@lbirmingham
RVT for 23yrs |Volunteer for Foster Forest Wildlife Orphanage | Former Medical Director SPWC | Dementia Daughter -lost both parents to dementia in 2025|Join my journey: https://labirmingham.substack.com/ #wildlife
Applications are now open!
This award was established through the legacy gift of Charles Labatiuk. He was an avid nature conservationist. This is to honour his life and his passion for nature.
Apply now:
https://naturecanada.ca/about/our-people/awards-scholarships/charles-labatiuk-scholarship/
Just published “Life On the B-Side” — my honest update after one of the hardest years of my life.
Lost both parents, closed the wildlife chapter after 20+ years, and now…
Full story + all the feels here 👇
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Nothing brings joy like a dog does.
#dogboarding
#BirminghamBedsAndBowls
#BirminghamBB #ilovedogs
Did you know that livestock production accounts for between 14% and 18% of greenhouse gas emissions globally? That is more than cars and vans!
Between that and the intensive animal agricultural practices involved, livestock production and factory farming are harming animals and our shared planet.
I am so excited for this business venture. It aligns so well with the future we want to build on our rural property. To share this space with dogs and take such good care of them that it feels like a second home to them 💖
#dogboarding #dogcare #dogs #doggiedaycare #homebasedbusiness
One of my life long friends had a birthday yesterday. This is a flashback to the late 80's.
Check out my latest musings on Substack.
A new life, a new vision is coming into focus.
Years of caretaking, trauma, sacrifice are coming to and end, and in front of us, A Brave New World...and dogs 🐕 ♥️
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On January 21, join us for a special online panel, The Fight to End Fur Farming. Hear from leading voices in the movement to ban fur farms as we expose the cruelty behind fur farming—& discuss how, together, we can make fur farms in Canada history 🦊
action.animaljustice.ca/page/184183/...
Because I want to live in a world where everything can be solved by pictures of puppies 🥰
One year ago, Dr. Jane was honoured with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The highest civilian honour in the United States of America, the award recognizes her groundbreaking achievements in science and conservation.
Video: Hugo van Lawick / JGI / PBS / The White House
Enjoying our first Rover client! Novi is learning lots and teaching us even more!
#dogs
#dogsitting
#puppymayhem
#siberianhusky
Bats found in buildings cannot be placed outside during late fall to early spring. They should be in a state of torpor, if awake, they likely need help.
Contain the battle in a pillowcase, place in a cardboard box and contact a local wildlife rehabber.
Please DO NOT put them outside!
#Bats
Virginia Opossum's have a hard time in the cold Ontario Winters. Luckily for this little one he was brought to Foster Forest Wildlife where he is being rehydrated, and slowly fed easily digested nutrition to avoid "refeeding" syndrome.
#wildliferehabilitation
#VirginiaOpossum
Playing around with AI doodling. Lots of fun.
#art, #logo #xmas #AI #aidoodles #fun
All I want for Christmas is a home full of dogs! Specifically dogs whose family are away. We will be their family for the holidays!
Please share and help spread the word!
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New endeavour alert!! So excited to get started.
#Dogsitting
#Dog daycare
#dawggonefun!
#RVT
#vettech
Thank you to all who donated! Foster Forest Wildlife Orphanage is a small home based rehab that relies on volunteers and donations to keep caring for orphaned wildlife.
If you haven't done so yet, consider sending an etransfer today.
#GivingTuesday2025
#WildlifeRehab
#SupportLocalWildlife
Tomorrow is a big day for nonprofits! Every donation helps. Foster Forest Wildlife Orphanage is a small organization and every donation has a huge impact!
Please help me make an impact there tomorrow!
#fosterforestwildlife
#GivingTuesday
#MakeADifference
#impact
Campus Photo circa 1997. Pre digital photography... in the fish bowl IN the UCC at U.W.O.
#Photofinishing #35mmfilm #the90s #flashback #ForestCityImaging
This #GivingTuesday, our gift-match partners across Canada will be matching your donations to NCC. Donate until December 2 and DOUBLE your impact for nature! Give now: secure.natureconservancy.ca/site/Donatio...
On the left: a photo of a cloud of smoke rising above a forest of trees. On the right: text that reads “Wildfires have threatened the existence of this tiny northern town. Here’s how it’s fighting back. A garden and greenhouse in Kakisa could protect the remote Northwest Territories community in emergencies.”
Kakisa, Northwest Territories, has one road in and out. Twice in a decade, wildfires completely cut it off from the rest of the territory, with evacuation orders delivered by hand. It is a situation that residents don’t want to be in again. thewalrus.ca/tiny-town-wildfi...
Inserting easy-to-release slipknots into surgical thread could help surgeons to tie the perfect sutures
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Dor all things wildlife related
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If anyone is looking for a great organization to help this #GivingTuesday a sweet Christmas present for the 💯 volunteer run Foster Forest Wildlife Orphanage could really use your help!
E-transfer:
Fosterforestwildlife44@gmail.com
So proud of my fierce cousin Kathryn Marshall and her tireless efforts to hold stakeholders accountable for allowing convicted sexual assault criminals to act with impunity.
Proposed class action lawsuit targets major club operators in Toronto share.google/0aYn0SVKku7a...
Grieving your parents is supposed to be a natural life experience. Yet it hurts so deeply. I find myself looking for messages from them everywhere. I fight the reality that they are gone. Grief bursts are intense. Can I adapt?
Learning how to be grateful during a year with profound loss. That's flex 💪 🙏😊
I am going to miss the hummingbird antics when they leave.
Sitting under the feeder to film.
PSA: wash your feeders in soap and water once a week. If very hot you may need to put new sugar water in twice a week.
#hummingbirds #birds #migration #cleanyourfeeders
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