{"id":164325,"date":"2015-03-09T17:54:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T17:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/03\/09\/so-the-only-all-birds-rehab-center-in-north-texas\/"},"modified":"2015-03-09T17:54:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T17:54:22","slug":"so-the-only-all-birds-rehab-center-in-north-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/03\/09\/so-the-only-all-birds-rehab-center-in-north-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"So the only all-birds rehab center in North Texas is about to shut down"},"content":{"rendered":"

So the only all-birds rehab center in North Texas is about to shut down<\/a><\/p>\n

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So the only all-bird rehab center in North Texas is about to shut down\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t even put into words how upset I am about this. Rogers Wildlife Rehabilitation has been open for almost twenty years, and is the only place in North Texas that takes in literally any type of bird if it\u2019s been injured, orphaned, or otherwise incapacitated. They\u2019re finally out of funds, and if they can\u2019t come up with anything by April 2nd, they\u2019re going to be forced to close their doors.<\/p>\n

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They\u2019ve never turned away birds. Not when it\u2019s a surprise 200 baby cattle egrets that\u2019ve been orphaned because city planners thought they could cut down their homes and no one would notice. Not when it\u2019s raptors with one good eye and in need of seven different antibiotics. Not even when it\u2019s ducks that irresponsible parents won\u2019t let their kids keep after easter. This is where anyone let me first get up close to birds. I mean, I\u2019ve known I wanted to work with birds and wildlife since I was seven- I\u2019m twenty four now, and halfway through an environmental science master\u2019s and it\u2019s a big reason I kept going.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been going to this place on and off for ten years, I was THIRTEEN when I started volunteering and seeing all the terrible things that happen to the birds that come in. Not just\u2026hit by trucks, or caught in a hailstorm but parrots that have been left in foreclosed houses for weeks, and roosters that have come out of cock fighting rings and would otherwise be put down because the SPCA and humane societies don\u2019t think they\u2019re\u00a0salvageable. There\u2019s an emu that was raised there as a baby because no one wanted her. Her name\u2019s Riley and I can\u2019t even begin to comprehend what shutting the doors to the center would mean?<\/p>\n

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They don\u2019t get government aid. They\u2019ve been funded by the public donating and Kathy, the lady who owns the place, going through her retirement funds and savings and her social security to keep it running. She\u2019s finally run out of money. Please, \u00a0just reblog? Even if you can\u2019t donate anything- and I know it\u2019s a lot to ask for poor teenage\/college kids to donate money that they don\u2019t have, or struggling artists I know but maybe someone who can spare something will see it eventually? They need $200,000 to keep open for a year, if they stop paying workers. And they\u2019re all willing to not get paid if it means these birds will have somewhere to go, somewhere to stay if they need it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Just, thanks for reading, guys. Here\u2019s the gofundme link:\u00a0http:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/l8aj7k<\/a><\/p>\n

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Their facebook:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Rogers-Wildlife-Rehabilitation-Center\/398035120217303<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s their website: http:\/\/www.rogerswildlife.org\/about.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Please consider donating\u2014even just a dollar. Even if you can just reblog it, perhaps one of your followers can help. A cause like this is very near and dear to my heart. I volunteer at International Bird Rescue in Los Angeles and places like these are run on a shoestring budget and rely almost completely from volunteer help.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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So the only all-birds rehab center in North Texas is about to shut down becausebirds: So the only all-bird rehab center in North Texas is about to shut down\u2026 I can\u2019t even put into words how upset I am about this. Rogers Wildlife Rehabilitation has been open for almost twenty years, and is the only … <\/p>\n

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