Golden Bough Wildlife, Inc

11/27/2024

My heart is breaking for this devastating loss.. we need more humans like Seuk, not less. 🐾🌈✨

A Virginia father known for his dedication to rescuing animals and flying died Sunday in a plane crash in New York.

11/27/2024

🌲🦉🦔🦨🦝🐥🦢And a fine day of thanks I bid to you, and you, and YOU!
May your day of family, solitude, festivities or intimacy..
Please be safe, especially mindful driving, and consider the wildlife around you.
-All of us Golden Bough Wildlife, Inc
🎩🐿️🌳🕊️🧣🐇🍁🐭

11/27/2024

💸🧚🏼‍♀️💬🐿️A little fairy told us… Golden Bough Wildlife has a Venmo QR code!
Many over the years have inquired if we ‘take Venmo’…
Well, now we do!
I’m not exactly aware of any benefit over PayPal. They both take the same percentage fee out of donations to a nonprofit, but here it is anyways.

I hope this makes giving/processing a little simpler for some of the lovely folks who’ve helped us and those in the future, who prefer Venmo.
THANK YOU again for your support!💝
And DO feel free to pass along.😉

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11/22/2024

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Extremely important racc**n virus update.
Please watch.. there is a new virulent strain of racc**n disease. Apparently people are ignoring wildlife rehabber’s advice, transmitting it, including via highly illegal transport of ill racc**ns across state lines.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1BhBJqWexu/?mibextid=WC7FNe

11/21/2024

☎️🦝⌚️🦨📱🐿️💻🐇… after 10 years?
With the cost of website hosting monthly, we have avoided this for the past few years, but thought at least one page with our information is useful.
Our first site was multi-layered and designed by yours truly.
It was hacked, then prices skyrocketed to repost… ‘host’ it.
Since multiple page websites now cost funds we rather apply to animals in need, we are going with the scroll page.
Here she is.. Expect content to revolve and come back often for updates regarding Wildlife concerns and what’s new at the rescue/clinic ❤️🐿️🌳
PS… Please let us know information you would like to have readily available at all times as this is a website for you… The public who need assistance and information about Wildlife.

https://goldenboughwildlife.org/

11/21/2024

☎️🦝⌚️🦨📱🐿️💻🐇… after 10 years?
With the cost of website hosting monthly, we have avoided this for the past few years, but thought at least one page with our information is useful.
Our first site was multi-layered and designed by yours truly.
It was hacked, then prices skyrocketed to repost… ‘host’ it.
Since multiple page websites now cost funds we rather apply to animals in need, we are going with the scroll page.
Here she is.. Expect content to revolve and come back often for updates regarding Wildlife concerns and what’s new at the rescue/clinic ❤️🐿️🌳
PS… Please let us know information you would like to have readily available at all times as this is a website for you… The public who need assistance and information about Wildlife.

Saving Urban Wildlife of Greater Boston (& all Massachusetts), 24/7 🌃🐿🌳

11/19/2024

Sometimes, the most common call rehabbers receive is the calls asking us to trap and/or relocate an animal.

It sounds easy enough, but herein lies the problem:

1) In some states, it’s against the law to trap and relocate wildlife.

2) There is NO such thing as humanely trapping any WILD animal. Wild animals live their lives hiding from predators. They are hard-wired to remain hidden, sometimes it is their only defense. When a wild animal is caught in a trap, it causes EXTREME stress to that animal. Most animals, when trapped, will quickly die of fright, or kill themselves trying to escape.

3) There is NO guarantee that your trap will trap the exact animal that you want it to.

4) NOTHING is humane about taking an animal away from its family or its familiar territory. Nothing is humane about dumping a stressed, terrified, lost and unwanted animal upon an already existing wild population where they have no idea where a food source is located or where to den up. Most will either starve to death or get killed by their competition.

5) Relocating an animal can lead to orphaned babies. Usually when an animal is in a place where they aren't wanted/shouldn't be (inside houses, buildings, attics, barns, etc) it is because they have their nest of babies there. Before giving birth, wildlife animals will seek out a safe nesting site... which usually means away from other animals/predators and can result in the animal creating their nest near or in houses and buildings. Relocating the mother will lead to starvation and death of the babies.

Most all wild animals are prone to a very real condition called capture myopathy. Capture myopathy is a white muscle disease that comes from fear/panic. When an animal is trapped and frightened, instead of oxygen being used in muscles, stored energy is used, which then leads to a buildup of lactic acid, which in turn enters the bloodstream. If the heart doesn’t pump enough oxygen through the bloodstream, the muscles start to die, leading to all kinds of complications. There is no coming back from this condition. Sometimes it happens quickly, sometimes it draws out for a couple of weeks. One thing is certain, it is a painful death for the animal.

Often times, the trapped animal may even appear calm. That's because they are biologically hard-wired to hide fear and pain from predators. In reality, they are TERRIFIED in a trap, and will be even more terrified when later dumped out in a foreign territory without their family.

Your problem IS NOT the animal. Your problem is whatever the specific cause is that is attracting that animal into now becoming your conflict. Removing the animal will not solve your problem because even if you remove the animal, there will be dozens more just like it who will soon follow after you remove their competition, but fail to remove the attractant by leaving the food availability intact.

Here are some things to do instead of trying to remove the animal:

1) Find the attractant; remove it or secure it better.

2) Look for potential entry points on your home (or wherever the animal is living) and secure them.

3) Make your home (or whatever space they're occupying) inhospitable and unpleasant. Try evicting the animal with non-lethal practices like disruption (bright lights, loud sounds), repellents (ammonia or vinegar-soaked rags, canned repellent, etc), and one-way doors.

4) If it's pet or livestock food that the animal is after, remove all uneaten food each day (especially before nightfall). If there isn't any food for the animal to find and eat, they will move on.

5) Be educated on your local wildlife. Learn how they are beneficial to us and to our ecosystem. Learn the truths to the myths.

6) If it’s an emergency situation and trapping is the only way for your safety as well as the animals, then call a wildlife removal service, one that has a good working relationship with a local wildlife rehabber to do what’s best for that animal.

There are ways to peacefully coexist with wildlife. We must, at least, try.

11/19/2024

Poisons and torture devices to disband and destroy wildlife is NOT ok!
Native, non-native, it does not matter!
Neurotoxins, anticoagulants, glue & leg traps.
The next one hurt could be a child or pet.. would that make a difference to those using them? I hope so.
If you know someone that implements any of these methods please do your best to make them stop 🛑☠️🛢️🧪💔🕊️🐦🐁🦉🐿️🦅🐺🦊

11/19/2024

The days are getting shorter, so it's more likely that you'll be driving at dawn and dusk when wildlife is naturally more active.

October through December are the most common months of the year for wildlife collisions when driving. Please be cautious when driving, especially at dawn and dusk. Here are a few tips to help you and wildlife stay safe.

1. Reduce your speed when you can. This allows more reaction time for you and wildlife.
2. Scan the roadway and surrounding land for wildlife that may cross the road.
3. Avoid distracted driving.
4. When safe and appropriate to do so, use your high beams to spot wildlife near roadways sooner.

11/17/2024

👐🏿❤️🦝🥰
So exited.. new book is here.. recommended by one of my all time favorite c**n Rehabbers, Kathy Gaynor. You can never learn, review or over prepare when it comes to medical procedures and professions.. every surgeon should review knots, every dentist, angles for hard places, disinfecting.. EVERYONE. With
RVS species, we must be particularly careful, considering we still do not know as much as we’d like.
I can’t wait to dig into this treasure while I’m in surgery recovery myself!
I only wish I had the finances to support a truly separate area even a shed I could heat to keep them away from any other species would be best for them… If we can raise money for an 8 x 10 enclosure/convert a shed.. I think we can do it in spring.
I only one of 3 Rehabbers on Cape Cod who takes them.. and of coarse Boston.
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Let’s do this! RVS (wildlife rabies vector species include: Fox, Coyotes, Wolves, Racc**n, Skunk, & Bats)
The other animals can become infected. It is less likely for them to transmit that virus… RVS are also prone to distemper, Pavo and other terrible viruses. This is why we do not want the public trying to raise or handle them or cross-contaminate them with other animals and of course humans.
Our tiny tool shed was 4500, but hoping we can get an off season price, some decent insulation, lighting and a couple double critter cages.. if so we are in RVS business.
To build (with the insane cost of contractors here, this seems to be the best option, allowing work in poor weather, night care and important quarantine from squirrels, bunnies, pets, public with incoming.
❤️‍🩹🪵🛖🦝

11/11/2024

🌎🦩🦢🕊️🦃🦤🐦‍⬛🐣🪿🦉🦅🪿🪶Yes I REALLY am a member. I’m not just sharing this because I appreciate the American Bird Conservancy,
But just the information you can gather from their ad is very important… Please take a listen and watch.

Birds. They inspire and delight us, fill us with wonder. They do so much for us, from pollination to pest control. But birds are in trouble. They’re disappea...

11/10/2024

11/07/2024

I miss you so much it’s unbearable … I believe if she were alive, she would have been visiting me this past month… This hurts more than surgery, more than the recent diagnosis… I love you so much, Sammy😭🙏🏼💔🐿️✨

11/05/2024

🦅❤️‍🩹Answering the call! Literally saved this beautiful raptor!
Communication/answering the call, LITERALLY, can saves lives.
In my career as Wildlife Rehabber, I have rescued, rehabilitated, and triaged thousands of animals…

At times, when people encounter an injured, orphaned, or sick animal they to, traumatized and desperate need guidance.. live voice to help. As a therapist I know this too well.
Hard enough to find instructions/locate a wildlife professional, let alone fumble with a text/email during crises.

On October 17, a hit by car hawk was located in Bridgwater by a hero Samaritan, Zach.
I answered as always, to hearing, I am the only one to answer the phone in dozens of calls placed up and down the state rehab list.
After 5 pm, wildlife centers were closed, and rehabber’s not answering the phone.
We do get exceedingly busy… We all do this without any financial support, some of us are retired, take care of others, have many animals in clinic, children or other jobs. I understand that. However, in the time I was in contact, 24 hrs, since hawk was found, nearly no one returned his call.
I am grateful I could give instructions to secure the animal, triage steps, where to transport/appropriate location for any treatment or testing required next morning.

Without direct advice, this hawk would’ve remained suffering on the road, succumbed to hypothermia, shock, trauma & death.
Instead, it is recovering and will be free!

Since the inception of text & internet, fewer people answer the phone… This can lead to neglect or further harm to both Animal and Samaritan/official/municipal worker/etc.
We can save lives by answering the phone!

I live far from this location, undergoing screening for one illness and about to go in the surgery for a different issue, so my ability to help remotely was critical in this case. Even putting people together for transport or to locate another rehabilitator or specialist in a species is critical as far as I am concerned .
Thank you, Zach , thank you for keeping me in the loop, and thank you New England Wildlife Center (Weymouth location) too! We did it!
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11/05/2024

🦅❤️‍🩹Answering the call! Literally saved this beautiful raptor!

🦅❤️‍🩹Answering the call! Literally saved this beautiful raptor!
Communication/answering the call, LITERALLY, can saves lives.
In my career as Wildlife Rehabber, I have rescued, rehabilitated, and triaged thousands of animals…

At times, when people encounter an injured, orphaned, or sick animal they too, traumatized and desperate, need guidance.. a live voice to help. As a therapist I know this too well.
Hard enough to find instructions/locate a wildlife professional, let alone fumble with a text/email during crises.

On October 17, a hit by car hawk was located in Bridgwater by a hero Samaritan, Zach.
I answered as always, to hearing, I am the only one to answer the phone in dozens of calls placed up and down the state rehab list.
After 5 pm, wildlife centers were closed, and rehabber’s not answering the phone.
We do get exceedingly busy… We all do this without any financial support, some of us are retired, take care of others, have many animals in clinic, children or other jobs. I understand that. However, in the time I was in contact, 24 hrs, since hawk was found, nearly no one returned his call.
I am grateful I could give instructions to secure the animal, triage steps, where to transport/appropriate location for any treatment or testing required next morning.

Without direct advice, this hawk would’ve remained suffering on the road, succumbed to hypothermia, shock, trauma & death.
Instead, it is recovering and will be free!

Since the inception of text & internet, fewer people answer the phone… This can lead to neglect or further harm to both Animal and Samaritan/official/municipal worker/etc.
We can save lives by answering the phone!

I live far from this location, undergoing screening for one illness and about to go in the surgery for a different issue, so my ability to help remotely was critical in this case. Even putting people together for transport or to locate another rehabilitator or specialist in a species is critical as far as I am concerned .
Thank you, Zach , thank you for keeping me in the loop, and thank you New England Wildlife Center (Weymouth location) too! We did it!
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