Wildlife and Other Stories

A grebe is blown off course and away from water, which is essential for his survival. Best Friends licensed wildlife rehabilitators save him.

Read about the rehabilitation of ravens rescued from the area around Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah and Arizona.

Wild animals shouldn't be held in captivity as pets, but they can often still be rewilded by wildlife rehabilitators using a step-by-step process.

A couple finds a loon stranded on land, unable to fly. They bring the bird to the Sanctuary for help, medical tests and rehabilitation.

Marmot who ingested mice who had eaten rat poison is being rehabilitated at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

Two male opossums who came to Best Friends after being rescued are named by our readers. Find out what these cute animals' names are.

Two peregrine falcons - one had been hit by a car and the other had a broken wing - come to the Sanctuary for rehabilitation and eventual release.

A golden eagle, who was probably starving, overfeeds on carrion, causing complications that require surgery. She is helped at the Sanctuary.

Two opossums, animals related to marsupials, not rats, are abandoned in a cage. Learn about their rescue as well as their personalities.

The fat-tailed gecko is an amazing wonder of nature, who can blend in with his surroundings and shed his tail when attacked by a predator. Read more.

Best Friends cares for baby birds -- two kingbirds, an evening grosbeak, and a mourning dove -- who had fallen out of their nests.

A box turtle who was abandoned and was in bad shape gets a new start in life after coming to the Sanctuary and then being adopted into a home.

Sometimes hummingbirds fly in with the dogs. Wildlife rehabilitators have to catch and then release them, though it is more complicated than this.

Young Northern saw-whet owl comes to Best Friends after being rescued by a well-meaning couple after being abandoned. However, he must be kept wild.

Fat squirrel, who was confiscated by the Utah Division of Wildlife from a couple who illegally had him, comes to Best Friends where he goes on a diet.