2018 Releases

Two of our big birds, a Barred Owl and a Red-Tailed Hawk, had recovered enough that they were ready to be released. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”16″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”] Photos and captions courtesy of Jim Lease

The 3 baby Bobcats that have been with us for a while have reached the point where they can take care of themselves back in the wild.  [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”8″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”] Photos and captions courtesy of Jim Lease

We’ve been caring for 2 young Turkey Vultures while we were waiting for them to get old enough to release.  Today was the happy day, both for them and for us.  While Dr. Deb and Dr. Katie were getting things ready to move the birds I snapped a couple of photos of some of the…

Wild and Free was invited once again to attend the open house at the Ripple River Gallery and set up a booth to display information and items for sale from Wild and Free.  As part of the activities during the day W&F also releases any birds that have been rehabilitated and are ready to go…

This young eagle was released after being treated at the Garrison Animal Hospital. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”6″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”] Photos and captions courtesy of Jim Lease

Wild and Free is so fortunate to have so many supporters.  Not only do we have many adults who care about the critters we also have lots of children.  One of the groups that help us out is the elementary kids at the Rippleside school in Aitkin.  A Bald Eagle had been injured in a…

We’ve been caring for 3 young bears for the last few months. 2 arrived in December and the other in January. They’ve had a steady diet and have put on enough weight that it would be OK to release them back into the wild. When that time comes the DNR sends a couple of bear…

Here’s a story about one tough lady eagle.  She was sitting beside the road snacking on a deer that had been hit by a car when she got startled and flew up into the path of an oncoming car.  The car hit her hard enough that it broke a headlight and then the eagle flipped…