Employee, students & volunteers:
--We adhere to certain standards, our group will be run like a hospital, 
 not a zoo or pet store.

--Teasing, tormenting, or purposely scaring any resident, orphan or recovering 
 release bird will result in immediate termination of position. You will be 
 asked to leave and you may not return. In a hospital, they do not let you 
 pick up, scare, or play with the newborn babies. You do not get to chase 
 recovering patients throughout the hospital, and we expect everyone to 
 have respect for our orphans and injured adults. 

-We want to promote-Educational and earth- friendly modifications to your 
 Daily life in the interest of conservation. Sometimes the smallest things make 
 all the difference, Feel free to share you ideas with us.
 
 Conservation strategies are mainly directed toward nature-friendly options, 
 discouraging use of 
 outdoor and indoor garden & lawn poisons (and other harmful chemical byproducts) in favor of 
 nature friendly solutions. 

It is the founder's belief that In the wild, animals live in their own communities, have 
their own social lives and interests as separate beings. Humans should protect them
from becoming sick or injured by our changes to the earth, which, by all means, they
have just as much right to live, reside and use the natural resources. They were not 
made for humanity to kill for entertainment, vanity or carelessly from leaving a 
shared resource polluted.
In nature there is a balance of life. Often, people take for nothing the benefits wildlife provides.

 Birds have existed, aided, and inspired humanity. They provide an ecologically
safe and reliable pest control. One Cattle Egret can eat as many as 600 locus a day. Herons
eat a percentage of snakes and keep the population in check. An Owl can keep an area of
field free of mice, safely and without any costly, poisonous control methods. Many
farmers in the US have began to build owl-nest boxes and set them up around
their family farms.

Right now, with pollution, unsustainable harvesting of fish, and global warming,
they need our help. We need to make a place for them to exist alongside human society.
A sustainable, win- win situation already exists, we can save them and benefit.
But if they are tossed aside and ignored to make a few extra bucks putting poisons
out, we may succumb to the same fate of extinction from a poisoned world.

We still have a chance to turn around the selfish and self-destructive habits that
will ensure our own demise.

Since the year 1600, 94% of of the bird species have become extinct through
direct or indirect human interference. It is estimated that unless drastic
measures are taken to ensure their survival in our modern world, all
birds could become Extinct by the end of this century. . . Birdlife International. 

Our photos are of our own rescued birds. They are not purchased from 
associated press! We do not misslead people into thinking we are doing any more 
than we are or plan to in the future.

Our rescued birds are released back into the wild with flight & foraging skills.
We do not squirrel away animals and try to keep them in human custody. 
This gives the wrong idea about wildlife wherein they are still viewed as 'owned'
property that can be traded or bought. 
Why are  wildlife rehabilitators needed?

For centuries, animals have existed & benefited humans in many ways. In every culture, animal proverbs
and stories exist. Many of you reading this web page most likely grew up with Aesop's fables, 
Grimms,  Has Christian Anderson, and even Native American faerie tales told in the perspective of
animals.- Even today- these stories continue to  delight our children. In the past there were many more 
animals and people depended on them to live. 

Our  world is more modern now and things have changed. Now, there are many more humans.
 There is no more endless wilderness for animals to retreat into; Now, in many situations,
their lives depend on the decisions humans make. 

Animals often find themselves
clashing
with the human world as we expand in to what was once  their  home. 

 These human/animal
clashes often have a tragic ending for the animal.
Deforestation and construction cause 

animal homes to be
demolished; the places where they grew up are replaced by
shopping centers and hotels.  

Pesticides and poisons
can cause offspring mortality.  Currently worldwide, birds
are
facing the sixth largest 

extinction in the
earth's history.