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Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Celebrates Arvy

The Brown Pelican’s Three-Year Homecoming Anniversary

Busch Wildlife Sanctuary at the Abramson & matured into an adult in the National Geographic Kids Almanac 2023 and
Schlaggar Reserve, a nonprofit organization dedicated and is a wonderful boasting her own fan club T-Shirt with a portion of sales
to the conservation of Florida’s native wildlife and surrogate mother to benefitting Busch Wildlife Sanctuary. The nonprofit is
environmental education, is excited to celebrate Arvy the nonprofit’s newest incredibly proud of its effort to rehabilitate Arvy and provide
the brown pelican’s third anniversary of becoming a juvenile brown her with a forever home.
permanent resident at its sanctuary. pelican, Beans. Busch Wildlife Sanctuary at the Abramson & Schlaggar
Arvy was blown off-course and rescued from the Arvy is an amazing Reserve is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the
icy Connecticut River on Jan. 27, 2021, suffering from educational ambassador protection and conservation of Florida’s wildlife and
extreme hypothermia. Brown pelicans are southern for brown pelicans natural resources. Founded in 1983, the sanctuary protects
birds, and it was evident Arvy needed to be transported and how humans and restores native wildlife for the benefit of its unique
elsewhere for her best chance of survival. That’s where can cohabitate with animals, environment and people. Our goal is to inspire and
Busch Wildlife Sanctuary stepped in. the species. She has educate the community in leading local conservation and
A mother-daughter team flew Arvy 12 hours from captured the hearts of wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release efforts. To learn
Connecticut to Jupiter, Fla., where Arvy began treatment wildlife enthusiasts about Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, visit www.buschwildlife.
at Busch Wildlife Sanctuary’s rehabilitation center with nationwide, featured org Nurture What’s Wild.
hopes of releasing her back into the wild once healed.
Unfortunately, Arvy suffered severe frostbite and “Service is our number one priority”
underwent multiple surgeries that resulted in the pelican
losing about 35 percent of both feet. She would not have 561-743-0070
been able to survive in the wild and became a permanent
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Arvy settled in beautifully and has thrived ever since.
First coming to the sanctuary as a juvenile, Arvy has now

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