08/05/2026
🐦❤️Yesterday afternoon, down the street from our home in Portland, my husband and I encountered an injured seagull walking along the road. Despite his significant injuries, this sweet spunky beautiful bird did his best to evade capture. But ultimately, we won! Securely ensconced in a large towel, we transferred him into a dog crate, and whisked him away to safety.
Unfortunately, the hardest part was yet to come. Over the course of the next three hours, I called and left voicemails for every rehabilitator I could find, in and between all corners of our state. No one was able to take him. After so many painfully frustrating hours of tearful and unsuccessful phone calls, I didn’t know what to do.
This a problem that unfortunately many of you have encountered yourselves, as well. Licensed Animal Rehabilitators in CT use their own money to pay for the care/housing/food/medical bills of those they rescue. Lacking any kind of financial state support, the numbers of these tenacious, selfless heroes are dwindling year by year. This is why for all of us, when we encounter injured wildlife, it keeps getting so much harder to find someone who can help.
But just when I felt I had exhausted every resource, I received a phone call. I had finally found my savior!
Janey, from Spicy Paws Animal Rehab, gave me my only hope of the evening. If we could get our seagull to her, she’d take him!
After returning from his 2 hour trip to Spicy Paws, my husband Justin reported that our seagull was now safely delivered into the right hands! He also shared how impressed he was with Janey, and with everything she is doing at her rehab location.
As with all the other times we have entrusted hardworking rehabbers with the care of an injured animal, we of course left a donation, (and our seagull).
Knowing the kind, wonderful, loving, generous, caring hearts of all of the customers who make up our WBU family, we wanted to see if we could do more…
For any of you who are able to do so, please consider donating to Spicy Paws! We know that times are tough, and it won’t be possible for everyone. But if you can, Spicy Paws will put your donation to good use!
They are currently fundraising to enlargen their fawn pen. The state mandates a specific number of square feet for a specific number of fawns. Once at capacity, rehabbers are forced to turn additional fawns away. After her fundraising goal is reached, Janey’s larger pen will allow her to help more and more fawns for years to come! If you can, please donate! If you can’t donate, you can still help by sharing the word of her fundraiser with others in your network! Our thanks to everyone who donates - we are doing the same!!🙏🥰
CLICK HERE TO DONATE! —> https://givebutter.com/fawn_enclosure
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