BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 29, 2024
Human intervention should be a last resort. The state relies on volunteer wildlife rehabilitators, who can easily be overwhelmed by large numbers of animals being transported to their facilities. Only the animals with the best chance for survival should be transferred, and only after an adequate amount of time has gone by in the field. They can’t all be saved, particularly when an injury is involved. The best course of action, initially, is no action. Allow the adult females adequate time to reunite with their young. This would include the first overnight period.