Check Out Some Hope for Wildlife Videos!Ever see a woodcock preening? There's a surprising amount of wiggling involved. There are some animals are difficult to rehab because they are delicate and very prone to stress. Woodcocks are one of them! Stressing animals out that are trying to heal or grow can cause quite a bit of harm, so these fellows are kept in a nice, quiet environment and handled as little as possible. Except for the odd rooster crowing. And pigeons cooing. They must like those sounds! They also eat a LOT! They eat their body weight each day in worms, which for most of their rehab time is about 100-150 red wiggler worms per day. We have no idea why the other fellow is constantly photo-bombing in the background. Click HERE to see a woodcock preening! ___________________________________________________________ As the official Handsomest Fundraising Bobcat, it's my job to do this. Steady yourself first, because being adorable is my superpower! We rescue, rehabilitate, and release almost 7000 wild animals a year, and we've seen over 300 different species of animal come through our door. Including me! Click HERE to see Jessie napping and purring! ___________________________________________________________ Back home! We got a call for a groundhog with a rat trap on his left foot, and he decided to make rescue a little challenging by hiding in a rock crevice. Our rescuers were able to get him out and brought him in for care. While his foot was very swollen, some toes were lacerated, and he was missing some fur, he fortunately didn't have any fractures. He just needed some treatment, meds, and some time to heal up. A couple of weeks later, and he went home! Click HERE to watch the groundhog release! ___________________________________________________________ Hare club! Things are still quite busy here at Hope for Wildlife, but once in a while you get lucky enough to care for some orphaned baby snowshoe hares. All you need is a high tolerance for polite chewing and extreme adorableness. Click HERE to watch five baby hares snacking away! ___________________________________________________________ Weasel party! Because of their hyperactive metabolism, weasels are among the most active, restless mammals on Earth and they spend almost all their waking hours on the move! Click HERE to see some very active silly weasels! ___________________________________________________________ Every fox is different! We've been doing releases for a long time, and one thing you learn early on is that every animal has it's own personality, even on a release. Some go slow and easy, and other run like the wind. We're sure they're all glad to be back home. Click HERE to watch the red fox release! ___________________________________________________________ Reunited! This emotional footage of a mother loon and her baby being reunited was sent to us by cottage owners on Zwicker Lake. A lone baby loon and we all assumed him to be orphaned, so we admitted the little one into our care. When different cottage owners learned that we had a baby loon from their lake, they contacted us to let us know they noticed a momma loon they were watching all summer just suddenly lost her baby. So we decided to attempt a reunite! We recorded the little one's calls while he was in the rehab, and then played them out over the lake. The rest of the video Paul and his wife Christel recorded speaks for itself. Thanks to a lot of wonderful people, this baby loon is back with his family. Click HERE to watch a baby loon reunite with their momma! ___________________________________________________________ A quiet breakfast. Sometimes it's just nice to have a quiet meal, just like this young porcupine - even if there's a little background noise. Although he does appear picky about which leaves to eat. He's one of the 70 porcupine patients admitted so far this year! Click HERE to see a porcupine snacking away!
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