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The1calledTKE 09-14-2004 04:20 PM

Over 750 baby squirrels in danger in Florida
 
Sept. 13, 2004 — When a hurricane roars through his town in Christmas, Fla., Ron Hardee braces for the onslaught.



It's not the winds and rain he needs to prepare for; his home is designed to handle a storm. It's the flood of wildlife that people bring to his center's door that becomes overwhelming. From baby squirrels to deer to armadillos, animals can be forced out of their homes and into the cold by a hurricane's high winds and rain or roughed up and injured by flying debris.

"Most wildlife go with the flow, but that doesn't mean a hurricane isn't devastating for them too," said Hardee, who founded and runs the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Central Florida with his wife, Carol. "We just focus on the survivors — the weak don't make it."

Among the most affected, Hardee says, are baby squirrels. After Hurricane Charley, Hardee and his wife took in some 500 baby gray squirrels. When Hurricane Frances blew through a few weeks later, they found themselves foster parents of another 250 baby squirrels as people kept finding the orphaned animals and bringing them to the center's door.

Part of the squirrels' misfortune lies in the fact that most squirrel species have young around the peak of hurricane season — in late August and early September. Since the animals usually nest in trees, their homes are vulnerable to the strong winds of a hurricane. When trees are downed, the young squirrels are left homeless, shivering in the cold and separated from their parents.

for full article see...

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/SciTe..._040913-1.html

Kevin 09-14-2004 04:40 PM

Environmentalists screwing with natural selection.

Does anyone else see that?

hoosier 09-14-2004 11:24 PM

A year from now
 
A year from now, they'll be applying for a big grant because there are too many squirrels.

IowaStatePhiPsi 09-14-2004 11:29 PM

put the squirrels on the welfare to work track.

The1calledTKE 09-14-2004 11:30 PM

Re: A year from now
 
Quote:

Originally posted by hoosier
A year from now, they'll be applying for a big grant because there are too many squirrels.
Hey the NRA might not like that statement because hunters probably like the idea of more squirrels.

hoosier 09-14-2004 11:34 PM

No way
 
Now that I can get ammo for my Uzi again, there's no way my neighborhood will have excess squirrels.

Just another great reason to give W four more.

DeltaSigStan 09-14-2004 11:38 PM

Re: A year from now
 
Quote:

Originally posted by hoosier
A year from now, they'll be applying for a big grant because there are too many squirrels.
I gotta admit, that was pretty funny.

AGDee 09-15-2004 06:39 AM

If his wife isn't already an AGD, she should become an AI!

Dee

KellyB369 09-16-2004 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ktsnake
Environmentalists screwing with natural selection.

Does anyone else see that?

Exactly what I was thinking.

AlphaGamDiva 09-16-2004 03:31 PM

SAVE THE SQUIRRELS!!!!!!

PhiPsiRuss 09-16-2004 10:31 PM

I'm thinking squirrel pot pie.

AnchorAlum 09-18-2004 06:07 PM

Hmm. Have they caught that 12 foot gator who escaped from that zoo in Pensacola...?

Just thinking out loud here. His name is Phil and he eats three chickens a day, but I bet squirrels are mighty fillin' too, ya know?:p

IowaStatePhiPsi 09-18-2004 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by PhiPsiRuss
I'm thinking squirrel pot pie.
I'll stick to BBQ coon. ;)


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