The Department of Everything is meeting with Alison this morning to discuss release of her orb weavers. The “expert spider” relocator their report assured had said they needed to go now called me last night to talk about the bogus decision and she is really worried about those spiders. What’s more the entomologist (arachnologist?) who treated the spiders and supposedly said they were ready to be released wrote me as well, saying he never actually said that. (If you have no idea what on earth I’m talking about go read sunday’s post, and if you still have no idea try replacing the words ‘chemical weapons’ with the word ‘diesel’ and see if that helps.)
For their part, the beaver fates weighed on the entire travesty with this lovely video released yesterday in the New York Times blog to show how responsible rehabilitation works when its allowed to run its course. Enjoy.
Here’s a sweet little piece of animal news: a sickly beaver found three weeks ago along the East River was nursed back to health and released Sunday in the city by a animal-rescue group based on Long Island.
The beaver, an adult female dubbed Justine, had a large intestinal blockage and was severely dehydrated, said Cathy Horvath of Wildlife in Need of Rescue and Rehabilitation, also known as Winorr. But after medication, two weeks at the vet and a week of rehab that included practice laps in a kiddie pool, Justine had recovered completely, Ms. Horvath said.
Here’s a thought. If an unknown beaver rescued from an unimportant stream makes it into the New York Times, what will happen for the family of six famous beavers who were written about in every state, Canada and Europe, and whose dam heroically stopped a toxic spill and saved an entire water system? Gosh, what would it look like if officials made sure expert opinion was ignored or misrepresented in nearly every case to steal the beavers from needed treatment and release them to their almost certain deaths?
Stay tuned.
