Welcome to Wildlife Preservation

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Wildlife Preservation and the education of what we can do to help stop the destruction of our environment along with stopping the extinction of species, is something I've been interested in for a long time.

Whether it's recycling of tin cans and plastic bottles, setting up bird feeders to help the migrating birds, providing a natural habitat in your own backyard for wild critters that are "passing through" or providing a butterfly garden, there are many ways, both large and small, we can do as individuals and as families.

My own yard is registered as a "natural" habitat through the Wildlife Federation. This is my way of helping the raccoons and possums that frequent my yard throughout the year by providing nesting areas, which include trees and heavy foliage.

I also have the requisite squirrels, snakes and prehistoric frogs and have counted 10 different species of birds and small owls. I've even seen a bat or two!

You might be thinking that I live in the country or some rural area. Wrong. I live in the heart of the city in the "suburbs". An older neighborhood that is thickly treed and has lots of vegetation and foliage in most yards but is surrounded by three major streets and has lots of traffic.

My point is, no matter where you live, city, country, mountain top, there is something you can do to help preserve even a small part of the environment so the wildlife that shares this planet with us has someplace to call "home".

It might be a family of possums just passing through or the renegade raccoon who likes the neighborhood. Either way, you can do your part to help just remember to never attempt to trap these animals and never try to hand feed them.

I've included links to several articles you might find helpful and interesting. Please check them out, and if you have any comments, please start a discussion here at this site.

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