night as planned (video).…
When millions of years of evolution aren’t enough
Yesterday on my way into Boulder on Highway 36 I noticed a person with a net looking through deep grass off the road’s shoulder. I figured she was looking for an animal of some sort, so I stopped to offer…
Facebook cheats, and animals pay the price
UPDATE (3/31/18) Until Google develops a better system of communicating to Android app users about the various ways that apps interact with a user’s list of contacts, Animal Help Now is pulling its “Add Helper to Contacts” functionality from its…
The Height of Injustice? Animals Saved From Death Summarily Killed
Animal Help Now’s December Animal Hero award goes to Jasmine Fletcher Glaze, director of A Soft Place To Land in Graham, Washington. Jasmine has been working with animals since the age of 14 and rehabilitated 300 – 350 mammals a…