Bubba and Friends, Inc.

Bubba and Friends, Inc. Bubba and Friends, non-profit organization, rescues, recovers, rehabilitates, & releases birds of prey back into their natural habitat. Bubba and Friends, Inc.

began rehabilitating birds of prey in the late 1980s. We incorporated in 1995 and acquired our 501(C)3 non-profit status. A low-key approach is maintained in the recovery, rehabilitation, and release of birds of prey. receives calls from businesses, warehouses, other public facilities, farms, and private homes to remove trapped and injured birds or prey. Some of the birds of prey we have recovered

are Bald Eagles, Ospreys, Red-tailed Hawks, Red-Shouldered Hawks, Broad-winged Hawks, Cooper's Hawks, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Kestrels, Black and Turkey Vultures, Great Horned Owls, Barred Owls, Eastern Screech Owls, Barn Owls, and one Long Eared Owl - not native to GA. Most were rehabilitated and released. Unfortunately, not all were so fortunate. Birds of prey are wild animals and born hunters. Some fledglings were taken by people and treated like pets. Birds of prey do NOT make good family pets and it is illegal to hold them as pets. When Bubba and Friends, Inc. recovered the birds, the imprinting process had been completed. They were not able to be rehabilitated for release and had to be destroyed. Others were so badly injured by automobiles and other vehicles; they too had to be euthanized. The good news is that our rehabilitation efforts over the past 20 years have been rewarded. We estimate 400-500 birds of prey have been completely rehabilitated at our facility and released back into their natural habitat.

12/05/2025

News you don't see on TV. This is serious stuff.. Be informed.

Please keep this in mind when you decide to make a pet out of Eastern Box Turtle.
08/07/2025

Please keep this in mind when you decide to make a pet out of Eastern Box Turtle.

Simon the eastern box turtle was brought to a pet store almost three months ago by a woman declaring intent to keep him as a pet. The staff at the store convinced her to leave him there, but didn’t know that he wouldn’t be releasable if no one knew where he came from.

We searched far and wide and begged the person who found him to come forward with that information, but she never did. We have accepted that we will never find Simon’s home and he will be non-releasable. 😔

Many people want us to release Simon, but we can’t, legally or ethically. Box turtles have very small home ranges and will try to walk back home— facing traffic, predators, and disrupted reproduction— no matter how far away they’re relocated. Some survive relocation, but most don’t.

Additionally, because box turtles travel such short distances in their lives, every region’s turtles have distinct DNA and carry a distinct profile of natural diseases. When one is moved, it can spread infections that are harmless to their own population but catastrophic to another. This is especially true when a box turtle was found on one side of a natural boundary, like the Tennessee river or the Cumberland Plateau.

These concerns about disease transmission are part of the reason that most states have laws forbidding the unauthorized import or export of native wildlife. The pet store where Simon was brought is just two miles from the Georgia state line, and it’s anyone’s guess whether he came from Tennessee or Georgia or somewhere else entirely. If we were to release turtle of unknown origin into Tennessee state lines, we would be violating the law and risking our license.

We wish Simon could go home, but he will instead become a treasured education animal, and will, hopefully, be able to spread the word about why removing box turtles from the wild is so wrong. 🐢

[Description: an eastern box turtle, dark brown and yellow in color, in dark brown substrate. He has red eyes and is standing next to a partially eaten pear about one-third his size.]

06/11/2025

This is why their nest are hard to find.

THis is good stuff!!!
05/12/2025

THis is good stuff!!!

Really good post. Look for these guys in yard They are big helpers.
05/01/2025

Really good post. Look for these guys in yard They are big helpers.

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PO Box 103
Zebulon, GA
30295

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+16785881137

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