Tag: Squirrel

Earlier this summer, a mother squirrel in Franklin, Wisconsin, used whatever materials she found lying around to build her nest. Her heart was in the right place but unfortunately for her kits, much of it was long-stemmed grasses and strips of plastic. The 5 babies ended up with their tails hopelessly tangled together. Facebook It was 3 weeks before a Good Samaritan found them, and their mom had probably spent about half their lives trying to free their tails. The little family was brought to the Wisconsin Humane Society’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Milwaukee. This pseudo-surgical procedure would be long and laborious, so to help move things along, all five kits were anesthetized and staff got to work. Facebook “It was really just starting to pull on some of the things in...