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SAN ANTONIO – You’re invited to a baby shower — for opossums, raccoons and other wildlife. San Antonio’s Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation will hold its Drive-Through Baby Shower for Wildlife from noon-3 p.m. on Saturday. The organization is hosting the drive as it prepares for an influx of orphaned animals during the “wildlife baby season,” officials said. WRR officials said it is the busiest time of the year, as they care for more than 8,000 baby opossums, squirrels, songbirds, raccoons, and other animals. “Every animal who is brought to Wildlife Rescue receives round-the-clock specialized care and this is particularly true for fragile orphans,” officials said in a news release.

SAN ANTONIO – Acts of kindness can have consequences for baby wildlife that are thought to be in need of help, said Lynn Cuny, the founder and president of Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation. "People need to understand that a rescue is only a rescue when the animal that you're trying to help truly needs your help," Cuny said. "We just don't need these babies to be separated from their parents when there's no need for them to be separated," Cuny said. Seriously, don’t touch the wildlife, Texas Parks & Wildlife warnsIf they’re brought to WRR, she said many don’t survive, even in expert hands. “Let’s leave them together.”Texas wildlife experts warn of ticks as more people head outdoors and the summer heat rolls in

He said the Air Force has documented how often birds flew over or close to runways. Photo Courtesy: Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation (KSAT)Coyle said the military also traced the problem back to an over-populated Bird Island. However, she said, the USDA has brought Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation 56 young birds in the past two days. Photo Courtesy: Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation“It’s just unfortunate. “But we can never do what mothers in nature can do for them.”Coyle said the mitigation plan that was developed “protects those birds, protects the community and ensures that those pilots have a safe flight pattern.”Photo Courtesy: Wildlife Rescue and RehabilitationPhoto Courtesy: Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation