A non-profit organization said a red-tailed hawk has made a complete recovery after a squirrel got stuck in her throat and the hawk had to be rescued by Lake County Animal Control. Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation said they released the hawk back into the wild earlier this week. The organization is a licensed non-profit wildlife […]
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Animal control, non-profit group rescue coyote who fell into pit at water treatment plant in Waukegan
Animal control and a non-profit group rescued a coyote who fell into a concrete pit at a water treatment plant in Waukegan and was stuck there for days. The Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation said a coyote had fallen into a pit last Monday. The rehabilitation center said it is believed the animal had been there […]
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Coyote seriously injured after being hit by car, impaled in grille of car in Lake County
A woman hit a coyote with her car, impaling it into the grille and seriously injuring it, and drove to her home in Lake County without noticing the coyote was lodged in her car Sunday morning. Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation, a non-profit based in Barrington, said the coyote was hit at approximately 5 a.m. Sunday. […]
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Sheriff’s deputies, animal rescue group help injured deer whose antlers got stuck on rope near Barrington
A wildlife rescue group helped free a deer after its antlers got stuck in a rope swing behind a residence in unincorporated Barrington on Sunday. Lake County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Christopher Covelli said deputies were called around 9:45 a.m. Sunday to the 21200 block of North Taylor Lane in unincorporated Barrington. The resident called […]
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‘Absolutely heartbreaking:’ Reward offered after sandhill crane shot and killed in Lake Villa
A $2,600 reward has been offered by a wildlife rehabilitation facility in the search for a suspect who shot and killed a sandhill crane in a forest preserve near Lake Villa. Non-profit organization Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation said that the incident occurred on the morning of May 15. An unknown person shot the crane in […]