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Interesting Stories by Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation

Letter to Animal Planet – Follow up to Quizno’s Coyote

As promised, below is the primary content sent to Animal Planet. I am still networking in order to identify a contact at Animal Planet high enough to effectuate, or at least champion, the requisite change….please advise if you know anyone at the network. Thanks, Dawn I was extremely disturbed to see the show “Weird, True…

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Quizno’s Coyote on Animal Planet Postscript

My apologies to everyone we told about the Animal Planet show “Weird, True and Freaky” which is running a segment on the Quizno’s coyote Adrian (see our blog archives for his original and accurate story). Please also note that we have deleted our original blog posting regarding the show so as not to refer further…

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Anyone See the Ark?? Revisited

For the second time since September we evacuated animals from outside caging at our newest location in Itasca. This flooding isn’t nearly as bad as September in terms of depth; however, it presents some real issues in terms of reoccupancy. September’s waters were mid-chest deep in some locations and a good 2-1/2 plus feet deep…

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A Toxic Field

The hunters shot over a corn field. They’d been using that field for years. Some of their best memories were shooting in that field. The hunters were careful not to bother or shoot protected birds that rested and fed in the fields. They were only there to hunt geese and duck that passed over the…

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On Thanksgiving

I am grateful to know my life’s work and to pursue it. I am grateful for our patients’ wills to live. I am grateful for our dedicated volunteers who help us Save Lives. Dawn

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