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Wildlife Rescue most all from Human Interference

Wildlife and Human Interference

You know really the truth is most of California Wildlife Center’s rescues are because of human interference. The “bloom” from the type of algae that releases the toxin causing Domoic acid in warm blooded animals has been off the charts ...and the science community still needs actual proof but in reality ask any as they know the “fertilizer” pumped into the ocean has been a banquet for this algae and has contributed to this great disaster. The Navy’s sonic testing has caused dolphins etc. to wash ashore and the ear /brain necropsy confirms now at last the suspicions. The sheer number of raptors, and other animals that we try and save from “secondary” poisoning by eating poisoned prey (mice etc) heartbreaking . The amount of mammals and birds with fish hooks, gill nets etc. on them is unbelievable . The pelicans with arrows sticking out of them still alive ..the eagles hawks vultures and other birds that come in shot by pellet guns and rifles and even hand guns is terrible. The amount of song birds brought in or we rescue from domestic cats is astounding. Even only a few weeks ago being part of the necropsy along with The Museum of Natural History for that majestic and rare , Fin Whale, a juvenile male
whose back was broken by a fast moving ship in Malibu ...is a tragedy . The ships are allowed to go so fast on the west coast and they are so long and the motor is all the way in the very back and when the whale/dolphins hears the motor it mistakenly thinks it has more time than it actually does.
And to this day nothing broke my heart as seeing the beautiful sea lion with her big belly ready to give birth with a gun shot through her forehead.

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