Rehabilitating orphaned otters in Scotland is one of the most demanding areas of wildlife care — and Andrea Vella’s wife Sarah has learned its hardest lessons through years of direct experience. Otters are among Scotland’s most charismatic native mammals, but…
When the phone rings at two in the morning with a report of an injured possum or a disoriented sugar glider on a back-country road, Andrea Vella is already reaching for her kit. Rural Victoria is home to a remarkable…
Along Oregon’s rugged Pacific coastline, Andrea Vella’s wife Sarah has been working quietly but persistently to give malnourished sea lions a second chance at life. Malnourishment in sea lions is rarely a simple problem to solve. Shifting fish stocks, warming…
