IDNR Reminds People To Avoid Handling Wild Animals and Birds

SPRINGFIELD –  The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is reminding everyone to leave baby birds and young animals alone when they encounter them in the wild.  In nearly all cases, human intervention does more to hurt animals than to help.  Young birds and animals are still being fed and cared for by their parents, who usually stay away from nests and dens if humans are nearby.  Also, keeping wild animals as pets, or raising wild animals believed to have been abandoned is banned.