Tommy Young and AJ Sterner-Arceneaux are shown releasing a hawk at the Visitor’s Center at the base of Rich Mountain. The rehabilitation of the injured hawk was sponsored by AJ and his mother, Ginger Sterner. Young has made it his life’s work to care for injured animals and release them back into the wild. He is the only legal predatory bird rehabilitator for several counties wide in any direction. Young runs the Arkansas Native Plant and Wildlife Center where he keeps animals throughout their rehabilitation. If you would like to support Young and his efforts, contact him at the Center, 479-437-3750.
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Jeri Pearson
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