ATTENTION FRIENDS: Avian Influenza

July 26, 2023August 9, 2023

Please be advised because Avian Influenza is still in Ohio and the fact that we do not have the space at our facility to quarantine we are not taking birds this year. I was informed earlier today that there is a rumor going around that we are not taking birds because we can not afford to feed them or feed ourselves. THIS IS NOT TRUE! Believe me if I could safely quarantine I would be taking them.

New Endangered Species…The Bunny Bird

After 53 years of rehabilitation, I have come across a new species of wildlife. I was notified of this new species when a man came to my door with a litter of four bunnies and an egg. The egg was in with the nest of bunnies (looked just like a robin egg, but how much…

Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Rescue Information | Wildlife

CLOSED FOR VACATION

Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation (Fran Kitchen) will be closed September 12, 2024 until October 1, 2024. Fran is going on a much needed vacation!! 🎉 Baby animals will still be with her while she is away and during her trip she will be picking up an unreleasable fox that will be used in education and…

Rescue Information | Summit County

On behalf of myself, Fran Kitchen, and Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilation, Inc., I want to give a big congratulations and a welcome aboard to Nichole Thomas Quill Cottage Wildlife

Finally after more years than I can remember Summit County has another rehabilitator. She is new and is a Catagory 1 and can not get a Catagory 2 for three years. Her phone number is 330 284 6260, website at https://quillcottagewildlife.org/ I have been the only rehabilitator for Summit, Portage and Wayne County for years….

A Smelly Situation

Here at Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation Inc, we have to carry a large variety of foods to care for the animals, since every species has their own diet. Today’s story illustrates the challenge of keeping these different kinds of foods around for the animals. One unusually hot summer, several years ago, we had several Green…

Ducks | Hawks | Owls | Spring

The Importance of a Chimney Cap

I cannot tell you the number of times I have been called because an animal or bird is in a fireplace or is heard above the damper. The simple truth is that a chimney cap can save your life and prevent unwanted wildlife problems. When people think of a chimney cap they often only think…

Things Done Wrong

I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it again: 85% of the baby animals picked up ARE NOT ORPHANED and should have been LEFT ALONE. Mom usually is not far away. Below are some of the most common things that people DO WRONG when they find an animal and what’s THE RIGHT thing…