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A juvenile red-tailed hawk was perched above the fawn pen. Watching for lunch or watching for me? That's where you enter the exciting, heartbreaking, and joyous world of wildlife rehabilitation through the inspiring stories of some of the wild animals brought to Oaken Acres Wildlife Center. Author and wildlife rehabilitator Kathy Stelford recounts the misfortunes and victories of 24 of her most memorable patients from rescue, through painstaking care, to triumphant release back to their true homes in the wild. This is no how-to book on wildlife rehabilitation, nor will every wildlife professional agree with some of Kathy's methods, but like everything Kathy undertakes, this book contains her extraordinary heart, the testament of a woman who would let nothing stand between her and her dream to help save injured and orphaned wild animals. From the smallest foundling Slinky, the mink, to the largest gunshot victim Uncle Buck, a 13-point deer, Stelford brings the reader up close and personal into the lives of wild animals that most people never have the privilege to see. Celebrate with Kathy each release and, by the end, be convinced that every life does matter.

Every Life Matters: Inspiring stories of Wildlife Rescues & Releases

$20.00 Regular Price
$15.00Sale Price

    Oaken Acres Wildlife Center

    12140 Aldrich Rd

    Sycamore, IL  60178

    (815) 895-9666

    Oaken Acres is an Illinois Not-For-Profit corporation and is designated by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Donations are tax deductible.

    Director Kathy Stelford is licensed by the Federal Fish and Wildlife Services

    and the Illinois Department of

    Natural Resources. 

    Hours by appointment

    Contact Us

    If you found an injured or orphaned animal, do not use this contact form. 

    Call us at (815) 895-9666 or visit the Found An Animal

    page for more information.

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