100 Acre Wood

For my volunteering assignment I decided to go to the wildlife rehabilitation area,

100 Acre Wood. I arrived there on the fourth of December and met Linda Christian. She

is basically the owner and founder of the non-profit corporation. I wanted to help out at a

wildlife rehabilitation because I wanted to see a different side of the community. Wildlife

is usually not seen, even in a place such as Brooksville. I also wanted to understand why

somebody would put in so much hard work and money for something that is neglected on

a daily basis. When I first arrived at the wildlife rehab area, I noticed Linda’s house to the

left and a wooden area to the right. She was carrying a large cart full of vegetables and

fruits.
Linda had about four to five boxes for me and

another volunteer. We had to toss the produce over the high fences in order to feed the

deer. At times I was afraid of accidentally hitting some of them because they were

huddled in a close group waiting for each new melon, tomato, lettuce, or any other

vegetable. Linda told us that sometimes they don’t even get fed because the food goes to

more delicate animals. Apparently they got lucky that day since I ended up feeding them

two boxes of produce. One particular deer was missing a leg while others had large lumps

in their mouths. Shortly after feeding the deer, we walked through narrow paths that

winded around the different animal exhibits. The supervisor showed us the otter, which

we had not seen before. His name is Mij and he lives in a spacious cage filled with

objects for him to interact with. He even has another smaller cage that he can go to via

a narrow caged bridge. He seemed either very friendly, or very aggressive since he followed us in every direction we took around the cage. Immediately after seeing

the otter I was assigned to rake the leaves from the untidy pathways. The