AUSTIN (KXAN)– While humans— and their pets — can escape to air-conditioned comfort, Central Texas’s extreme heat leaves wild animals vulnerable.
“It is nonstop in the summer,” said Jules Maron, executive director of Austin Wildlife Rescue. “Sometimes we come in the morning and [the phone has] 20 voicemails.”
The voicemails are left by residents worried about distressed wildlife. Maron said if the animal needs to be rescued, extreme heat makes the timing “very important” during summer months…