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‘Alarming trend’ of people keeping wild animals as pets in Saskatchewan: WRSS
coronavirus pandemic hit, cat and dog adoptions skyrocketed — but now a different kind of pet is becoming popular in Saskatchewan.“We’re seeing an alarming trend of people finding wildlife and they feel entitled to keep it,” said Bonnie Dell, president of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan (WRSS).The organization rescued a number of animals in the past week alone, including a malnourished moose calf that was kept in a padlocked room for weeks. They also took in a badger, two raccoons, and a turkey vulture that was left on the side of the road with a “badly broken wing.”The bird was very used to humans, meaning it had been kept for “some time” Dell said.Help for the bird came too late.