11/13/2025
THIS. It is a real problem for our wildlife and why Rehabilitators are struggling financially, physically and mentally to care for the orphaned and injured wildlife we take into care. Please Co-exist! All funds come from our personal funds or from public donations. We receive no help from any governmental agency. Please donate!
🌳✨ Who’s Really Invading Whose Home?
Ever notice how we say “wildlife is invading our neighborhoods” — instead of “humans are destroying theirs”?
We’ve grown so comfortable with concrete and convenience that we forget who was here first.
Every patch of grass was once a meadow.
Every cul-de-sac was once a forest alive with sound — foxes raising their kits, owls gliding through the dark, raccoons teaching their young which berries were safe to eat.
Each time we bulldoze, spray, mow, or light up another acre, we erase a home that someone else depends on.
Then we act surprised when they wander through ours.
A deer in the road. A raccoon by the trash can. A hawk perched on a telephone pole.
But they’re not lost — they’re adapting.
They’re simply doing what they’ve always done: surviving.
Maybe it’s time we see them differently.
Maybe instead of calling them pests, we start calling them neighbors.
Maybe we plant native shrubs instead of imported ornamentals.
Maybe we leave the leaves where they fall, so someone else can find shelter there.
Balance doesn’t come from control — it comes from coexistence. 🌎💚
