Call of the Outdoors Episode 41: Nature Calls Newborn Wildlife Tips with PGC Dispatch

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Available 24/7/365, the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Centralized Dispatch Center received nearly 210,000 calls last year, from reports of game law violations to sasquatch sightings. Each spring, as animals are born and bears come out of hibernation in search of food, the number of wildlife-related calls skyrockets.
Nick Sechrist, Assistant Director of Central Dispatch Operations, joins host Matt Morrett to share what to do if you see young wildlife alone, ways to avoid close encounters with black bears, and how to let wild be wild.
Episode Highlights:
· How white-tailed deer use the hider strategy to protect their fawns
· What to do if you find a baby bird outside its nest
· How to tell if a rabbit kit has been abandoned
· Why foxes and other furbearers leave their young throughout the day
· How to live safely and responsibly around black bears
· The risks of human intervention to wildlife
· The most interesting calls to come into the Centralized Dispatch Center
Resources:
Read wildlife notes to for more information about each species: www.pgc.pa.gov...
Learn how to be BearWise: bearwise.org/
Explore five things you can do for wildlife: www.pgc.pa.gov...
Report wildlife crimes to Operation Game Thief: www.pgc.pa.gov...
Call the Centralized Dispatch Center at 1-800-PGC-HUNT or 1-800-PGC-WILD if you believe wildlife has been abandoned or injured.