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DIAMONDBACK TERRAPINS HAVE A NEW HOME
River Otter Kits to be Released
It’s Festival time again, join us at Tarpon Springs Eco Fest this Saturday
Owl’s Nest is Celebrating Mother Earth This Weekend
Celebrating Gopher Tortoise Day

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We have an *UPDATE* on “Merlin” our rescued Fox!! Yesterday we successfully released him back into the Wild in an undisclosed Florida Hillsborough County State Park @hillsboroughfl @fl.stateparks He appeared very comfortable with his surroundings, and reminiscent of a previous Fox we released 2yrs prior. Before disappearing into the woods, he turned and looked at all of us as if to say “Good Bye” 📸: @dougdefelice & @wondersoflifestudios ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #fox #handsome #kit #beautiful #sly #rescue #rehab #volunteer #giveback #wildliferehab #wildlife #nature #wildlifeconservation #wildlifephotography #nikonlove #photooftheday #picoftheday @buschgardens @swbgconservationfund #adorable #love @myfwc #animalsofinstagram #animal #gorgeous #greyfox #redfox #merlin #release #park #florida

The other day one of our board members came across this Coyote Pup, which was apparently hit by an automobile. After being evaluated it was found to have a broken hind leg, in which the incredible Dr. Peter Black at @buschgardens successfully performed surgery to repair the break!! She now has some metal in her leg, and is on her way to recovery. Hoping that everything goes well, and we are able to rehab her back to a successful return back into the Wild! Our board member was tasked with naming her, and has decided to call her “Anaba” which is Native American for “she returns from war”. 📸: courtesy of @dougdefelice ⬅️Swipe Left ⬅️ for more images ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #pup #story #coyotes #love #cute #adorable #baby #iwantone #wildlife #wildlifephotography #thatface #nature #wildliferescue #wildliferehab #picoftheday #photooftheday #nikonlove #florida #coyote #rehab #rescue #volunteer #release #giveback #happyending #veterinarian #anaba #name

Penny and her new friend Jane are wishing you all a safe and happy 4th of July. Jane was admitted yesterday at just a few hours old after her mom was unfortunately hit by a car. Lucky for her, her new big sister stepped right in to comfort her and show her the ropes of being in rehab. #wildflorida #wildliferehab #wildliferehabilitation #wildliferescue #wildlife #conservation #fawn #deer #orphaned #mammals #4thofjuly

Called because a adorable fuzzy Turkey Vulture chick wandered a bit far from the nest and was in danger! Mom and dad were watching and we put him back to a safer place! How cute is he?! Did you know vultures nest on the ground? These necessary Raptors are so smart and do their part to keep the environment cleaned up! #fuzzy #Raptors #birdsofprey #bird #rehab #vulture #babyanimals #wildlife #smart #wildliferehab #black #turkey

A few days ago, we received a call when a mother was taken from her Fawn in an unfortunate automobile accident. This beauty happened to be born on Sir Paul McCartney’s birthday, and since Kris is such a big Beatles fan, we have decided to name her “Penny Lane”. We will be raising her until she is ready for release, and keep you posted on her progress. Here is a photo from our volunteer Heather Davies. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #penny #pennylane #fawn #deer #paulmccartney #beatles #save #life #rescue #rehab #rehabilitation #wildliferehabilitation #wildlife #nature #love #story #beautiful #cute #adorable #conservation #wildlifeconservation #baby #birthday #giveback #volunteer

Yesterday we at @owlsnestsanctuaryforwildlife had our release day of our 6 river otters. In conjunction with @cmaquarium rescue, we had a successful release into one of our @fl.stateparks @pawernerboyce ...and they seemed to take to their new environment rather quickly. Huge thank you to all involved in the rescue, than and successful release of these beautiful Otters back into their habitat! 📸: Courtesy of @dougdefelice ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #otter #otters #ottersofinstagram #love #cute #adorable #baby #iwantone #wildlife #wildlifephotography #thatface #nature #wildliferescue #wildliferehab #picoftheday #photooftheday #nikonlove #florida #tampa #rehab #rescue #volunteer #release #giveback #happyending #veterinarian #hug

Save the date!!! We are set to release this guy, along with 5 other of his buddies back into the Wild on Saturday June 2nd at @pawernerboyce You may remember him from @cmaquarium as they were the folks who initially brought “Abe” to us, or from this past weekend when they were featured on the @abcnetwork TV show @thewildlifedocs due to our partnership with the Veterinarians at @buschgardens caring for the wildlife in the Tampa area. These adorable river otters were orphaned and rehabbed by our volunteers to hunt and sustain on their own. As you can assume, many of us have grown fond of these adorable Otters, and will miss them tremendously, yet our main goal is ALWAYS for release....and we couldn’t be more happy than to know they are going back where they belong! 📸: Courtesy of @dougdefelice •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #otter #otters #ottersofinstagram #love #cute #adorable #baby #iwantone #wildlife #wildlifephotography #thatface #nature #wildliferescue #wildliferehab #picoftheday #photooftheday #nikonlove #florida #tampa #rehab #rescue #volunteer #release #giveback #happyending #veterinarian #savethedate

Just want to update everyone on our Fox Kit “Merlin”, he is doing wonderful in his Big Boy home that was built for him with the wonderful donations we have been receiving. We can’t thank you all enough, and express how much we as well as the animals appreciate it. Also a big thank you to our good friend Pamela Kay of Louisiana Bobcat Rescue for her insight on building this enclosure. Here are a few photos of his progress and his surroundings, as he gets closer to being released back. ⬅️Swipe Left⬅️ 📸: courtesy of @dougdefelice ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #fox #handsome #kit #beautiful #sly #rescue #rehab #volunteer #giveback #wildliferehab #wildlife #nature #wildlifeconservation #wildlifephotography #nikonlove #photooftheday #picoftheday @buschgardens @swbgconservationfund #adorable #love @myfwc #animalsofinstagram #animal #gorgeous #greyfox #redfox #merlin

How can you not love Spring when you see these little faces! Owls nest is living up to the name with over 20 screech owl babies that we could not get back with parents for various reasons or injuries...many being treated by @Buschgardens vets Patch that in with all the other babies we have the otters and the Fox makes one busy busy busy Rehab!!! #babies #animalrehab #owls #Raptors #rehab #spring #fuzzy #nightanimals #birdsofprey #bird #buschgardens

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