Shooting animals for fun, that are situations with which we have been forced to contact since a long time. In recent times, unfortunately, we have noticed a fact that amount of wild animals- mostly birds-wounded by people using pneumatic weapons is growing up.One of the unfortunate victims of human cruelty proved to be a beautiful falcon (Falco cherrug), who came from region of Vienna. Falcon was delivered to us in early August by police from Przeworsk. He was extremely strong and aggressive. Detailed X-rays revealed the presence of pellets in the vicinity of the right clavicle. He stopped on the bone and lodged in the wound. The animal was really a lot of luck. If the bullet hit half a centimeter away, for the falcon have ended up tragically. We operated it for about two hours. The procedure was completed successfully.With every day after surgery he returned to form. The history of the falcon would not be special in compare with other such cases, if not for the fact that the first time we dealt with this species and that on his claws we found two rings: the first with number, second with address of the website. It turned out that the bird comes from a private Austrian culture. We established contact with the owner of a falcon, and he, of course, grateful for giving him support, expressed a desire to arrive. Fully healthy bird picked up in early September. Guardian was unable to explain why his falcon escaped and chose the route of his journey just the Carpathian Foothills. This species of falcon very sporadic appear in Poland. Aside from the Austrian bird to our center hit four more storks and Rook, at which the x-ray revealed the presence of pellets. One Bock, whose body pellets found in three rounds, despite strenuous attempts, unfortunately we could not save. The saddest thing in this whole situation is that in fact the detection of perpetrators of such crimes is very difficult, and in most cases impossible, if not caught them red-handed.

Photos of the falcons treatment in Photo gallery.
More pictures from the surgery rook Here, and from the surgery stork Here.

Five small roe-deers were sent recently to our center. The first deer was found near the village of Ujkowice in the middle of a large meadow covered with bushes - he had accidentally fallen into unprotected wells. For several days he whimpered and squealed, unable to get out of it. Extremely dehydrated and exhausted animal was heard by a random walker, immediately took up a small little boy. Deer had much luck, because little was lacking to make his sad story ended tragically. We were forced by a few days to feed him stomach probe. Soon we began to hit successive patients. First lost his mother in a car accident and another’s sitter died after eating poisoned food. We gave our three wards names: blue, white, red - in order to distinguish them. Each deer received a band, a color corresponding to its name. After some time we have rushed in to two more kids. First - orphaned by her mother - was spotted in the vicinity of Rzeszów. The second found near Krosno suffered as a result of contact with the working mower. June and July are the months in which we note the most of such cases. Carried out during this period the work of tall grass shear promote severe injuries derived from the tools used in mowing. Deer survived only thanks to rapid response and complicated surgery. In total we have five young patients, and they all feel good. If the rehabilitation goes our way, they will regain freedom in late autumn or early spring - depending on their condition. We will slowly try to feed them without human intervention, to the end of August and September they completely switch from milk to feed in the form of young shoots of plants, like: linden, birch Jerusalem artichoke, maple, poplar and raspberry. Currently, our beneficiaries drink about four liters of milk substitute per day. It happened that the youngest individuals had to be fed as often as every two or three hours. The costs are very large, because, as in the case of our storks, you can contribute to feed our roe-deers. More details: HERE.

More photos our deers in Photo gallery I and Photo gallery II.
More photos of the treatment Here.

To our three stork chicks who are less than a month, joined more fellows. Nine rescued orphans have a similar story - lost their nest or been abandoned. Longer period of heat and lack of rainfall caused a scarcity of food in the vicinity of their feeding grounds. When storks are not able to provide food to all its wards, smaller chicks are unfortunately doomed to die of starvation. If a parent finds that young is too weak to deal with, it gets rid of the nest. It happend sometimes that during a tug on the supplied food, oldest sibling throws others outside. A total of five abandoned chicks were noticed and rescued by bystanders in several Carpathian villages. Transport was organized and birds safely reached our resort. Serious threat to the highly exposed nests are also violent storms. The accompanying strong winds are capable of much damage, and even knock down a long and carefully constructed homes. This is what happened to the storks nest in Kolbuszowa, village which is situated close to Rzeszów. Because of the unexpected storm another four chicks has lost their nests. They were brought to us by local firefighters. We receive signals of similar cases, so we are preparing for possible adoption. Hugged chicks represent the company for three offsprings of crippled stork pair, which is residing in our centre. In total, there are already twelve. All are fully healthy and feel good. Our priority is now to adapt them to departure so that they grow up to be fully independent and healthy individuals. To feed them is a real problem for us. Daily storks must eat the equivalent of twenty percent of their body weight. Our fish stocks are now almost at the finish, and we're forced to order additional supplies which entails considerable costs. It is possible to help our chicks by taking a part in the specially opened seasonal auction. More details about our collection HERE.

More photos our storks in Photo gallery I and Photo gallery II.
More photos of the treatment Here.

In the midst of our storks, which can not fly, three very familiarity pairs formed. On the catwalk, there are also slot built directly on the ground. Both males and females took a part in constructing their homes. This is the second year, when our wards put houses on the ground. It happens very rare in nature, because storks fearing of predators such as foxes, usually nest high on poles, roofs of buildings or special platforms. Perhaps they realize that with us they can feel safe, because they have their fenced and adequately protected against intruders paddock. In this view, definitely assured us that during the Easter season we found in one of the sockets, four eggs.The pair began to brood alternately, and we, controlling her eagerly were waiting for the moment of hatching. We noticed that several of our older residents helped the lucky birds, keeping younger, very curious individuals away from the nest. Even a few days frost in early May did not disturb our storks - coping well with the colder period. After thirty three days of continuous incubation bird parents lived to see the offspring. With three of the four eggs hatched small chicks. They are whole and healthy every day taking on the weight. Parents cope well with food providing wearing them fishes, which feed the rest of the herd. In the nest the chicks will spend the next five weeks. Then they begin to learn key survival skills for themselves - flying. We sincerely hope that young storks will be able still in this year to fly to Africa!

More photos stork's eggs in the nest in Photo gallery.
More photos of chicks Here.