All-Ukrainian Service for Wild, Exotic and Domestic Animals Rescue “Feldman Ecopark Good Home” often rescues birds in trouble. These birds are usually the victims of predators, poachers or human activity. The injured adult birds, the nestlings, which lost their parents, the exotic feathered creatures thrown out by negligent owners – the workers of Feldman Ecopark Good Home are always ready to help everyone without exception. They accept for treatment and rehabilitation foundlings and often respond, when it is necessary to save a victim.
“I’ve recently went to Nova Bavaria district in order to save a gull without a wing. A local resident found it, took care of it and gave shelter. Later, he decided to give it to our ‘good hands.’ Now, Petro (the name given to the gull by its rescuer) will live near Harkusha – a one-wing crow that was brought to us earlier. These birds with special needs cannot return to their natural environment, as well as the tamed birds abandoned by people. We find place for them in Feldman Ecopark. When the case is not so serious, the birds recover and become stronger for later to be released to freedom,” the head of the All-Ukrainian Service for Wild, Exotic and Domestic Animals Rescue “Feldman Ecopark Good Home” Iryna Podvoiska told. “But unfortunately, we often have to deal with the cases when human interference is not necessary. In spring and summer, people take a lot of little crows, jackdaws, magpies, owls and other ‘poor nestlings, which fell out of the nest.’ There is no need to ‘rescue’ them, as they are fledglings and they learn to fly this way under the supervision of their parents.”
According to Iryna Podvoiska the similar care may only make harm, as these birds will grow up tame and will not be able to live independently.
“If you find a nestling on the ground, don’t touch it. Don’t take them in hands, don’t take them home, and don’t try to feed them by yourself. First, it is not so easy to rear and grow up a wild bird. And second, they will have to live in captivity forever. It is necessary to save nestlings only in case of a real threat to their life, like obvious injuries, dangerous proximity of cats or other hunters. Otherwise, you should just watch them at long distance in order not to bother the birds for sure. Most likely, you’ll see a perfect family idyl – a kid surrounded by its caring parents,” the animal protection worker shares her experience. “For example, a couple of weeks ago, we responded to a call of compassionate citizens to save a little owlet. When we arrived, it appeared that its parents are alive and watch from their tree shelter the bustle of people around their kid.”
Unfortunately, due to the lack of knowledge, people make mistakes trying to make a good deed. Good Home is ready to help them to avoid these mistakes. For this purpose, it will share own knowledge and experience on a regular basis with all those who want to take care, to protect and above all to ‘become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.’
