Wickedly Wildlife

15/02/2025

A good reason to put off cleaning 🤷🏻‍♀️😉

Hold off on cleaning up for now!

12/02/2025

This hurts my heart 💔 as I have seen both raccoon siblings and mother’s mourn losses. 😢🦝♥️

It’s easy for people to forget that wild animals, like raccoons, have feelings and families just like our pets. I would like to share with you, an example of the sensitivity I’ve seen from wild raccoons.

Last April, I unfortunately witnessed the death of a raccoon kit who had been attacked by a dog. I knew almost instantly that he was not going to survive. I stepped back to text my mentor and my vet, and when I did, his sister ran down to his side. She vocalized— unmistakably crying— and started pulling on his ears and legs with her hands. She tried to drag him away but wasn’t strong enough.

She then amazed me by picking pieces of grass and clover and physically trying to put them in his mouth. I don’t know whether this was an attempt to feed him, or an instinct to try to get him to vomit in case he was poisoned. When he wasn’t able to swallow the grass, she cried louder. I watched her grow more and more frantic as her brother drew his last breaths. She started wailing and then ran away. It was the most clear and heartbreaking displays of animal empathy that I’ve ever witnessed.

This isn’t unique to this one pair of kits. Every raccoon rehabber has seen a similar case. Studies of raccoon intelligence shows that they are at least as intelligent as rhesus macaques, and also that an extraordinary amount of their brain processing power focuses on feeling, both emotionally and physically.

It’s easier to ignore cruelty against wild animals when people can convince themselves that they are “just” animals, but raccoons in particular are undoubtably caring, sensitive, empathetic creatures. They don’t deserve cruelty, even when they’re inconveniencing someone by digging in their trash or mistaking an attic for a den.

11/02/2025

🫣Just mind your business, and understand nature is going to be out there naturing. 😉😂

There are many social media posts out right now about this time of year being coyote mating season. Some posts are very informative and give great coexistence facts. But, unfortunately, there are many posts that exist only to spread fear and misleading information.

And, for this reason, coyotes continue to be vilified.

Here are some useful coyote facts from Project Coyote:

Coyote mating season usually runs from January through February. And, during this time, you might hear and see coyotes more frequently as they vocalize to claim territory and partners.

Coyotes live as individuals, as mated pairs, or in family units. But, they DO NOT become more aggressive this time of year. They will, however, protect their family and territory.

Although free roaming pets are more likely to be harmed by automobiles than by wildlife, coyotes may occasionally view cats and small dogs as potential prey and larger dogs as threats or competition. Pets should be supervised while outside... thats just common sense and good pet ownership.

Coyotes DO NOT lure dogs. A coyote bark can mean "go away" and might be misinterpreted by a dog as "chase me." If a dog gives chase, the coyote might run toward the safety of their family and they will protect their own.

Coyotes will usually avoid people. Bold behavior is unusual and is often a result of habituation due to intentional/unintentional feeding, the presence of a dog, or a coyote protecting a den and their families.

If a coyote approaches you, make eye contact, leash your larger dog or pick up your smaller dog, and haze the coyote by being big and loud.

You can read the full hazing guide from Project Coyote at http://tinyurl.com/djcdnvye

11/02/2025

❤️🖤🩶🤍💗

Please be kind!

09/02/2025

🙄🤦🏻‍♀️😮‍💨
❤️🦝🖤🩶🤍

This!!! Please, let’s keep this in mind this upcoming baby season! This happens soo very often!!! We understand that baby raccoons, skunks, squirrels are so adorable…and we even understand…..
-that you may think that just because baby is growing, baby will be fine to release! Not if you fed the wrong foods/formula!!
-most of the time, well meaning people will keep an animal, just to find it won’t release! It’s scared, and you’ve coddled it to the point that it’s no longer wild.
-we REHABILITATE wild life, they are housed in cages! Safe from each other, and us…these animals are not allowed to roam freely in the rehab…again…THEY’RE WILD!!!
-you may think having this animal is a great idea for a pet!! NOPE!! Wild animals, are just that…WILD! They will turn on you, they are destructive, they are very high strung!!!
-or you may think your friends will think you’re cool! Only until they are bitten, and you lose the animal to the CDC for testing of rabies!! ☠️
-not to mention it’s illegal!!!
-I can’t forget this one!!!! You may think that you can do a better job at raising wild young….because you can google, or, because your grandfather’s friend’s uncles mom had one….that does not mean they did it right!
-then there are the people that think “well, if s/he can do it so can I!” Yes, yes you can…with a permit to do so! - holding onto a wild animal and then releasing when you find that all of the above is true….IS CRUEL! You’ve now released a depressed, confused, and scared wild animal, that doesn’t know what to do, or where to go!! This animal is going to search for a human to love it…and this usually ends up in death! All because you wanted to be selfish!!!
There is no excuse for harboring a wild animal illegally!!!! It’s not good for you, and most importantly the animal!!! 🦝🦨🦊🦇

Credit for this original meme to Hoosier Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation , and the written content is from Wilderness Miracles Wildlife Rehab , thank you both!

08/02/2025

😂😂😂

Good morning, Happy WTF Friday 🙃
Sing it, scream it, sip coffee ☕️ repeat if needed 😉🤗

07/02/2025

♥️🦝🖤🩶🤍

01/02/2025

Always! 🦝♥️🖤🩶🤍
(Love this and had to share!)

"I rescue animals. I fight for them. I dedicate my life to them.
I rarely put myself first. I never put them last. I always try to do right by them.
I am optimistic, but also realistic. I am a positive person, who has been beaten down by the negativity of the world.
I am happy most days, but with a constant underlying sadness and stress.
I have opened my heart to more animals than I can count. I bring them in. I return the life that was taken from them.
I have accepted the craziness of my world. I take the insanity in stride. I have given up any hope of having a normal life.
I live each day for the animals. I wake up prepared to save more. I go to sleep thinking of those I couldn’t reach.
I HATE my phone… it never stops ringing. I answer and listen to yet another plea for an animal that no one cares about, no one will help.
I look into the eyes of the neglected. I feel their pain in my own heart. I hear their silent cries.
I apologize for the awful things that have happened to them. I say “I’m sorry” for things I didn’t do. I say, “I love you,” because no one else in their life ever has.
I try to talk sense into senseless people. I try to educate the ignorant. I fail at these attempts on a daily basis.
I can’t save them all. I can’t even save most. I live each day knowing that, no matter how hard I try, it will never be enough.
I know that even when I succeed, I fail. I know that for every one I save, there’s another I lose. I know that no matter how many I help, my work is never done.
Even still, I save all that I can. I love more than I thought possible. I smile… because they smile.
I take-on their pain, so that they may have happiness. I allow my heart to hurt, so theirs can heal. I become the one who is wounded, so they may be restored.
I know the cruelty that exists. I've seen it. I’ve seen the faces of abuse. I witness the senselessness of the world… and know that change is always just beyond my grasp…
I sometimes - a lot of the time - lose faith in humanity.
I hurt but they hurt more than I ever could. The sense of helplessness drives me to say, “I can’t…" A LOT. Then, one you've recently rescued shows you why we must! I brush off the despair. I vow to make a difference. I go on.
I never give up. I fight for change each day. I pray for relief from the pain… not for me, but for them.
I rescue animals. In turn, they rescue me. Everything in between... is so worth it!

We need little reminders why we do this. We give up lots to help. We lose hope BUT we carry on...."

Author Unknown
Someone had messaged me Author's name and I can't locate it. Can anyone help so I can correct it?

28/01/2025

You CAN do something! ♥️🩶🖤🦝

27/01/2025

😢♥️🦝

"I rescue animals. I fight for them. I dedicate my life to them.
I rarely put myself first. I never put them last. I always try to do right by them.
I am optimistic, but also realistic. I am a positive person, who has been beaten down by the negativity of the world. I am happy most days, but with a constant underlying sadness and stress.
I have opened my heart to more animals than I can count. I bring them in. I return the life that was taken from them.
I have accepted the craziness of my world. I take the insanity in stride. I have given up any hope of having a normal life.
I live each day for the animals. I wake up prepared to save more. I go to sleep thinking of those I couldn’t reach.
I HATE my phone… it never stops ringing. I answer and listen to yet another plea for an animal that no one cares about, no one will help.
I look into the eyes of the neglected. I feel their pain in my own heart. I hear their silent cries.
I apologize for the awful things that have happened to them. I say “I’m sorry” for things I didn’t do. I say, “I love you,” because no one else in their life ever has.
I try to talk sense into senseless people. I try to educate the ignorant. I fail at these attempts on a daily basis.
I can’t save them all. I can’t even save most. I live each day knowing that, no matter how hard I try, it will never be enough.
I know that even when I succeed, I fail. I know that for every one I save, there’s another I lose. I know that no matter how many I help, my work is never done.
Even still, I save all that I can. I love more than I thought possible. I smile… because they smile.
I take-on their pain, so that they may have happiness. I allow my heart to hurt, so theirs can heal. I become the one who is wounded, so they may be restored.
I know the cruelty that exists. I've seen it. I’ve seen the faces of abuse. I witness the senselessness of the world… and know that change is always just beyond my grasp…
I sometimes - a lot of the time - lose faith in humanity.
I hurt but they hurt more than I ever could. The sense of helplessness drives me to say, “I can’t…" A LOT. Then, one you've recently rescued shows you why we must! I brush off the despair. I vow to make a difference. I go on.
I never give up. I fight for change each day. I pray for relief from the pain… not for me, but for them.
I rescue animals. In turn, they rescue me. Everything in between... is so worth it!

We need little reminders why we do this. We give up lots to help. We lose hope BUT we carry on...."

Author Unknown