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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1980
V i 1 cl animals rehabilitated
eorgia s nature center takes in injured, abused animals
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govern'' ATLANTA — Pompey was hit by a truck and
|j on to was shot. Banchi was stolen from his home
■the woods.
Ell three are patients in the wild animal rehabi-
a speojEtion program at the Chattahoochee Nature
litigatioiEter, where new things are being learned ab-
I ’ le panelj how injured animals can be treated and suc-
^ na l settle. iS f u liy returned to the wild.
) 0 mpey is a red tail hawk. Lefty is a bam owl
Banchi is a red fox.
liff Kevill, a supervisor of the rehabilitation
gram, says Pompey’s chances of returning to
woods are 50-50. Banchi will make it back to
natural surroundings after he grows up.
Jntraltot®! [he prognosis for Lefty, however, is not good.
lost his left wing as a result of a gunshot
und. He probably will live out his days at the
ure center, a poignant reminder to the
usands of children who see him each year of
need to protect wild creatures, said Kevill.
[he wild animal rehabilitation program has
operating for three years. Each year the
fnber of patients doubles. Publicity about the
igram and the continuing destruction by man
wild animal habitats are the reasons for the
base, according to Kevill.
die is the first in Georgia and one of
mt 150 in the United States, most of them in
lifomia. Last year the center took in more than
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The wild animal
rehabilitation program has
been operating for three years.
Each year the number of
patients doubles. Publicity
about the program and the
continuing destruction by man
of wild animal habitats are the
reasons for the increase.
Most of the injured or orphaned wild animals
brought to the center are birds; followed by mam
mals, such as squirrels, rabbits, opossum and rac
coons, and reptiles. The center has 15-20 volun
teer workers, some of whom take the patients
home and care for them, Kevill said.
Ninety percent of the animals we get are in
jured by man or are injured as a result of man’s
intrusion into the animal habitat,” said Kevill.
“They are hit by cars, injured by dogs or cats, or
they fall out of trees. Or, in the case of birds, they
fly into the windows of houses.”
The injured are kept in boxes and cages and
nursed back to health. When they are strong
enough, birds are placed in a wire enclosure out
side. After a while, the enclosure is left open and
the birds eventually fly away. Raccoons, skunks
and foxes also have this sort of “hallway house, ”
where they are kept until released.
The center, supported by donations and mem
berships, is located on 30 acres of county-owned,
heavily wooded land on the banks of the Chatta
hoochee River. Some rehabilitated animals are
released there but others are taken to more re
mote locations and set free.
Many children visit the center and they see
animals that have been badly injured. “We are
trying to develop an appreciation of nature,” said
Kevill. “We want to teach people about animals
that live in their own backyards.”
Kevill sees a growing interest in nature, espe
cially among children, which he believes started
with the first Earth Day.
After working with rehabilitation of animals for
nearly 3 years, Kevill says he has come to realize
that this aspect of his job really is not as important
as “getting people to come here and become edu
cated about the environment.”
He and his associates get about 100 phone calls
a week from people seeking advice about wildlife
— woodpeckers hammering on gutters, squirrels
gnawing on the eaves of homes.
idents ‘Discover’ careers
)n Computers give counseling
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rehisfirstp SAN FRANCISCO — Students
White Hot isidering the future can now con
ns of the Kit t a computer.
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fhe computer counseling system,
led Discover, can provide a bliz-
[d of information on a college or a
ct to see
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international Business Machines
Is the service to high school dis-
, .,_vts and colleges. Larry Blasch, an
k Kcputi;. i^i eX p er t w j) 0 demonstrated the
|tem for educators here, used a
Jeo screen with a keyboard under-
leath and a light pen which the user
ches to the screen to call up infor-
tion.
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iationswith mseling in four years,” Blasch
3. Overworked high school coun
ts can hardly be expected to pro-
eall the information a curious stu
nt might want in that time.
Die Discover system allows a stu-
it to delve as deeply as he or she
its into the prospects for a future
for example, nursing.
Schools offering nursing training,
fit I (prospects on graduation, wages
different parts of the country as
1 as drawbacks of the profession
all be called up on the television
een for study and a hard copy
ntout of the information can also
made.
Hasch said school districts,
irged $900 a month, have access to
IBM databank in Los Angeles
itaining information on more than
nd landed £ 500 four-year colleges, 1,000 two-
AF Sea Kit ar colleges, over 600 types of jobs,
'military training programs and
man was«’ ne 1,000 technical and specialized
straps ofth tools.
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torn 18 months ago, 30 high
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and James Boyd, along with IBM ex
perts.
Bowlsbey, now a counselor at
Western Maryland College, said,
“The system supplements the work
of the guidance counselor but it
doesn’t replace the counselor.”
“It’s intended,” said Boyd, tech
nical director of the Discover prog
ram at the College of Du Page in
Glen Ellyn, Ill., “to do four things:
help a student help himself; help him
understand the decision-making
process; help him understand the
world of work and his relationship to
it, and help him to identify training
paths related to occupations.”
In some districts, students who
might feel shy or confused in front of
a counselor can sit down at the com
puter screen located in the school
library or learning center, and day
dream about the future with no
pressure.
Blasch said the system has proved
especially helpful to middle-aged
mothers and housewives entering
the job market for the first time. In
some areas, local jobs currently
available are also listed.
While the system is now geared to
careers, Blasch said a time may come
when persons nearing retirement
can consult it and find out the oppor
tunities for the post-working years,
including hobbies, part time and
volunteer jobs.
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