Coulee Region Humane Society Wildlife Rehabilitation

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas from our wild family to yours.
Not the same without our Flower girl. We loved and miss you.

12/24/2025

12/20/2025

Goose Island Owl is doing great with its new feathers.
Next nice stretch of good weather she will be ready to return home.

12/12/2025

It has taken me all week to pull it together to make this post. In all my years here, this is probably the hardest post I have ever made.
Flower came into my life in early July of 2020. Since that time, she has given so much joy to so many people all around our region. She put so many smiles on so many faces. She had that funny little head tilt from day one. You all know how wonderful Flower has been for our organization. She was our very first animal Ambassador. She gave me the idea of starting our own wildlife educational program for the surrounding communities. She helped spread the word that we need to learn to be better neighbors to our wild friends out there. (especially her kind) She was always so gentle and sweet. She has gone to several educational programs over the years and met literally hundreds of people out there. She attended our fundraising events and showed off her beauty to as many people as possible.
She allowed me to be her attendant for 5 ½ years, serving her food on a platter, grooming her, cleaning her room, modeling her beauty, attending to her every need and or want. Every morning, I walked in and said Good Morning Flower, how’s my baby girl today? Then we snuggled for a few moments before I started my rounds. She was always under foot as she had the run of the place. Really, she did.
So, follow Flower’s life journey with us through these fun filled pictures. She allowed me to pretty much do what I wanted with her “without” complaints. Well, sort of. She was well rewarded with her favorite pepita seeds. She knew the sound of that container. She put up with me for those 5 ½ years dressing her for holidays, posing her inside pumpkins and boxes…
Thank you all for allowing Flower to be a part of your life. Staff, volunteers, and community.
Though she’s crossed the Rainbow Bridge, her paw prints and those tiny eyes and ears will forever remain in my heart.
“Flower, our beautiful peaceful little lady, waddled and stomped her way into our lives and hearts. Her gentle nature and soft presence brought calmness to our everyday routine. Though small in size, her love was endless.
Thank you sweet girl. 12/8/2025 RIP

12/10/2025

Here is a very cool put together montage of the imping process of the Goose Island Barred Owl. Enjoy

12/10/2025

New update on the Goose Island Barred Owl. She is still doing great and went through the imping process on Monday. Everything went very well with Neil Rettig handling the process and showing my staff how it is done. Dr. Laura Johnson was also with us and overseeing the owl’s condition during and following it all. The owl rested for about a day before moving into the next stage of a larger enclosure. Right away she was able to get up to the perch about 5 feet off the ground. That is good considering she hasn’t been able to move for a few weeks now. A short time later she was up sitting on the rafters. She came down to a couple of different spots to find her dinner and back up. Tomorrow she will have the door opened into the flight cage to give her as much room as possible to strengthen her wings for release. Here are a few photos of the process. Thank you, Neil and Laura, for helping us learn this imping process

12/02/2025

Here is an update on the Goose Island Barred Owl. Remember she was found entangled in fishing line hanging upside down for who knows how long before we had help rescuing her. I’m saying her because the weight puts her into the female bracket as females are about 25% larger than males.
She has been eating on her own since day one and is doing great in our care. Our Vet came recently to examine those feathers and make a plan for the imping. (Feather replacement) We took pictures and determined that 8 or 9 flight feathers will need to be replaced and possibly 1 tail feather. To best describe bird feathers is comparing them to a thick straw. They are hollow and very stiff so like a straw, when you bend it it will kink and not go back to shape. She would not be able to take flight without this procedure. Or it would take a very long time to molt and grow in. This will allow for a faster return back home.
I will do updates hopefully showing the imping on her next week.
This is another reason why giving Tuesday is so important. Helps us to keep doing and giving the best possible care to those who need our help mostly due to human encounters.
Thank you for caring.

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11/30/2025

Please keep us in mind for this coming Tuesday.
Take a look at needed items from our wish list, or consider a monetary donation for specific needs. The animals so appreciate your support.

The meaning of “Giving Tuesday”

Giving Tuesday is an annual global day of generosity that occurs the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, designed to counter the consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It is a movement to encourage people to give back to their communities through financial donations, volunteering, fundraising, and acts of kindness

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11/27/2025

Thanks for being a top engager and making it on to my weekly engagement list! 🎉

Marianne Guist, Megan Ducay, Kelcie Fortney, Vicki Elwood, Finnegan Pearl

11/27/2025

Giving Thanks to you all for supporting us

11/26/2025

2nd station picked up the story. Every once in a while a good deed goes viral. That’s what the finder told me today. He said it was so unexpected to see how much attention a genuine good deed got.