PAWS gives injured albatross new wind beneath its wings

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LYNNWOOD — If you’re craving some heartwarming animal content, social media is chock full of it. Videos of pets and wildlife of all stripes, rescued from the most dire of circumstances, coming to trust the good folks who saved them are an ideal way to restore your faith in humanity.

Staff at Lynnwood’s Progressive Animal Welfare Society, or PAWS, have seen many of these special moments play out in real life as they rehabilitate dogs, cats, even the occasional wild porcupine. But one of their most recent rehab patients was anything but trusting in their care.

PAWS staff, with the help of a U.S. Coast Guard boat, released a Laysan albatross into the open ocean near Port Angeles last week. After several weeks spent recovering in PAWS’ care after being found hurt and far from home, it was a relief to the bird’s caretakers to see it flap its powerful wings and take off. To the bird, it was undoubtedly an equal relief to be away from those nasty, meddling humans.

The Laysan albatross arrived at PAWS’s wildlife center on Feb. 15 with a laceration across its throat, cause unknown, said PAWS naturalist Anthony Denice. The bird had been discovered on the banks of the Columbia River near Longview, a long way from its typical habitat on remote, rocky islands in the Pacific. Jen Mannas, a wildlife rehabilitation biologist with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, transported the patient to Lynnwood to recover under care of PAWS rehab staff.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/paws-gives-injured-albatross-new-wind-beneath-its-wings/

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1. True heros!

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2. Yah PAWS!!

good to know local PAWS does wildlife, didn't know that.

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3. The Laysan Albatross at flight after being released on March 8, 2023 in Port Angeles, Washington

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4. Such a good story. Thank you, Yo_Mama! n/t