"Lost" Baby Animals

[Catherine]

This time of year we will be seeing baby birds and other baby animals out there alone and seemingly lost. They are not lost. The parents are looking after them. They leave them alone while they gather food. If left alone the babies will be fine.


http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...t=2&at=dt0


That is the important thing to understand about baby animals. We need to leave them alone. That is their best chance of doing well. When we interfere we put the baby at risk. Who can forget the two guys who rescued a baby Bison in Yellowstone National Park last year. They took it away from its mother and its herd. It was not possible to reunite the baby Bison with its mother and so he is dead.
It is tempting to help and we feel we really should help, but our best help is to give the parents room to raise their young. Look, but don't touch.