These stories by Jeff Lederman, who operates the Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre on Salt Spring Island, illustrate the challenges faced by the people who work to save wildlife. The Centre is a registered charity dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of sick, injured and orphaned wild animals. Lederman's recollections of some of the animals he's treated convey the joy, heartbreak and inspiration they have brought to him and serve as inspiration to readers to tread more softly on the Earth.

Jeff Lederman has been a full-time wildlife rehabilitator since about 1989. In 1997 he founded the Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre, a facility devoted to the holistic treatment of injured and orphaned wildlife, on Salt Spring Island, BC. Jeff has published articles in the Journal of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association, is a regular contributor to Homeopathy Today, the publication of The National Centre for Homeopathy and has received a grant from the Homeopathic Community Council.

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