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Critter Care Lifetime Pursuit Of Area Woman The Joosten backyard in Woodstock is filled with many different kinds of wildlife. Raccoons, hawks, a fawn, a duck, a crow anc^a fox are its current oc­ cupants. Injured animals are nursed back to health and released back into the en­ vironment. But before they return to live on their own, they are trained to survive in the wilderness. Raccoons are taken on "field trips" three limes a day. In the woods they climb trees and catch crayfish so they can survive on their own. The only thing they rely on Ms. Joosten for is food. It is very important for animals not to be dependent on anyone for anything. Many people keep wild animals as pets, and when they grow larger, let them out into the wilderness. Such animals do not know how to fend for themselves. The most important part of the wildlife program, Ms. Joosten feels, is "teaching people how to live with wildlife." Many animals, especially bunnies, are brought to her when there is nothing wrong with them. People think because a small animal is alone it is lost, hungry and without a mother when in most cases it is dtiing well on its own. Most people don't know how to take care of injured animals. Most of the time the animals should not- be handled. If the wrong food is given, or if there is too much exposure to a heating pad, the animal is likely to die. Ms. Joosten is concerned with the lack of habitat that is provided for wildlife. In nun. a -r Lni»uis./iiii!iii - nk.urij£SUAM, UfelJCaniJfcH IV, her lectures and slide enough plants to shelter presentations, she urges people to plant more for wildlife. With less wildlife parks, there is less of a chance for animals to sur­ vive. The population of pheasants is down 80 percent because there are not them during the winter. Snow blows into their faces and they suffocate. Ms. Joosten wants to "get people more interested in preserving the habitat, or the only place you are going to find it (wildlife) is in the zoos." Sally Joosten holds one of her many raccoons that are being nursed back to health to return to their natural environment. PHOTO BY LIZ MALLON (The following is one in a series of articles written by area residents who are enrolled in the McHenry county college journalism class. It was written by Liz Mallon) "Animals have feelings, and I'm sure of it," said Sally Joosten, director of wildlife for the McHenry County Conservation district. She has cared for animals since she was 9 years old when she kept three baby bunnies in a dresser drawer. In order to keep them warm, she used her mother's fur coat, which she cut up to fit the drawer. "I couldn't stand fur coats anyway," Ms. Joosten ex­ plained. She sat at her kitchen table, talking about animals, while a squirrel named Orphie (taken from the word orphan) climbed up and down her arms. In the living room another squirrel was wrapped in towels inside a box, underneath a heating pad. Earlier in the day someone had brought him to her from a swimming pool, so it was severely chilled. Later during the interview, it would recover and be sent out into the woods again. Also in her living room are framed pictures, hanging on a wall, of many animals she has worked with. One is of a baby deer she took care of in her home. The deer had no mother, and was lost in Moraine Hills State park after dark. Ms. Joosten, who was also lost, had to wade out into a swamp to get it. Another picture is of a squirrel named Skooter who had to get braces in order to chew its food properly. Her concern for animals has led her into some in­ teresting and sometimes dangerous situations. She has scampered across roofs and climbed many trees to catch raccoons. She has taken the fetus out of a dead cow, where it was hit at the side of the road. 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