This female Red Tail Hawk was brought in the first week of February. She had a broken wing. It was to late in the day to get her to Dr Riggs so first thing the next morning I took her to him. The day after I took her to Dr Riggs office she laid an…
We were so happy to see this turtle after not seeing one since the spill was discovered/reported by @oparuns fourteen (14) days ago. This lucky turtle was picked up by Fran Kitchen then off to Dr. Riggs for clean up. Our hope is that it survives and can be placed back out into the wild….
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.
On behalf of Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc., I would like to thank Karra Gazdacko for her recent Amazon Smile purchase of dried fruit. When the squirrels have their eyes open and they are old enough to begin eating solids, they will love it. In the photo are four orphan baby Red Squirrels that we…
I have made so many memories in all of my years of wildlife work. Some of those memories are good and some are not, but they are all a big part of my life and my biggest motivators. For today’s Throwback Thursday I thought I would ramble a bit on some of those memories. My…
It was the early 1990’s when a call came in about a baby porcupine. The woman that called had taken it from a neighbor who stole it from the mother in Canada. We have the Lacy Act which is an Act of Congress. In that Act, one of the laws states that it is a…
He may be little, but he is mighty! Earlier this year we received a Screech Owl that had been hit by a car, suffering head trauma and severe damage to his left eye. He spent several days at Dr. Riggs’ Vet Clinic and once he was stable, came back with me for continued care and…
Many summers ago, I had baby hummingbirds brought to me for the very first time. We had just had a storm that was so bad that it shut down the power at the Akron/Canton Airport, and it also caused two baby hummingbirds to be orphaned. Shortly after the storm was over, I got the call…