Stories of a short, fat bastard.

One of the local volunteer rescue groups put a call out for new rescuers, and I signed up. I'm now qualified to rescue and rehab bats, flying-foxes, small mammals, non-venomous reptiles, owls, frogmouths, small raptors, parrots, magpies, peewees, honey-eaters, and echidnas, and can rescue and transport kangaroos, wallabies, emus, wombats and eagles.

much of the time the bird or animal is too far gone and has to be euthanased, which is never nice. The occasional release more than makes up for all the deaths.

Now I'm on a first-name with the zoo vets, and some of the pet-vets come to me for advice about bats.