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 As we become more urbanized, as schools move to skills testing priorities, as young people stay indoors much of the time, a huge void is uncovered – a niche is opened up and Liberty Wildlife’s Education team steps in to fill that void. This niche is the alarming need for education about the natural world and the cadre of beings that simultaneously make up and depend on the fragile fabric called nature.
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The Research and Conservation Department of Liberty Wildlife recently embarked on a project new to the organization. Currently being installed here in Arizona is a natural gas pipeline that will help provide the ever-expanding Phoenix area with this precious resource. To ensure that no harm is done to wildlife during this process, Liberty Wildlife is providing all the care that may be needed for orphaned or displaced animals. With this proactive approach, the pipeline project is sure to be successful in avoiding any negative impacts involving native wildlife.
Thus far, Liberty has been successful with raising, rehabilitating and releasing a wide variety of wildlife, including species such as blue-gray gnatcatchers, rock wrens, verdins, curve-billed thrashers and northern flickers, to name just a few.
The R&C division is always seeking out new ways to assist in solving Arizona’s human/wildlife conflicts. Liberty’s team strives to ensure the safety and protection of native wildlife throughout the state and is thrilled to be a part of the Phoenix Expansion Project.
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Being from Great Britain might not actually cause one to "go out in the noonday sun," but a dog infected with the rabies virus might very well behave in very atypical ways. The first known description of the symptoms of rabies is from a Babylonian text from the 23rd century BC. The first written record of the true nature of the virus comes from Italy in 1584. The disease was so feared that for centuries, people who were suspected of having it were shot, strangled, suffocated, or otherwise killed or condemned to die.
Rabies is usually transmitted from a rabid mammal (you cannot contract rabies from a bird!) by way of the saliva of the infected animal entering through a bite. There is an incubation period that usually lasts anywhere from 20 days to 2 months, but can last for as little as a few days or as long as 6 years, depending on the location and severity of the bite, the age and immune status of the host, and other factors.
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 People helping animals
Liberty Wildlife could not assist the thousands of animals that we do without the help of our dedicated volunteers. Not all volunteers work at the facility. Two groups, Hotline and Rescue & Transport, work from home to provide help for the animals as well as the humans who have encountered them. Hotline volunteers are armed with a wealth of knowledge about the native animals of the desert, and are able to provide the public with advice on dealing with their particular human/wildlife encounter. As these volunteers will tell you, teaming up with the kind, caring people who call the hotline to save an animal’s life is an incredible experience. Rescue & Transport volunteers go the next step, traveling into the field to pick up an injured or ill raptor and transporting it to the facility. The call can come at any time, and the dedicated volunteers who drop what they are doing to go to the aid of an animal in need are heroes indeed.
Go here link to read a couple of stories from these people who do so much to help.
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