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Wildlife Weekly

Each week, Jackie gives you practical tips on what to do when encountering sick or injured wildlife. Jackie Edmunds is the Wildlife Rehabilitation Training Coordinator for the Dane County Humane Society’s Wildlife Center. She holds an advanced license for wildlife rehabilitation and permit for banding wild birds in the state of Wisconsin.

Invasive Plant Species

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On Wildlife Weekly, host Jackie Sandberg explains invasive plant species. Invasive means that they aren’t local plants, typically they come when people or animals travel. There are about four thousand invasive species in the US.  Invasive species are ruining ecosystems. They disrupt the water, soil and wildlife already in that area. Here in Madison there […]

Mange

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This week on Wildlife Weekly, host Jackie Edmunds talks about Mange and how to find and help save an animal with Mange. Mange affects mammalian species and can cause many problems for animals. Mange is caused by parasitic mites that burrow under the skin of the animal it is infecting and lays its eggs. Mange takes […]

Lead Toxicity

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This week on Wildlife Weekly, host Jackie Edmunds talks about lead toxicity and how it impacts animals. Birds can easily get lead toxicity from eating carcasses left from hunting. This can cause a lot of problems for birds. Lead toxicity can cause many things including neurological issues and lethargy. By bringing a bird in the […]