'Tis the Season

Hi everyone. I just wanted to let you know that our last event of 2013 will be tonight. We will have our "Wise Owls" at Iron Horse Tattoo Shop on Main Street Middleburgh for our village wide Miracle on Main Street holiday celebration. There are many activities going on. The stores and the restaurants will be open late and Santa will be there. Please stop by, visit our owls and enjoy the festivities.
     This also seems like a great time to send out our holiday plea for donations. Winter is tough for us at our facility and feed costs have not went down. Your tax deductible donations are needed NOW more than ever to overwinter our domesticated animals that are awaiting adoption or the wild animals that are unreleasable back into the wild. Your generosity is greatly appreciated as always, feel free to use our paypal button on our website OR mail checks to Northeast Llama Rescue, NY Wildlife Rescue Center,c/o Wes Laraway, PO Box 410, 167 Llama Lane,  Middleburgh, NY 12122. 
     Our phone continues to ring, we have a nice selection of reg. alpacas looking for adoption and we have 12 llamas coming in soon that will be looking for adoption as well. Feel free to email me at Laraway@midtel.net for more details. All my best and I will try to get back into the routine of blogging again soon.  Have a safe and wonderful holiday season. WES

Happy Update: Lovely Dogs Need Homes

These lovely dogs came to us in need of a home when their owner had to move and was unable to take them. Thanks to our wonderful friend network, and the kind souls who follow and support us, both the year old Boxer boy and the sweet 2-year old Doberman girl already have loving new homes.

Don't you just love happy endings?

Thank You
from all of us at NYWRC!

Lovely Alpacas Need New Homes

Northeast Llama Rescue has just taken in eighteen beautiful female alpacas who are in need of new homes. These are really nice animals, and will be available to approved homes only. Please give us a call (our number is on the contact info page of our website, http://www.redmaplefarm.net) or email northeastllamarescue@gmail.com if you are interested in learning more about these girls.

Our adoption application is online to fill out, print, and mail:

 http://redmaplefarm.net/pdf/NELR_Adoption_App_fillable1.pdf

 Be aware that filing an application is not a guarantee for approval to adopt.

We Can't Wait Till Christmas

We Can't Wait Till Christmas....

Can you make a donation now?

Normally, as August wanes in New York, and September approaches, we don't expect to see new little baby rescues coming in for our help.  These baby squirrels, so little their eyes aren't even open yet, and the baby barn swallows (pictured below, as well as a couple more images of the little squirrels), had other ideas. Both the litter of seven squirrels and the barn swallow babies were victims of human interference (nest sites destroyed prematurely) and came to us desperately needing our help.

The influx of animals in need never seems to slow down.  However, the inflow of donations and funding most certainly has.

We at NY Wildlife Rescue and Northeast Llama Rescue are always incredibly grateful for your generous help.  We do understand that times have been tough for everyone, including the animals.  We're hoping that our friends who read our blog and Facebook page can find it in their hearts to donate.  Whether you are a long time supporter or a new friend, please know that you have our loving and sincere gratitude.

At the side of the blog page is a Paypal "Donate" button, and there is also one located at the bottom of our main website, http://www.redmaplefarm.net.  We are also happy to accept checks or money orders, and the mailing address is:

New York Wildlife Rescue Center

PO Box 410

Middleburgh, NY 12122

In addition, if you work for, or are associated with, an organization which is dedicated to helping animals and the environment and which might like to donate to the cause, please feel free to contact us at any time. Corporate donations of any amount are welcome with our thanks.

And now, a few more photos for your enjoyment:

Thank you, friends!
Wes 
and all of the animals (and the humans who serve them) at
New York Wildlife Rescue Center

Run Free, Jake

Jake

The best horse ever.  Twenty-plus years.

...Thanks.

Guest post: "If you Care, Leave it There"

We hope you enjoy the following article:

http://www.gazehound.com/creature-thoughts-june-2013/

Excerpt:

Friends, it’s baby season. It is normal, good, right, perfect in the ways of nature to see baby animals "alone". The truth is they are not "alone" at all. The parents, 99% of the time, are nearby, watching, staying out of sight like a dad at his child’s first piano recital because he wants to encourage her independence and not distract her from her task. This goes for mammals as well as baby birds. If a little bird has all of its feathers and you see it on the ground, it’s supposed to be there! If you find a nest of baby rabbits seemingly "abandoned", do not touch them–mother rabbits only visit the nest once or twice a day, a tactic developed by nature to keep the nest safe from predators being drawn to it. Fawns are left "alone" by their mothers, who are actually quite nearby, for the same reason; babies have very little scent whereas the scent of the adult could draw predators to the bedding-down site.

You're invited to click through to the link above to read the full story of a little sparrow who thought he was having a good day, only to have things turn south rather unexpectedly.

Rescue of the Week: The Sole Survivor (Baby Raccoon)

The Sole Survivor: would you like to help him?

A tree fell.

Little did the family who lived on the property know, at the time, that the tree was a home to another family.  By the time the homeowners found the raccoons, the mother and all of the babies were dead....

...Except for one.

The Sole Survivor was barely alive.  He was dehydrated and very weak.  When he was delivered to Wes at New York Wildlife Rescue Center, his chances for survival were slim.

He was given fluids and once rehydrated, attempts to feed were initiated.  The little fellow was so debilitated, that he could not even suck on the bottle.  Wes fed him for several days, 'round the clock, with an eye dropper and special formula.  Finally, he told the baby, "Listen, little guy, if you're going to survive, you're going to have to start putting some effort into it."

Shortly afterward, the baby raccoon figured out what the nipple was, and started to do his part.  Since then, he's been improving greatly, and is now a greedy little fellow who takes his meals happily.  His chances for survival have increased considerably, and we're now pretty confident that he'll survive to be released.

This little fellow is eating well, and going through about $10 worth of formula and supplies each week.  Once he gets older, he'll eat more, requiring other foods besides his bottle, so the cost of caring for this one baby is going to go up.  We're looking at between $250-$300 worth of care, food and supplies for this one baby raccoon through the summer months.

Would you like to help with his care?  If so, we at NYWRC, and this little Sole Survivor, would be ever so grateful.

Just click the Paypal button on this page, or if you prefer to mail a check, that can go to

New York Wildlife Rescue Center

c/o Wes Laraway

PO Box 410

Middleburgh, NY 12122

Thank you for visiting our blog, and thinking good thoughts for our little survivor!