Focus at Four: Local animal rehabilitation center on wildlife in the summer months
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – Earlier this week, College Station Animal Control responded to a call for an injured beaver at a local dog park.
The beaver was transported to Paws and Claws Wildlife Rehabilitation to begin treatment, where she is now healing. But storms from the past month and the heat of the summer could mean more instances of seeing wildlife where we might not normally encounter them.
Krista Bligh, the founder of the Paws and Claws Rehabilitation Center, said that after the ordeal, the beaver is still recovering.
“She’s doing great. She has been loving her sweet potatoes, she has an addiction. She’s been improving steadily but still very neurological. Still just has that eye injury and just not acting right in general. She definitely has a lot of trauma to heal from,” she said.
Bligh said the spring and summer are the busiest times for intakes at the center.
“This year alone, we’ve already had 750 intakes. We take in pretty much every native species in Texas and with all the flooding, the extreme heat, all the weather changes, we get an increased amount of animals,” she said.
If you see a wild animal that looks like it’s in distress or you just want to make sure they get taken care of, Bligh asks that you call her instead of taking matters into your own hands.
“You can find us on social media, the Texas Parks and Wildlife website, and giving me a call about an animal could save its life. Wildlife tend to hide illnesses, so we will assess the animal over the phone. We might ask for a picture so we can see it a little better. But we will be able to tell you whether that animal needs to go in, whether it’s just passing through and we can assess every single animal,” she said.
You can find them on Facebook, Instagram and on their website.
