Question:
A family of ducks, rescued from a Grand Rapids storm drain, will soon be ready for a new home.
Local police and firefighters saved the little ducks from a horrible fate about a month ago.
The ducks were trying to cross the street, but fell into the drain instead.
Since then, they've been resting, eating and growing at the Grand Rapids Wildlife Rehab Center, where it takes a lot of patience to take care of all the patients.
7:30am is a busy time at the rehab center, run by Peg Markle and her husband Roger.
Babies can be very demanding. Especially those with four legs!
Peg is feeding a young fawn this morning. She’s about a week old. Some folks saw her alone in the woods, thought she was injured, and called Peg.
"We've got a mom out there without a baby," says Peg Markle.
So for now, Peg will play mom, for the little fawn and many others. For the last 20 years, Peg and her husband have run the wildlife rehab center, taking in thousands of injured animals big and small.
"They all do have a story. They all came for a reason," says Peg. "This is swan number 2, she was frozen in the ice on the Thornapple river…the porcupine was hit by a car from 17 Mile and Sparta…The baby ducks they have to contend with vehicles now."
It's a story many of these animals have in common and why more and more are showing up at Peg's door every year.
"Grand Rapids is growing so fast, the animals have no place to live."
Peg takes in as many as she can. She keeps them fed and clean. Most don't stay.
"Release them back in the wild, that's the ultimate goal."
Over the years, Peg has nursed, coaxed and wished many animals back to health. And in her work, is a lesson about respecting those that were here first.
"I think we need to learn how to live with the animals and we have to learn how to share their habitat."
The wildlife rehab center is really one of the only places in West Michigan that rescues wild animals.
It's a 24-7 job. Peg and her husband work with local police, the sheriff's department and the DNR, whenever there's a concern about a wild animal.
As for the rescued ducks, they're going to be at the rehab center for the next 6 weeks or so.
Then Peg will work with the DNR to release them back into the wild.

http://www.wzzm13.com/news/grmetro_a...?storyid=30186
here is a link to her site...
http://www.wildlife-rehab-center.org/
I think that it would be awesome to be able to be a wildlife rescuer...


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I'd love to work with wildlife someday.. here's a picture of a fawn (that was at our shelter).. Her mother was hit by a car and died..
She went to a deer rescue until she's old enough to be released..
Isn't she cute?


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Oh my gosh, that picture is just PRECIOUS !!!!!!!


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Aww...I think its great to help the wildlife out! We should too since they can't talk and defend themselves from what people do to them. Yesterday I saw a whole flock of geese & ducks cross a street and the car stopped and turned around as if the driver didn't want to wait for them all to cross. It was so cute though & that fawn is so precious! Is she okay now? What I mean is, did you release her back to the wild & how is she doing?


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I have no idea how she is.. She was only at our shelter for the day. I'm sure she's fine though.


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awwwwwwwww..... that is way too cute Su... how precious.. did you get to pet her?


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No.. I wasn't at work that day.


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thats too bad.. that would have been the way coolest!!!!


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How wonderful!