Prisoners caring for injured wildlife

What a wonderful thing to hear. this will be a big morale booster for the prisoners, and it will put them to good use. Maybe them being made useful and doing some good in the world will teach them how to be good people when the day comes that they are finally released from jail, and if they are in there for life, it will make their lives just a little bit easier to take.

The prison my husband works in....the one who houses the likes of Carl Williams etc. they have an animal farm which has animals in and only those who they deem as responsible prisoners are able to look after these animals. Some of them have been injured and are cared for in the same way. We found an injured galah and hubby took it to work and after a Vet check it is now "behind bars" so to speak! But as I say it is only the ones they seem fit to care for them are the ones chosen. Sometimes being in prison can bring out the best in some, but not all unfortunately!

that is really amazing... what a wonderful story to hear... i believe that this will bring the soft-side of the prisoners and hopefully will help them to change their characters and attitudes as well to become a better person... take care and have a nice day...

I must agree with you Lilac! Its actually one of the first time I was actually impressed with the prison system. Prison shouldn't just be about sitting in a cell. There should be ways the men can learn and exhibit compassion like this. Making license plates is a great thing for someone with the IQ of 3. This is the perfect thing to help an inmate express sincerity, and genuineness. I only wish they would do such wonderful things in my country. NOT! That would be too much thinking for our government. Might interfere with their mud slinging. lol dl

Its a nice idea. This practice teach prisoner the first lesson on compassion. They should start it with the animals. Lets just hope that they wont develop an appetite for this poor wildlife.

I have also heard that there are prisons that have a program where inmates train animals. Like the fire canines, police canines etc. I think this is a great opportunity for the prisoners to give back to society and earn some money to. Although I'm not sure whether this is a paid program that they do. I don't think any job pays much in prison, maybe commisary money, but still a very good program.

I think this is absolutely wonderful, even hardened criminals have been known to love animals, look at the birdman from alcatraz

Thanks for sharing this positive news. Unfortunately on the tv they always show shocking and negative news, murders, earthquakes, thefts... but these type of news are always left on the sidelines. I hope that this activity will help prisoners to show their concern towards their brethren.

I too think this is a good thing. SHowing the prisoners how to show affection and to care for something instead of hurting things. Maybe it will rub of on them and teach them to not hurt people.

I think it is a great duty for the prisoners to do also. It gives them something constructive to do and it also helps to preserve life and the forestry.

I think I might have seen the same show lilaclady, getting prisoners to care for injured wildlife is a brilliant way of rehabilitating some of these people; animals usually bring out the best in most of us, and prisoners are no exception. These prisoners were showing genuine care and concern for the animals and birds they were looking after.It can only be a good thing, and hopefully, lead them to a better life on the outside when they are free again.

Oh that's nice news. In some countries prisoners are also used to train dogs for the blind. I have followed a story once on TV. Men and women prisoners participate and they are very good trainers. They also teach prisoners to turn bad dogs to good pets and teach the animals obedience training. I still believe that these prisoners still have a good heart for people are generally borne good. Ciao!

Hi lila, That is a really interesting story. I think that is a very good idea to let the prisoners take care of the injured animals. It gives them something that is meaningful and worthwhile to do. It hopefully will be able to rehabilitate them so that the will be more sensitive when they go back out into the outside world. It will hopefully help them feel needed and at the same time build up their own self confidence.

It is good to see prisoners doing something worthwhile like taking care of wildlife. I think that was a really good thing. They need something real to do while in prison.

This is indeed good news... i once watched in National Geographic where some inmates where used to train dogs for a certain contest... and that really made a lot of difference for the dogs and the chosen inmates... i guess these kind of activities help people and animals alike... so more programs like this should be made...

What a wonderful story lilaclady...that really does sound like a wonderful program..sort of reminiscent of that old story about Robert Stroud that inspired the book and later movie of Birdman of Alcatraz. I forget how it started but I think he began by taking care of sparrows or pigeons....it later moved on to canaries...he was self-taught in how he was able to take care of the birds, and actually became an expert in avian medicine Happen to find an article about him http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Franklin_Stroud {Warning: This is not a referral link} I had always loved that story of The Birdman....the movie had Burt Lancaster in it as the "Birdman"

Hi lilaclady, With all this doom and gloom in the news, its nice to hear something nice and positive happening, and yes it will both the birds and the prisoners as long as they don't do any harm to the birds. Tamara