Southern Paws Rescue

11/16/2025

Just saying..

11/15/2025

Please consider helping. Found A Hound Rescue is a great local rescue!

09/13/2025

07/23/2025

Don’t forget in this heat to set out some water for our furry friends! Also, make sure to change out your hummingbird feeders daily! ☀️

07/21/2025

Love Rocking R Ranch and Rescue, Inc. rescue. Consider helping if you can! They do amazing things!! 🫶🏼🫶🏼

07/13/2025

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07/13/2025

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For over two decades, the skies above Croatia witnessed a love story that defied instinct and time. Klepetan, a white stork, flew nearly 9,000 miles each spring from South Africa to a small Croatian village just to reunite with Malena, his injured mate who could no longer migrate. Malena had been grounded by a hunter’s bullet in 1993, but her life was saved by retired school janitor Stjepan Vokić, who gave her warmth, safety, and eventually, a soulmate.

Klepetan and Malena raised 66 chicks together. While Malena stayed home caring for their young, Klepetan taught them how to fly, hunt, and journey into the wild. Their bond wasn’t built on biology alone it was built on loyalty and sacrifice. When winter came, Malena stayed behind with Vokić, and Klepetan braved the journey south alone. Yet each spring, he returned never late, never lost. Even after Malena passed in 2021, Klepetan still visits her resting place beneath an apple tree, a ritual now continued into 2024.

This is more than a bird story. It’s a reminder that love can cross oceans, defy survival instincts, and persist even after death. In an age of fleeting connection, Klepetan and Malena proved that devotion has wings and it never forgets where home is.

📚 Sources: Wikipedia (2023), Asian Age (2018), Total Croatia News (2020), Croatia Week (2023)
🕊️ Names: Klepetan & Malena | 📍Location: Brodski Varoš, Croatia
📷 Caretaker: Stjepan Vokić

07/11/2025

Another great prime day deal! This stuff works great!

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07/04/2025

UPDATE: licensed rehabber found and safe! Thank you!

Anyone have a local wildlife rehabber that’s able to take a young raccoon? Mother has not been seen. Was out in the heat all day and dehydrated.
We have been talking to BiState and they have been phenomenal but this baby is located near Belleville, IL so they are unable to take.
Please help!!

06/24/2025

Please remember to help our feathered friends in this heat **ALSO** please change out hummingbird nectar daily right now or just put your feeders up.

06/21/2025

Happened locally. Please consider helping if you can. How awful!!