So the only all-bird rehab center in North Texas is about to shut down
I canât 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 itâs been injured, orphaned, or otherwise incapacitated. Theyâre finally out of funds, and if they canât come up with anything by April 2nd, theyâre going to be forced to close their doors.
Theyâve never turned away birds. Not when itâs a surprise 200 baby cattle egrets thatâve been orphaned because city planners thought they could cut down their homes and no one would notice. Not when itâs raptors with one good eye and in need of seven different antibiotics. Not even when itâs ducks that irresponsible parents wonât let their kids keep after easter. This is where anyone let me first get up close to birds. I mean, Iâve known I wanted to work with birds and wildlife since I was seven- Iâm twenty four now, and halfway through an environmental science masterâs and itâs a big reason I kept going.
Iâve 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 justâŚhit 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 donât think theyâre salvageable. Thereâs an emu that was raised there as a baby because no one wanted her. Her nameâs Riley and I canât even begin to comprehend what shutting the doors to the center would mean?
They donât get government aid. Theyâve 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. Sheâs finally run out of money. Please, Â just reblog? Even if you canât donate anything- and I know itâs a lot to ask for poor teenage/college kids to donate money that they donât 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 to continue to help 4000 birds a year. Â
Just, thanks for reading, guys. Hereâs the gofundme link:Â http://www.gofundme.com/l8aj7k
Their facebook:Â https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rogers-Wildlife-Rehabilitation-Center/398035120217303
Hereâs their website:Â http://www.rogerswildlife.org/about.html
