Save Our Seabirds


*We work with injured and disabled seabirds to* *rectify their misadventures with mankind.*
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Save Our Seabirds Helps Birds Every Day of the Year, and Now Needs Your Help! There may be a new animal rescue group at the old Pelican Man facilities on City Island in Sarasota. This is an excellent location with close proximity to sea birds and it is city owned public land. Save Our Seabirds, a 501c-3, not for profit organization, from Pinellas County and currently in Wimauma, Hillsborough County, would like to move their operations here. They are a highly respected group with many awards. Lee Fox is the director. A proposal and presentation have already been made to the city for review and SOS is currently requesting pledges to potentially re-open the rehabilitation center. Save Our Seabirds is the only animal rescue group still left on the city RFP list. If they do not get the property, we may have no bird rescue group here in Sarasota. How can you help? Buy a Brick, Save a Bird! Your donation of $1,000 (business) or $100 (individual) will help us secure the financial footing necessary to continue our important work. Each brick purchased will be engraved and placed at the entrance, giving its donor the unique distinction of helping to save the location for wild bird rehabilitation, and give SOS the ability to give our treasured bird population a second chance at life. Click here to read more. Donations are tax deductible and can be made out to: Save Our Seabirds, Inc. 2709 Rt. 579 Wimauma, FL 33598 ______________________________________________________________________ Programs we have accomplished but are not limited to are as follows: 1. Developed Oiled Wildlife Program 2. Oiled Wildlife Response Training Manual 3. Oiled Wildlife Mobile Unit 4. Oiled Wildlife Training Programs 5. Oiled Wildlife Response Consultants 6. Oiled Wildlife Rescue Manual 7. Asked to assist in the wildlife response in Spain at the Prestige Oil Spill 2002/3. 8. While in Spain, SOS trained 75 veterinarians and vet students on how to handle, tube and care for wild birds. They are not trained to handle birds as they deal more with large mammals 9. Don't Cut the Line Signs [1700] 10. Don't Cut the Line Brochures [65,000] 11. Consequences For Feeding The Birds Brochure 12. How to Help Baby Birds Booklet 13. At least 6 weekend educational programs a year 14. Programs in many schools and civic organization per year 15. Rescue and rehabilitate hundreds of birds a year with goal of releasing them back into the wild 16. Finally working on several research projects that will address several wildlife health issues that we have wanted to start for years. 17. Developed a protocol to counter red tide toxin in seabirds, [cormorants, gannets, loons] 18. Instrumental in helping stop the product "Orimulsion" from being brought to Tampa Bay. 19. Four large and eight small sign will be delivered to Ft Lauderdale Pier at the request of Fl. Department of Environmental Protection. Delivery will be April 14th 2004. 20. Twelve large and twelve small signs will be delivered at request of Lake Worth Parks Department to help minimize hook and line injuries in their park systems. Delivery will be April 14th 2004. 21. An Oiled Wildlife Training Program to be held on October 16th with a grant from Community Foundation of Tampa Bay. SOS has served Pinellas, Hillsborough and Manatee counties for more than 13 years rescuing and rehabilitating injured birds. Our educational programs addressing issues impacting wildlife and their environmental impact are regularly requested around the Tampa Bay and surrounding areas. Help SOS continue their important work rehabilitating and returning our beautiful winged creatures to the wild. Contact Lee Fox at 813.633.1210. Or click here to e-Mail us.

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