This page is devoted to the babies I raised and released in 2005.  Just as the time came for each to be released, the time has come for them to have a page of their own!

I am very grateful to have been a part of these wonderful creatures lives, yet for each animal there came a time when my job was done and it was time to let them go to live the lives they deserved. Each release is a combination of joy in all that we've accomplished together, and sorrow for the letting go and moving on. Each time I make a release, I lose a piece of my heart as I set them free. These pictures are a memorial to my special relationship with these sweet, yet sometimes challenging animals. 

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My husband Mike, made this sign for me for Christmas 2004.  It is an excellent way to let people know they are in the right place when they bring animals out to me.	Mafia raccoon relaxing in the barn rafters.  She was released 5-14-2005.
These are the first three baby squirrels of 2005.  They were discovered during roof repair and we were unable to reunite them with their mother.	One of these things is not like the other...  Four infant squirrels from two litters and one lonely bunny.
Another picture of the four squirrels and their strange temporary bed fellow the lonely bunny.	Adult Great Horned Owl rescued from Drummond with a wing injury.
This is a raccoon rehabilitation cage built specifically for "Mafia" who is a six-month-old ex-pet raccoon.  She will learn the necessary skills to eventually be released into the wild.	Mafia, learning to fish.  Showing she instinctively has the skill for fishing, she dove right into her pool and successfully chased, caught and ate her first catfish.
A litter of opossum and one lone rabbit.	Growing opossums.
Teaching a starling to feed itself.	Three of the five baby raccoons of 2005.
An orphaned 2 1/2 week old female skunk.	Cutest, furriest little stinker.
First buck fawn of 2005, Dilbert.	Two perturbed Barn owlets.
Second doe fawn of 2005, Daisy.	Dilbert the buck fawn outside in his pen.
Orphaned raccoons in their den.	Fledgling great horned owls learning to hunt.
Fledgling robin learning to self feed.	One of these swans came from Golden Oaks after a territorial squirmish that it lost. The other was found in a weakened state and brought in for care.
George Coonie doing the final stint in rehab.	George Coonie learning the ropes.
Daisy Doe after release.	Dilbert Buck after release.
Mow came into care after his leg was cut by a mower, thus his name.  This is him after healing, growing and being successfully released.