It’s weird to imagine actually holding a project that I’ve been working on for most of my professional life!
03.03.2026 22:55
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It’s weird to imagine actually holding a project that I’ve been working on for most of my professional life!
It’s weird to finally have a book coming out but it’s not my fiction, it’s a nonfiction wildlife nutrition textbook I wrote and edited for. It’s very exciting but also weird that all the work I put into learning fiction writing transformed into this behemoth textbook instead.
In the same way that granivores are a subtype of herbivores, planktivores are a subtype of omnivores/faunivores. It’s all just increasingly narrow categories that makes it easier to compare and discuss in the literature!
morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ... there's info on who to complain to to try to stop this at the end of the article, lets share this message and try our best to stop it.
I have been working on this book for more than a decade, and I am so beyond excited to see it come into the world!
🚨 Alert: Insects are vanishing at an alarming rate,up to 76% decline in flying insect biomass over 27 years in Germany alone!a1891c This "insect apocalypse" is driven by pesticides & habitat loss, threatening our ecosystems. We must act NOW to save them! #SaveInsects #NoPesticides
Did you miss Tuesday's chat Social Media: A Double-Edged Sword for Wildlife Conservation? Don't worry, you can watch the recording! Check out the free excerpt now - the full session is available for IWRC members. Not a member? Join us!
youtu.be/sR7V4TR-Z8A #wildliferehab #wildliferescue
Safety is important, but in my experience, once I got used to places that are extremely safe despite having no streetlights (e.g. Sark and certain Danish "sommerhusbyer") I stopped equating safety with streetlights - and started enjoying natural darkness ✨ 1/3
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Today's the day! There's still time to help IWRC support wildlife rehabilitators by enjoying a delicious meal!
Use code 9011501 when you order from any US Panda Express online or using the app.
#wildliferescue #wildliferehab #wildlife #conservation #fundraiser
Sitting on the second floor of this big building feeling the floor shake. Odd how the very construction techniques that protect from collapse in a quake make me feel unsafe…
This is rough to see
It’s absolutely tragic how many nonprofit organizations are downright abusive to their staff. Poor management, unlivable pay, unsafe working conditions, etc often excused because the mission is important. Let’s call these what they are - people driven to serve should be supported not exploited.
lol fair enough
If you want you can report your sighting to the Coyote Project, they work to raise awareness and education about coyotes in the Portland area and also track sightings: www.portlandcoyote.com
A QR Code and several takeout boxes filled with delicious panda express food. Panda Express Fundraiser on Thursday Feb 19! Pre-orders open now. Support IWRC by purchasing a meal from any US Panda Express. IWRC will receive 28% of the proceeds from orders made form the app or online. Apply code: 9011501
Help IWRC support wildlife rehabilitators by enjoying a delicious meal! You can pre-order here: www.community-fundraiser.com/virtual-fund...
#wildliferescue #wildliferehab #conservation #fundraiser
Axolotls are the new animal of fashion, up there in the pantheon with the unicorn, the llama, the narwhal and the capybara. But even as the Mexican salamander’s popularity means they are everywhere, the species is under increasing threat in its native habitat. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Join us online for our monthly wildlife seminar Coffee & Tea with IWRC. Social media: A Double-Edges Sword with Connie Needham. Feb 17, 2026 at 2pm Universal Coordinated Time (6am Pacific USA, 9am Eastern USA, 3pm Rome, 4pm South Africa, 10pm W Australia, 1 am E Australia). Register at Bit.ly/CT0226. QR code in bottom left. A picture of Connie holding a camera and looking out of a jeep window in the center of the page.
Join IWRC to talk Wildlife & Social Media on Feb 17! Our speaker is Connie Needham, a wildlife biologist, rehabilitator, and content creator. Social media holds immense power to help, and to harm, #conservation efforts! You can register at bit.ly/CT0226 #wildliferehab #wildliferescue
Did you miss Tuesday's Coffee & Tea on Self Care & Coping Strategies for Animal Caretakers? Don't worry, you can watch the recording!
Check it out: youtu.be/6EOpIp8VwPw
#wildliferescue #WildlifeCare #wildliferehab #animalcare #selfcare #mentalhealth
I want to show solidarity for the nationwide strike Friday, so I won’t buy anything. But my job is at a small nonprofit fighting against the unnecessary animal suffering and env. harm caused by modern society. Not working seems like the wrong thing to do.
We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
Photo of a monkey sitting on the branch of a a tree. IWRC's logo. Text that says Donate to IWRC's Course Scholarship Fund. This January, help wildlife rehabilitators around the world afford training to save more animals. A QR Code, a circle that says Goal $200, Break barriers. Fund Wildlife rehab training today. Scholarships cover the cost of IWRC course tuition, books, and shipping costs for rehabilitators in financial need. Reaching our $200 goal will help 4 students this spring!
#Wildliferehab is complex, & quality training improves human safety & animal welfare. We keep course prices as low as possible, often below actual costs. But even reduced fees can still be out of reach. Share & donate to help us improve accessibility worldwide! secure.givelively.org/donate/inter...
It’s hard not to be crushed by the weight of human suffering that a large percentage of my country voted for. Like, as a collective, everyone in our society is to some degree culpable for allowing it to get to this point. It infuriates me.
Might also consider switching to non-lead ammo where you can, lead can harm you as well as the environment! We get lots of hawks and eagles in on death’s door with lead poisoning from eating the lead contaminated offal or carrion from what hunters leave behind.
This is wrong. We have criminals in charge of our country and controlling our military. Heinous, bloodthirsty, despicable. We have to stop this.
A meerkat stands guard over an update from the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council and an almost full thermometer - We are less than $200 away from meeting our match! Every dollar you give by midnight will be matched 1:1! Help us finish our match by clicking the link or following the QR code on the bottom of the graphic!
We're so close to meeting our match goal! Can you help us get to $5,000 by midnight? Your funds go directly to providing wildlife rehabilitators with the support, education, and resources they need to save animals! secure.givelively.org/donate/inter...
#wildliferehab #wildliferescue #nonprofit
In an era when many species are declining because of multi-pronged, seemingly intractable problems, the solution to protecting common loons is relatively straightforward. So why are these beloved birds still dying?
IWRC is conducting a Wildlife Rehabilitation Survey! Wildlife rehabilitators, volunteers, veterinarians, partners, regulators, and allies - we want to hear from you! Your input helps us accurately represent you, advocate for you, and prioritize the programs & resources you need the most. Follow the URL or the QR code to participate - and please help us spread the word if you can!
#WildlifeRehab & #wildliferescue friends, we want to hear from you! Please take our 5 min survey if you're involved with wildlife rehab in any way. Your input helps us represent & advocate for you, & prioritize support programs you need most. We'd love help sharing as well! forms.gle/acxspTZG6ani...
Two puffins discuss how IWRC is nearly halfway to our $5,000 goal for this December's Match Challenge! Follow the QR code in the bottom right of the image to make a gift before December 31 to make your contribution go twice as far!
Can you help us meet our $5,000 goal by Dec 31? Every dollar we raise will be matched, so contributors have the chance to double their impact for wildlife! So if you're able, consider helping wild animals and rehabbers all over the world with a gift today!
secure.givelively.org/donate/inter...
Earlier today I hosted my last 2025 #birds webinar for @abcbirds.bsky.social! The year continues to wrap up!
But 2026 is quickly approaching and my first webinar is already on the books for Jan 22. I hope you RSVP today to help kick of the year with birds - and me.
RSVP: abcbirds.org/JERsvp
Congratulations to Yuhan for successful PhD defence: Shrimps and water fleas in distress - Artificial light at night disrupts freshwater ecosystems www.helsinki.fi/en/news/anim...