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.