US EditionAround 70 wild animals rescued amid Texas flooding
- Austin Wildlife Rescue took in 50 animals Saturday, 63 Sunday, and 15 Monday after flooding in Texas Hill Country displaced wildlife.
- Heavy rains and flash floods along the Guadalupe River displaced ground-dwelling animals like foxes, skunks, and rabbits, primarily affecting their dens and nesting sites, according to Maron.
- Austin Wildlife Rescue’s team provides three-month specialized care for injured, orphaned animals like opossums, squirrels, and a limping snapping turtle with an eye injury after flood displacements.
- The animal intake surge has pushed Austin Wildlife Rescue to capacity, prompting facility expansions and urging the public to call first if encountering wildlife.
- More broadly, unusual weather events threaten native wildlife, with the centre managing around 10,000 animals annually across 300 species, highlighting ongoing resilience challenges.
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Texas animal rescue group helps ‘influx’ of missing dogs and cats as floodwaters recede: ‘Thousands of pets out there’
Volunteers have been scouring the flood ravaged Hill Country landscape in Texas looking for lost and frightened pets, sometimes whistling in the wasteland in the hopes of encouraging a timid dog or cat to come forward.
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‘Someone’s got to help’: Minnesota volunteers give injured, orphaned animals a chance
MENAHGA, Minn. — Julie Dickie cares for a lot of orphaned babies — and right now they’re really hungry. Eleven spotted fawns all need to be bottle fed with a special formula. Nearby, two young trumpeter swans chatter while a baby otter plays in a cage. Early summer is the busiest time of the year at her Northwoods Wildlife Rescue near Menahga. Every animal arrives with a story, almost always a sad one. "Mom was killed by a vehicle,” Dickie reads…
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Around 70 wild animals rescued amid Texas flooding
AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin Wildlife Rescue said it has rescued around 70 animals since the deadly Independence Day flash flooding around Central Texas. Austin Wildlife Rescue (AWR) said this time of year is "baby season" for many wildlife creatures, and the major storms most impacted those that create nests or dens on the ground. Austin Wildlife Rescue helps injured and displaced wildlife during storm flooding. (Austin Wildlife Rescue) "While wildl…
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