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Title: Newborn Wildlife Abandoned Because of Heat, Drought
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URL Source: http://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/stori ... of-Heat-Drought-125724738.html
Published: Jul 18, 2011
Author: unattributed
Post Date: 2011-07-18 13:05:09 by A K A Stone
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Views: 9774
Comments: 26
This deer led her fawn to water in Susan Halford's backyard in Hudson Oaks, but that's not always the case. The extreme heat and persistent drought seen in much of Texas is taking its toll on wildlife, with deer, birds and other animals abandoning or unable to feed their young. Pregnant does are having problems carrying fawns to term, and most of them born prematurely aren't surviving, according to the Texas AgriLife Extension Service. Other does are abandoning their newborns because drought-induced malnutrition has robbed them of their ability to produce milk. Abandoned fawns found all over the Panhandle and South Plains have been brought to the South Plains Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. Ten had been brought to the Lubbock wildlife center by the end of last week. "With the drought, there is no feed for the mother deer. And if they can't feed, they can't produce milk. They can't feed their babies, so they are leaving them," center volunteer Gail Barnes told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. The newborns that don't starve are easy prey for predators such as bobcats. One fawn that survived an attack was brought to the South Plains center, Barnes said. "It's in isolation, it's torn up so bad," she said. Other fawns are in bad shape as well, she said. "They are emaciated and dehydrated, and we are having to hydrate them. They are responding after several days of hydration," Barnes said. Song birds and birds of prey also are suffering in the drought. "They are abandoning the nest and abandoning the young because they have to be able to feed themselves to fly and get food to feed the young," Barnes said. Temperatures have verged on or surpassed 100 degrees consistently across the northern half of the state since Memorial Day. Texas A&M University researchers have found that this past February to June was by far the driest on record for that five-month period with a statewide average of 4.26 inches of rain. The next driest occurred in 1917 with 6.45 inches. The drought has been going on even longer, however, with October to June also the driest since official climate record keeping began in 1895 in Texas. Because of the drought, the fawns will have to stay at the rehab center for three or four months, Barnes said. "We can't release them in the usual places because there is no water, so we are looking for places that still have a water supply," she said. Even when rain comes, the problem will not end, she said. "When the drought ends, the problem won't be solved for about a year," she said. "The grasses have to grow back, the rodents have to come back, all the trees have to grow their limbs back. This is long term."
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#3. To: A K A Stone (#0)
Most animals have a good instinct for survival. The natural order of things seem to favor those with strong survival instincts. I guess that is why liberal/socialist, nanny-needer slugs are made to be communal types who kill their own babies, mate with the wrong sex and sit around waiting for someone to feed them before thay have to eat each other to survive. Ah, Mother Nature at her best.
I guess that is why liberal/socialist, nanny-needer slugs are made to be communal types who kill their own babies, mate with the wrong sex and sit around waiting for someone to feed them before thay have to eat each other to survive. Ah, Mother Nature at her best. Yet wild and domestic animals do all of the above routinely, so what's your point? Oh that's right. You're the one who thinks Jack London was a conservative icon. I answered my own question because as usual you have none.
LOL! I have not seen any queer moose or brown bear around here. I gave you Jack London so you could not complain about the writter without looking stupid. Answering your own questions as stupidly as you do is probably what has you so screwed-up today. Probably not a good idea to tell others about your queer animals fantasy.
#10. To: eskimo, mininggold (#9)
yukon aka eskimo loves bears. Double entendre there.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestThis deer led her fawn to water in Susan Halford's backyard in Hudson Oaks, but that's not always the case.
#7. To: eskimo (#3)
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Most animals have a good instinct for survival. The natural order of things seem to favor those with strong survival instincts.
#9. To: mininggold (#7)
Yet wild and domestic animals do all of the above routinely, so what's your point? Oh that's right. You're the one who thinks Jack London was a conservative icon. I answered my own question because as usual you have none.
Replies to Comment # 9. LOL! I have not seen any queer moose or brown bear around here.
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