Nebraska Wildlife Rehab's ark is bursting at the seams

[Omaha Steve]

SARAH HOFFMAN / THE WORLD-HERALD
Laura Stastny, executive director, feeds Halsey the albino porcupine at Nebraska Wildlife Rehab Inc. in Louisville, Nebraska.

http://www.omaha.com/outdoors/nebraska-wildlife-rehab-s-ark-is-bursting-at-the-seams/article_adca34a5-df8f-5e49-9671-a7edcae75951.html

POSTED: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015 12:30 AM
By Julie Anderson / World-Herald staff writer

LOUISVILLE, Neb. — Tucked away in a bathroom strewn with branches from a downed cottonwood 
is the current star of the Nebraska Wildlife Rehab Inc. rescue operations.

It’s an albino porcupine — a rarity for the group. Halsey, as she’s known for now, was picked up about three weeks ago, seriously injured, from a roadway near the Sand Hills town of the same name. In Nebraska, porcupines are more commonly found west of Grand Island.


SARAH HOFFMAN / THE WORLD-HERALD

A coyote pup is among an unusually high number of rescues at Nebraska Wildlife Rehab Inc. this year.


Her coloring also is unusual, the result of a genetic anomaly. And her image has gone well beyond the state since Nebraska conservation photographer Michael Forsberg posted a photo on Instagram and National Geographic Creative shared it on a blog.

But Halsey, aside from her poster child status, also is part of a surge in orphaned and injured animals and birds this spring that is straining space, supplies and volunteer staff at the rescue group’s center in Louisville and at its scattered holding areas and release sites on private property in the region.

FULL story at link.

How to help Nebraska Wildlife Rehab
To volunteer or donate money: Visit nebraskawildliferehab.org or mail to NWRI, P.O. Box 24122, Omaha, NE 68124.
To drop off donations: Wildlife Center at 16215 Highway 50 in Louisville, on the grounds of the Ash Grove Cement Co.
If you find wildlife: Go to the website and look under the Wildlife tab for tips about what you can do.
For more information: 402-234-2473 or http://on.fb.me/1fua4NW

[femmocrat]

1. K & R

[BrotherIvan]

2. So sad!

Too many people means shrinking habitat for wild animals. This organization sounds wonderful for all they are trying to do.