Spring Orphans - Rescue Them Not!

During spring reports of abandoned animal babies are very common, so much so that they even have their own name and are called spring orphans. Not only have they been deliberately left behind by their parents but most of them actually survive and grow up to be healthy adults due to the gentle spring time environment.

So despite them looking helpless rescuing them is actually the wrong thing to do! If you see a baby bird in your backyard don’t pick it up and try to feed it, just let it do whatever comes to it naturally.

If you really feel compelled to help it then the best thing you can do without affecting its natural decisions is to keep pet cats and dogs leashed or inside the house to prevent them from accidentally hurting these new spring babies.