January 19, 2019

Animal Saviors: Watkins Wildlife Rehab

Occupying farmland space in Sedgewickville, Missouri, is a different kind of rescue -- John and Carolyn Watkins rehabilitate wildlife species to help promote education and conservation through Watkins Wildlife Rehab.

Turkeys are seen wandering the property of Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

Ragnar, a two-year-old Newfoundland, is followed by a turkey at Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

John Watkins talks to a young bobcat at Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

A young bobcat holds on to the cage door at Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

John Watkins looks into a cage while a peacock flies over him at Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

John Watkins prepares a water bowl for the great horned owl he just took in at Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

John Watkins rinses out a water bowl at Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

A great horned owl peers through the pet carrier in the back of John Watkins truck at Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

John Watkins handles a great horned owl at Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

A great horned owl cowers in the corner of its cage at Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

A turkey roams the property of Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

Silver the coyote bows her head desiring to be petted while in her enclosure at Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

John Watkins stands on his property of Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

John Watkins pets Silver, a human-raised coyote he took in and now uses for educational purposes, at Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville. "Coyotes and wilves in the wild, when they meet up with each other if they're in the same pack, they do what they call kind of a handshake and that's where they grab each other by the muzzle with their mouth," Watkins said.

John Watkins stands in the eagle cage before approaching the golden eagle he is rehabilitating at Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

John Watkins prepares to handle the golden eagle he is rehabilitating at Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

John Watkins handles a golden eagle being rehabilitated at Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

A golden eagle being rehablitated at Watkins Wildlife Rehab looks at the camera Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

John Watkins handles a golden eagle being rehabilitated at Watkins Wildlife Rehab Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

The talons of a golden eagle being rehabilitated at Watkins Wildlife Rehab are seen Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Sedgewickville.

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Occupying farmland space in Sedgewickville, Missouri, is a different kind of rescue -- John and Carolyn Watkins rehabilitate wildlife species to help promote education and conservation through Watkins Wildlife Rehab.

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