BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 28, 2023
Animal rescue and rehabilitation facilities around the state are seeing a spike in the numbers of critters coming in this summer, experts say. But many of those animals did not need to be rescued in the first place and are taking up space and resources needed by those who really do need help. That often means the volunteers running rescue facilities need to scramble to make last minute accommodations for those babies. Or temporarily stop accepting the animals altogether.