FreeMe Rehabilitator
Kelsey O'Connor
'The Early Worm Gets The Bird'
Kelsey O'Conner is a Senior Rehabilitator at FreeMe Wildlife who is currently working towards completing her bachelor's degree in Zoology. Kelsey O'Connor gives us an interesting glimpse into the parasites that affect birds, wildlife and reptiles with her talk 'Parasitology: The Early Worm Get's The Bird'
Starting life with a love for animals, this progressed into a passion for sick and orphaned wildlife. Kelsey has worked at FreeMe Wildlife for four years and has become proficient at performing necropsies which has sparked her interest in the various types of parasites found in mammals, birds, and reptiles...many of which are not common knowledge.
Through this talk, Kelsey share's FreeMe's message, "At FreeMe our goal is to not just rehabilitate and release injured, orphaned and sick wildlife but to also share our passion and knowledge with other permitted rehabilitation centres, veterinarians and members of the public to further our goal in conserving our natural world."
For more information on FreeMe Wildlife, please visit their website at www.freemekzn.co.za or their Facebook page www.facebook.com/KZNFreeMe lor follow them on Instagram @freemewildlife.
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