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20-APR-2013

"Compassionate"

Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, Jupiter, Florida

This sanctuary provides comprehensive medical care to over 5,000 sick, injured, and orphaned wild animals each year.
The ultimate goal of the Sanctuary’s rehabilitation efforts is to return recovered patients
to their natural habitats so they can become an integral part of the environment once again.
Nearly 90% of the animals treated at the Sanctuary’s wildlife hospital have suffered from some type
of human related injury,
which include collisions with automobiles, fishing line entanglement, illegal gun shots,
electrocutions, poisonings, attacks by dogs and cats, and many more.
Birds often have broken wings that may take several months to heal.
When their bandages are removed, they are placed in this
large flight cage at the Sanctuary (shown here) to begin rebuilding their flight muscles. This structure
is two stories tall and equipped with numerous perches, at different heights, for birds to practice flying again.
This is an amazing place …. I feel so good every time I visit!

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Brenda27-Apr-2013 19:17
Nice!
LynnH24-Apr-2013 03:32
Bless them for doing this work!
Sheila23-Apr-2013 09:12
A great tribute to all the animal refuges around the world and the caring people who work in them.
Karen Stuebing22-Apr-2013 21:13
A wonderful endeavor. Excellent capture of this sanctuary.
Carol Rollins22-Apr-2013 13:01
An excellent adjective demonstrated here and a wonderful story.
Yvonne22-Apr-2013 11:34
So lovely that people volunteer their services for sick birds & animals; we
have one fairly close to where we live, so handy when we rescue an injured
bird or animal.
Janice Dunn22-Apr-2013 09:33
Good to know that the Sanctuary is helping birds and animals mend
Mieke WA Minkjan22-Apr-2013 07:56
for sure compassionate, they are doing great work to help injured wild life
rousselziak22-Apr-2013 07:07
Love it ! -V-
Frank Brault22-Apr-2013 02:19
A very sensitive and moody image. Terrific work! They are doing wonderful work and this image is a fine tribute to them. V