ONE DOZEN GOLDEN RULES

J   Leave all wild animal babies, including birds, where they are in woods and fields. The parents are usually close by or are off searching for food.

J   Preserve the forest by leaving flowers on their stems, shrubs and trees standing and by being responsible with fire.

J   Learn to know snakes. Harmless species are out number poisonous ones and even poisonous snakes bite only if provoked.

J   Take empty cans and bottles home or leave in proper containers, thus avoiding risk of animals getting heads caught in cans or feet cut on broken glass. Remember – animals go barefoot!

J   Respect and protect homes of animals – dens, nests and food supplies.

J   Throw scraps of food far from highway so that animals attracted to the food will not be run over by vehicles.

J   Ask drivers to slow down in wooded sections, keeping a sharp eye out, so they may yield to animals their right-of-way.

J   Get professional help when trying to rescue an injured animal.

J   Keep pet dogs and cats under control so they will not chase wild animals.

J   Prevent pollution of the environment by doing without poison sprays, refusing to throw trash into streams, and speaking out to remind others.

J   Insist that wildlife refuges be “places where animals are safe and protected” – not shooting galleries!

J   Hunt with a camera – as YOU would like to be hunted.

“TAKE NOTHING BUT PICTURES;

Rehabilitation of injured and orphaned native mammal species.

The Kindness Club, Fredericton, New Brunswick & Critter Care Wildlife Society