Working With Wild Animals Native to Georgia

I have more great pictures to share. I never did tell you about how I got started in wildlife rehabilitation. I wanted to work with wild animals for quite a while but never had the time when I lived in New Orleans. So when I came to Atlanta I began thinking a lot more about it until one day it just happened. I found an injured possum in my yard, which I rescued and took to the closest rehabilitator I could find.
From there I discovered AWARE (the Atlanta Wild Animal Rescue Effort) where I volunteered for two years, on and off, helping rescue and rehabilitate wild animals native to Georgia: including possums, squirrels, raccoons, foxes, bobcats, snakes, song birds, bats, and chipmunks among other creatures. I learned so much and enjoyed bottle feeding babies and helping to heal the animals. Of course lots of dirty work cleaning cages comes with this but it is all worth it. When possible the animals would be re released into the wild.
I have not been able to help out much for the past several months but I am finally available again to do rescues for the organization and to help with events. I am planning to get more involved again soon and am also looking for other local organizations where I can accomplish my dream to work with primates as well. These photos are of some baby possums and a bob kitten as well as me with two of the ambassador education owls, Goliath and Owlbert.

A New Path in Life

I am so excited. My phone interview for the monkey sanctuary I applied to went really well. She loved me! I think. We clicked enough that I know I could work with her. She seems gentle enough.

The director is who I’m talking about. We need to click because I’m not selling everything and moving to Florida to work with someone who I don’t jive with. You hear me?
It really is exciting to think about. I’ll be working with primates. A dream come true. It is happening so fast I can hardly believe it. I have heard that when you reach a certain point you begin to manifest things very quickly. Is that what I am doing? If so, what else have I manifested?
It was a little over a year ago that I held a baby monkey in my arms for the first time. It was the most beautiful moment of my life until that event. And two years ago the medicine told me to go work with animals in the jungle. But I have been craving the jungle since I was a child. I just somehow knew that I would work with monkeys some day. I’m only 34 and already I’m on my second career. How exciting for me!