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I am glad you liked it ! Do you still work with owls ? On what occasions ?
I volunteer at a wild animal rescue. Owls are just some of the animals I work with, but I started there to get a chance to work with them.
Got to take care of a few Screech Owls this year, including releasing one back to the wild at my house, and one very angry Great Horned Owl baby.
After visiting owls across the country and all my posting here, I felt I should get more hands-on time. It's been a lot of fun overall. I'm looking into getting a rabies vaccination so I can work with more species like raccoons, bats, and foxes next year.
That's great ! On RTS, there's a very moving wildlife refuge documentary. I posted it here a few months back, if you're interested !
Thanks for that! I just finished watching it. It really captures the feelings well of what it is like to do this work!
I really relate to the feelings of the young guy at 11:00. It gives us a view of the other side of mankind's existence and makes very clear how we should be treating our world. The work is very rewarding and selfless, and feels like some of the most important things I've ever participated in doing.
At 27:00 it finally got to the crazy and hectic moments! If I had this vision of the work before I started, I wonder if I would have gone through with it! I do not like loudness or slimy or smelly things, and this work is full of all of that. But it's from a feeling of giving and being bigger than myself as an individual, and I really don't think about it anymore. I'm there to help the helpless, and that is bigger than my own discomforts.
The ending discussion mixed in with the fox release summed up the experience very nicely. It's not easy work and is a wild emotional rollercoaster, but it makes me feel like a real part of this world as a whole. It is as wild and back to nature as I could be, I think. It opens up a locked away part of me as a fellow animal species. I don't know how to explain it, but I've just never had the range of feelings as I do when I am taking part in these animal's lives. Maybe it's because the animals operate by such different rules of existence than we do as civilized people. Human wants and needs somewhat slip away. I don't know...
I'd recommend anyone that loves animals to try it out. These groups certainly need the help, and you may discover parts of you that you weren't aware of too. It's really a special opportunity and I don't see how anyone could regret it.