It’s February, and you know what that means…it’s the month of love! Every store is covered in pink and red with hearts, balloons, flowers, stuffed animals, and, most importantly, chocolate. Some people are celebrating Valentine’s Day, and romantic love, others Valentine’s Day, and important friendships, and others are not celebrating…
So far this season we have received numerous calls from concerned citizens, most of which go something like this: “Hi, we found a baby deer that’s abandoned, the mom isn’t anywhere around. What do we do?” Our best advice for these people? Do nothing. Nine times out of ten, the…
When I was a child, my cousins and their family had a raccoon named Ringo. It wasn’t a fully-grown raccoon, just a juvenile that they had found while hunting, perhaps recently orphaned. Regardless of how it came about exactly, they brought this young raccoon home and raised it for a…
There are various diseases that are carried by wild animals that can cause harm to humans or their four-legged companions. We will be highlighting some of the most serious, common, or notorious diseases that fall into this category in a series of blog posts. Today we will be taking a…
There are various diseases that are carried by wild animals that can cause harm to humans or their four-legged companions. We will be highlighting some of the most serious, common, or notorious diseases that fall into this category in a series of blog posts. The first of the diseases we…