Wild Ones Remembered
Judith Eggleston
Wildlife Rehabilitator

with Barbara King

THE BOOK

A ba by squirrel falls out of a tree nest. A mother raccoon is hit and killed by a car. Dogs attack a mother opossum. These are just some of the ways wildlife gets into trouble and a few of the reasons there are people like me to intervene.

Wildlife rehabilitation is an avocation born out of need and out of love for our fellow creatures who find themselves in peril. Most of the instances in which help is needed stems from MAN. Unintentionally and sometimes on purpose, human beings harm wildlife. When that happens, rehabilitators are standing by to offer help.

Wild Ones Remembered recounts fifteen wildlife cases of animals who for varying reasons found their way to humans to resolve their plights. Sometimes comical, sad and poignant, this story collection strives to enlighten the reader to another side of the wild animal world that is often overlooked. More than anything, this author hopes to stir feelings, to open hearts and minds ho a better understanding of our fellow creatures. Perhaps by putting names and faces to the animals in the story collection it will make them more "real". These were all living, breathing, creations of our planet. They all had value.

They all deserved respect. It's a tough world out there, made more and more difficult by man's take-over of our Planet Earth. I felt it my moral duty and a joy to assist these animals whenever I could. There are countless people who feel the same way. What about you?

THE AUTHOR

Judith Marden Eggleston was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. She grew up in and graduated from high school in South Portland, Maine. She has two grown sons, Patrick and Michael, a stepdaughter, Kim and 4 grandchildren. She and her husband Bob currently reside in Ararat, Virginia with seven cats a dog, and a squirrel that can not be released due to brain damage.

Judy became a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in 1984. Before moving to Virginia in 1996, she had accepted approximately 600 orphaned, sick, and injured animals for care while residing in North Carolina and upstate New York. Rehabilitator certification courses and training seminars in both states have helped her achieve a very high success rate in releasing animals back to the wild.

Fybromyalgia, a disabling medical condition, now prevents her from taking in all but an occasional animal. Judy hopes to continue helping needy wildlife by educating others through writing about her experiences with the animals she cared for and the problems they presented.

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