Wildlife Rehab aids animals, even badgers

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/outdoors/wildlife-rehab-aids-animals-even-badgers/article_7ecdc263-a498-5ffd-83fc-5f18f07dc32f.html




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Laura Stastny, executive director of Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, Inc., releases “Barrett” the badger back into the wild on Saturday. The badger received rehabilitative care at the animal rehab center in Louisville.


POSTED: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2014 1:00 AM | UPDATED: 8:11 PM, SAT SEP 13, 2014.
By Mark Davis / World-Herald Staff Writer

Barrett’s rescuers worked for hours on irrigation equipment near Aurora, Nebraska, while keeping an eye on the orphaned baby badger.

No mama was in sight by day’s end, so they mounted a rescue attempt and brought the tiny creature to Laura Stastny, the executive director of Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, Inc.



SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Laura Stastny, Executive Director of Nebraska Wildlife Rehab Inc. walks through a pasture as she releases "Barrett" the badger back into the wild.


It was a first in Stastny’s 13 years with the organization. And it was a success. The fully grown badger was released back into the wild on Saturday.

The organization attempts to rescue nearly 4,000 animals a year, but only about 20 are predators such as fox, coyote, bobcats and badgers. In Nebraska, it is illegal to rehab the state’s top predators like mountain lions and rarely if ever seen bears and wolves.

FULL story at link.

[pipoman]

1. I remember going to Halsey Natl Forest with a church group

As a kid and the ranger saying that there were mountain lions and black bears in the forest....beautiful place in the sea of sand...