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Wednesday, October 25. 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Volunteers answer call of the wild for help every day
By Joann Birk
Kansan staff writer
Bunny rabbits and bobcats need medical care, too.
Wildcare Inc., established at the University of Kansas in 1979, was created with that purpose in mind.
It was an injured great horned owl, brought to Malott Hall by a concerned student 16 years ago, that made the creators of this organization realize that there was a need for wildlife care in Lawrence.
The group left the University in
Though no longer financed by the University, Wildcare still relies on the help of many past and present KU students.
1991 because of lack of funding and became a private, non-profit group, located near DeSoto at Sunflower Farm.
bilitate an animal.
Dana Peterson, Bonner Springs senior and a Wildcare volunteer, heard about the organization through the environmental studies office at KU. She said that she learned more about the importance of the organization every day and that she was able to help reha-
"It helps us to understand the impact that wildlife has on our environment," she said.
About 50 volunteers from the Lawrence area are trained to rehabilitate injured wild animals and rejoin separated wild animals with their families. The calls for help are not always exotic — many concern squirrels and rabbits hit by cars. But volunteers said that many were surprised by the number of calls received every day.
Melany Sutherland, a KU graduate and Wildcare volunteer, said
that the group receives between three and 20 calls daily for everything from orphaned fledglings to injured coyotes. Wildcare volunteers attempt to nurse the animals back to health and return them to their natural habitat.
"Over the years, we have come to realize that rehabilitating animals is just the tip of the iceberg," she said.
Volunteers are trained to educate the public,to raise money or to work with injured and orphaned animals.
respect for these animals and make people realize that wild animals are meant to be wild," she said.
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Injured animals should be handled as little as possible and kept in a secure, warm space until they can be brought to Wildcare, Sutherland said.
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