Rehabilitator certification courses and training seminars in both states have helped her achieve a very high success rate in releasing animals back to the wild. Fybromyalgia, a disabling medical condition, now prevents her from taking in all but an occasional animal. Judy hopes to continue helping needy wildlife by educating others through writing about her experiences with the animals she cared for and the problems they presented. THE BOOK A baby squirrel falls out of a tree nest. A mother raccoon is hit and killed by a car.
Dogs attack a mother opossum.
These are just some of the ways wildlife gets into trouble and a few of the reasons there are people like me to intervene. Wildlife rehabilitation is an avocation born out of need and out of love for our fellow creatures who find themselves in peril. Unintentionally and sometimes on purpose, human beings harm wildlife. When that happens, rehabilitators are standing by to offer help. Wild Ones Remembered recounts fifteen wildlife cases of animals who for varying reasons found their way to humans to resolve their plights.