To the editor:

I’ve been volunteering at WildCare for five years, and my experience there inspired me to go to veterinary school a common goal for many of the volunteers. This organization, its volunteers and its manager (Nancy Schwarting) care about animal welfare. I could say so much about the recent articles, but first and foremost, I’m disgusted.

There is so much wrong with the stories. No one is perfect WildCare recently had some problems with volunteers and employees, but not animal welfare. There was a walkout because of personal issues with the management, which sparked these recent events. Some ex-volunteers wrote letters with bits and pieces of fact mixed with fiction to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, leading to an investigation that much was true. But the investigation found only paperwork problems having to do with time limits.

Those birds were confiscated and turned over to Operation WildLife (OWL). OWL, the “helpful” organization (which, by the way, called WildCare recently and falsely accused them of referring them too many baby bunny calls), is the one that claimed the birds were malnourished not the Fish and Wildlife Service. I find this to be suspicious.

But no one at the Journal-World was concerned that a self-proclaimed competing organization might not be impartial. What good comes from ruining the reputation of an organization and a devoted person like Nancy Schwarting? The Journal-World should be ashamed. Those of you who aspire to give back to society beware, the critics abound.

Dana Wilson,

Manhattan