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Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1970 to provide habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds and to provide food and cover for resident wildlife.It contains 20,800 acres (8,400 ha) on the western edge of Robert S. Kerr Reservoir in three Oklahoma Counties: Muskogee, Haskell and Sequoyah.
In 1982, the organization established a full-time Wild Bird Clinic in order to care for and rehabilitate injured or orphaned wild birds and fledglings. This operation grew rapidly and moved into a newly built facility in 1989. The first Effects of Oil on Wildlife Conference (EOW) was established and hosted by Tri-State Bird Rescue in 1982.
Wildlife rehabilitation is the process of caring for injured, sick, orphaned, or displaced wild animals with the goal of releasing them back into their natural habitat. It involves medical treatment, temporary housing, and specialized care for a variety of species, from birds and mammals to reptiles and amphibians.
History of H5N1 HPAI Bird Flu Outbreaks in Oklahoma. Of the 1,165 H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreaks in the United States, Oklahoma experienced nine from 2022 to 2023. Over 90 million birds have been ...
The Wild Bird Fund can send volunteers to bring him to the hospital." That's so interesting and so sad! No one wants to think about wild birds flying into buildings or getting lost in the city ...
A group of Oklahoma hunters are accused of killing endangered whooping cranes and hiding the bodies — but one of the birds wasn’t dead.. The four men, all between 32 and 43 years old, shot the ...
International Bird Rescue is a nonprofit organization that rehabilitates injured aquatic birds, most notably seabirds affected by oil spills.Founded by Alice Berkner and members of the Ecology Action, including veterinarian James Michael Harris, D.V.M. in 1971 [1] and based in Cordelia, California, the group has developed scientifically-based bird rehabilitation techniques and has led oiled ...
Raptor rehabilitation is a field of veterinary medicine dealing with care for sick or injured birds of prey, with the goal of returning them to the wild.Since raptors are highly specialized predatory birds, special skills, facilities, equipment, veterinary practices and husbandry methods are necessary.