Licensed rehabbers caring for injured and orphaned 

BIRDS AND OTHER WILDLIFE

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PET OR WILDLIFE?

WILDLIFE AS A PET IS PROHIBITED 

THEY ARE PROTECTED  UNDER US FISH AND WILDLIFE  LAWS 

HERE IS ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY ARE RAISED BY HUMANS:

Generally, people think it might be cool to have CROWS OR RAVENS. Any  type of  wildlife including birds do not make good pets.  What we often  see in rehab is that people keep them until the novelty wears off. Once the novelty wears off the birds are surrendered to a wildlife rehabber or released out into the wild.

Crows are very curious birds. They get into all kinds of things. Typically the public has not properly fed these birds, which causes problems with their bones. People also have their wings clipped so they can't fly. If they are released without the proper skills to forage for food or primary flight feathers they will die, either from starvation or predators. 

Crows born in the wild stay with  their crow family up to two years after they are born to help raise the next brood of babies..

1. Raven's are very often shy and tend not to be seen by people. Keeping  them in capacity, reduces their ability to forage for food and will not  breed.

2. THEY WILL NOT SURVIVE ON THEIR OWN IF RAISED WITH HUMANS AS THEIR FAMILY.

3. They have been talked to, handled, fed and played with by humans.

4. These birds will look for their meals from  any person available. This is because they have not learned to forage for food on their own.

5. Their companionship has been with humans and not their crow family. They will not recognize other crows as their own species.

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