For a wild animal to lose its freedom must be a devastating experience, regardless of the circumstances that force it into captivity. Some animals have been injured and are nurtured back to health, others lose their mothers as babies, and others are dying of malnutrition or disease. The wonderful organizations and individuals who take on the rehabilitation of wild animals are on a special path. If possible, they try to bring the animal to a point where it can reunite with those of its own kind. This video captures the moment when the cage door is open and they begin their life anew as free animals.
Thanks to Marian Hirsch for this video.
Nice video. We have a family of local raccoons that occasionally benefit from leftovers that would otherwise go into the trash (it is placed in a spot inaccessible to non-climbing animals). I first became aware of them when my game camera captured a video of one of them acrobatically climbing our birdfeeder (which squirrels cannot do) and then disassembling the cylindrical seed container which required significant strength and probably opposable thumbs. I was impressed. Providing a few leftovers has prevented any further raids on the birdfeeder. I have long admired raccoons for their intelligence and intra-species social behaviors – they care for each other even after maturity. Many people who have “rescued” raccoons, usually juvenile orphans, with the intent to release them post recovery have reported that subsequently those animals will come back for a “visit” about once a week.
Very moving video. Thank you. I volunteer at a local zoo that rescues, treats, and, when possible, releases injured animals. Sometimes animals are no longer able to survive in the wild, and the zoo tries to find them good homes where they can live out their lives as best as possible. We treat and release many condors that have eaten prey that was killed with lead bullets… So the condors get lead poisoning. Thank you for this very beautiful video.
So precious