Headline: “Please Be Kind to Wildlife”: A Rehabber’s Heartbreaking Plea After Losing a Tiny Life

For wildlife rehabbers, death is an unfortunate part of the calling. It’s something they learn to endure—quietly, bravely, because countless others still need them. But some losses break even the strongest hearts.

In a recent, devastating moment, one rehabber shared their story of two orphaned wildlife babies who arrived after being without their mother for 8 to 10 days. They were cold, frail, ghostly pale, and clinging to life. The caregiver sprang into action with emergency treatment—but it was too late for one.

“One died in my arms,” the rehabber wrote, “while his brother screamed—cried, really—for him.”

Those cries haven’t stopped. And neither has the heartbreak.

“I broke down,” they said. “I can’t stop crying. His little cry carries so much pain, loss, and anger… How can anyone say animals don’t feel emotions?”

In just five short weeks, this tiny creature lost everything—his mother, his sibling, and the safety of the world he’d barely begun to understand. And still, he fights on.

The caregiver is doing all they can to help him survive and heal. But more than that, they’re calling on us—to see these animals. To feel their fear. And most importantly, to be kind.

“Life for them is already so difficult,” they write. “And so often, humans just make it worse.”

Let this story serve as a reminder: wild animals feel love, fear, grief, and pain. Their lives are delicate. And in a world that often turns away, kindness can be everything.