Urban Sprawl Is Flooding Wildlife Rehab Center With Eagles, Foxes and Coyotes

A wildlife rescue hospital on the fringe of the Denver metro area’s urban sprawl is accustomed to taking on tough cases. A young red fox with a severely broken leg is among the latest.

Rocky Mountain Wildlife Alliance’s critter hospital in Sedalia, Colorado, has taken in 627 patients so far this year, founder and executive director Emily Davenport told Cowboy State Daily.

This spring, the center treated a bald eagle suffering from lead poisoning, after eating a carcass with bullet fragments in it…

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