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Really---we just gotta help these babies!

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DEAR JEN AND RICH



THANKS FOR YOUR WORDS.



HERE IS TODAY’S STORY. A TRAPPER CALLED ME AND SAID THAT, IN ONE OF THESE NEW COMMUNITIES, HE HAD BEEN ASKED TO REMOVE A RACCOON FROM AN ATTIC. THE WOMAN INSISTED, EVEN AFTER HE PUT A CATCH POLE ON THE RACCOON’S NECK AND FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS GIVING BIRTH. HE PUT HER INTO A WIRE TRAP, WHERE SHE COULD BARELY MOVE, AND SHE HAD ANOTHER BABY. I WAS AT THE DOCTOR WHEN HE CALLED, SO BY THE TIME I RETURNED HIS CALL, THE MOTHER AND TWO BABIES HAD BEEN CARRIED AROUND IN THE BACK OF THE TRAPPER’S TRUCK. I WAS ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES AWAY. I CALLED ANOTHER REHABBER IN THE NEXT COUNTY AND A VOLUNTEER, BEFORE I FOUND SOMEONE TO HELP. THE MOTHER AND BABIES WERE FINALLY TRANSFERRED TO A PARROT CAGE ON A VOLUNTEER’S PORCH. I HAVE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH THE OTHER REHABBER, AND SHE SAYS THAT SHE DOES NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO TAKE ALL THE ANIMALS FROM OUR COUNTY. JACKSONVILLE IS A HUGE CITY WITH SO MANY WEALTHY PEOPLE. I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A PROPER FACILITY FOR THESE ANIMALS. THAT WAS JUST ONE CALL. I ALSO HAD TO HELP A YOUNG RACCOON GET OUT OF A DUMPSTER.



I HAVE TRIED SO HARD TO WRITE GRANT APPLICATIONS AND EVEN PEOPLE WHO DO THAT PROFESSIONALLY SAY THAT ARE AMAZED THAT THEY CANNOT FIND MONEY FOR WILDLIFE REHABILITATION.



I KNOW YOU ARE TRYING TO HELP AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. I JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO HEAR TODAY’S STORY. LOVE, KATHLEEN

RACCOON RESCUE, INC.
(A non-profit Organization To protect and preserve WIldlife)
Kathleen Godwin, President
8387 Scottish Court
Jacksonville, Fla. 32244
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