06/15/2026
So very true!! Thank you Close to Nature Wildlife Rehabilitation Center for a thankful true post!
The calls are not stopping this year.
Most of us are 1 person shows that are trying to handle all of it by themselves!!
This applies to ALL rescue...wildlife, domestic, exotics, farm...
Rescues are not paid or funded. We have full time jobs, children, our own pets, we get sick, we deal with unbelievably rude people via Facebook & from the individuals that contact us.
Rescue is financially, emotionally, & physically draining.
Just because we rescue for free doesn't mean we are not professionals. Many of us take continuing education classes at our expense. We work with vet staff, biologists, & some of us are vet staff & biologists with years of experience working with animals.
And then people wonder why some licensed rehabilitators do not answer messages, or why they stop rehabilitating all together.
To my fellow rescuers, YOU ARE AMAZING!!!
Wishing you all lots of donations, support from those around you, happy release days for rehabilitators, & tons of adoptions to those that rescue farm, exotics, & domestic pets.
We are tired....please be kind in general! 💜
