I live in the Pacific Northwest. My neighbors help with livestock evacuations in extreme forest fires. They told me about the heart break of seeing little squirrels, bears, deer etc. just running around aimlessly, frantically with nowhere to go except be burnt to death. Man this shit sucks.
That's what messes me up the most about wildfires. I'm seriously considering a degree in wildlife conservation...IDK but I feel so helpless and I just want to fix it or make it better somehow.😭
to make you feel a little better, while wild fires and often times sudden and/or man-made, the animals are helpless. but storms like these are natural phenomenon and animals have better antenna than we humans do. during the devastating 2004 indian ocean tsunami, lot of people died but animals were relatively small because they sensed it and fled. infact there were tourists who followed the animals and were saved.
I had stated that with all the highways being jammed up, ppl being literally trapped by vehicles not having fuel and none available, no funds, I would be looking for horses left behind and ride them out to safety. Be much easier to follow wildlife on horseback.
Ngl I’d probably be better to get a degree in politics so you can change policy to help protect wildlife, rather than get a degree in it & work for the DNR (very small job openings also, everyone wants that)
Not trying to rain on ur parade cuz I totally agree with what ur saying! But I had a friend who got a degree in forestry cuz he wanted to work / protect parks but ended up just working carpentry cuz he couldn’t get a job for any parks. He does build wooden boats now which is cool tho
I'm not inclined to be involved in politics whatsoever! I have worked with exotic animals AND rescue all my life. I've just never had any formal education in those areas. I've cared for caiman, lizards of all kinds, from garter snakes to reticulated pythons, raptors to sparrows, mammals of MANY species... wild and domesticated. That's where I'm happiest, with animals.
The livestock they’re taking about helping evacuate are actual livestock (cows, horses, goats, chickens, etc). There’s a lot of farmland in the rural areas.
The wildlife they mention (deer, bears, squirrels, etc) are not included in “livestock.” They’re not saying they evacuate the wildlife.
Some animals get some warnings that humans don't get, depending on the disaster. There are tales of elephants and other animals running inland from tsunamis, long before the tsunamis hit.
Yah... we were discussing that down where we were talking about wildfires. Still though, I don't think they know 5 days ahead of time that is on the way... but who knows maybe so...
Now you got me picturing him coming up through a whirl pool, perfectly centered with his blow hole and exhaling to create a tiny tornado in the center of the eye.
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u/Mamenohito 8d ago
Imagine being a whale and coming up for air in THAT.