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Happy Holidays From The Wildlife Freedom Foundation.

At Wildlife Freedom Foundation, our commitment has been to do everything we are capable of to rescue, protect, rehabilitate, and place into loving homes many abandoned pets and provide permanent shelter for the cats that aren't adopted. Many of our animals are saved from kill shelters, found on the road, or inside dumpsters. 

With YOUR help, we rescued/spayed/neutered/rehabilitated/nurtured back to health, cared for so many animals in these past years. With your help, we will continue our work of rescuing and caring for abused and neglected animals and continue to care and rehabilitate injured and orphaned wildlife.

THANK YOU on behalf of all animals who will have a second chance and whose lives will be forever changed by your generous Tax-deductible donation. We couldn’t do it without you! 

Learn more about the 

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Your Support is greatly appreciated.

Happy Holidays Roosevel Island and Best Wishes for the New Year.!

Rosie The Roosevelt Island Wild Turkey Featured On ABC TV News Report - Some Concerned Rosie Will Not Be Able To Find Food And Water This Winter, Don't Worry Says Local Wildlife Expert

A few days before Thanksgiving, ABC news profiled Rosie the Roosevelt Island Turkey, a/k/a Astoria, A Roosevelt Island Tipster reported last Thursday:

At 4:00 this morning the final feature on Good Morning America First Look was a great piece on our Turkey & our Island.

Downside — which, unfortunately might result in even more Overcrowding Tram tourism ...

The Manhattan Bird Alert and Hanabi have been chronicling the exploits of Rosie and are concerned that the Turkey will not be able to find food and water on its own as the weather gets colder this winter.

According to the Manhattan Bird Alert: 

 It's time to encourage Rosie's friends to feed her! We think that she is running out of insects to eat and there is little or no tree fruit or seeds for her.

Wild Turkeys in nature can rely on nearby streams and water bodies to get them through dry spells, but Roosevelt Island has none, and the East River is a saltwater estuary.

— Manhattan Bird Alert (@BirdCentralPark) November 25, 2024

I asked Roosevelt Island resident Rossana Ceruzzi, a NY State and Federal licensed Animal Rehabilitator and President of the Wildlife Freedom Foundation about people feeding Rosie for the winter. Ms. Ceruzzi answered:

It's a wild bird. Turkeys have over 5,000 feathers that provide excellent insulation. They can store fat in the spring, summer and fall by eating fruits, nuts, berries, plants and seeds. Wild Turkeys can survive and thrive eating natural foods and do not need food from people.

Snow storms? Turkey stay in trees during severe storms. Winter is for all wildlife.

Rosie looks well fed.

“I am not a pigeon”#birdcpp pic.twitter.com/CvNpr3hPWg

— Hanabi (@Hanabi_NYC) November 26, 2024

November 27,
Astoria the Roosevelt Island Turkey.

“I need to go on a diet”#birdcpp pic.twitter.com/sw1h3EEzD0

— Hanabi (@Hanabi_NYC) November 27, 2024

Here's more on the continuing adventures of Rosie, the Roosevelt Island Turkey.

Happy Thanksgiving!

4th Annual Roosevelt Island Film Festival Screenings June 27 To June 30 - Showing Documentary Film "Isle Wilde" Featuring Roosevelt Island Resident And Wildlife Rehabilitator Rossana Ceruzzi

The Fourth Annual Roosevelt Island Film Festival screenings are taking place June 27 - 30 at the Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance (548 Main Street).

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According to the Roosevelt Island Film Festival:

Roosevelt Island Film Festival is dedicated to the discovery of American and International filmmakers from around the world. The festival seeks to discover, support, and inspire quality independent feature films and short films, showcasing exceptional work to audiences and highlighting the categories of Female Filmmaker, NYC Filmmaker, Comedy, and International Filmmaker.

Among the films being shown at the Roosevelt Island Film Festival is Isle Wilde, a documentary short featuring Roosevelt Island resident and Wildlife Freedom Foundation founder Rossana Ceruzzi. 

The filmmaker Daniel Schloss reports on Instagram:

Excited to premier “Isle Wild,” a short documentary I made with @amootlevin - It follows animal rehabilitator Rossana Ceruzzi, founder of @wfffoundation , as she fights to save one of the last remaining wild areas in NYC.

Here's the Isle Wilde trailer.

According to Ms Ceruzzi:

Isle Wilde is premiering Sunday June 30 at 4:30 pm at Main Street Theatre, closing night of the Film Festival. There will be a closing party at Grannie Annie's Bar & Kitchen at 6:30 PM.

Tickets are available on the RI Film Festival website - Isle Wide is part of Block 13.

Here's more info on the Roosevelt Island Film Festival and Ms Ceruzzi rescuing an injured hawk on Main Street in 2021.

Wild Turkey Visiting NYC Leaves Congestion And Concrete Jungle Of Manhattan To Explore Open Spaces And Greenery Of Roosevelt Island This Week

A wild turkey has been roaming around NYC in recent weeks, spotted on the streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Astoria, Queens.

Astoria, the wild turkey, is the latest bird celebrity in NYC, and reminds us of the challenges all wild birds face in urban environments 🦃https://t.co/LhPs4bEJdQ

— NYC Audubon (@NYCAudubon) May 10, 2024

This week the turkey has been seen 

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exploring Roosevelt Island.

Roosevelt Island resident and Wildlife Freedom Foundation President Rossana Ceruzzi reports:

It's a wild female turkey. She has been "traveling" for 3 weeks now. The first time I was called the bird landed on the street in Astoria and was walking on the sidewalk. Then she moved to a park. Later I got a few calls from Manhattan. And now she is visiting Roosevelt Island.

Please remember she is a wild Turkey and not a domestic Turkey. They should never be approached. Wild Turkeys are the largest upland game bird in North America and they reproduce this time of year.

Ms Ceruzzi shares these videos of the Wild Turkey's Roosevelt Island exploration.

More on the Turkey's New York adventure from Pix 11 News.

A resident walking his dog today shares this video of the wild Turkey roaming Roosevelt Island.

UPDATE 5/20:

Roosevelt Island is getting Turkey tourists.

Next time someone says it’s hard to get to Roosevelt Island, I’ll be like, “A turkey could fly there!”

— Nick Turner (@NewsyNick) May 19, 2024

Astoria the Wild Turkey loves 🫐, today on Roosevelt Island. 🦃 💙 pic.twitter.com/dDb75aLfrT

— Manhattan Bird Alert (@BirdCentralPark) May 20, 2024

Keeping up with Astoria the wild turkey. She seems to be enjoying the green spaces on Roosevelt Island.🤎🦃#birds #birding #birdcpp pic.twitter.com/6ah2sCiGpQ

— JacquelineUWS (@jacquelineUWS) May 20, 2024

UPDATE 5/26 - Latest on the Roosevelt Island Turkey. 

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NY 1 Reporter Roger Clark Interviews Roosevelt Island Resident And Wildlife Freedom Foundation President Rossana Ceruzzi At The Southpoint Park Cat Sanctuary, Watch The Video

NY 1 reporter Roger Clark recently spoke with Roosevelt Island resident and Wildlife Freedom Foundation President Rossana Ceruzzi at the Southpoint Park Cat Sanctuary. According to NY 1:

Rossana Ceruzzi has loved animals ever since she was a child growing up in Rome, Italy. So it's no surprise that every day, she pays a visit to the cat sanctuary she founded on Roosevelt Island. It's the largest of three cat sanctuaries run by the Wildlife Freedom Foundation. It all started when Ceruzzi moved to the island 23 years ago and found a population of abandoned cats living there....

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Ready for some #Cats ? There’s a Cat Sanctuary on Roosevelt Island run by the @wffny - helping kitties get adopted and rehabilitating wildlife! #animals #NYC #WFF pic.twitter.com/LvWScbZtcB

— Roger Clark (@RogerClark41) May 5, 2023

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Ms Ceruzzi is a NY State Wildlife Animal Rehabilitator who has rescued many injured animals on Roosevelt Island including this hawk who flew into the side of Roosevelt Landings while chasing a pigeon for lunch in December 2021.

 

And here's an injured Kestrel bird Ms Ceruzzi rescued, brought back to health

and released. 

You can learn more about cat adoption, volunteering and donating to the Roosevelt Island Wildlife Freedom Foundation.

The Roosevelt Island Wildlife Kingdom Has New Member, A Turkey Vulture Spotted Visiting Southpoint Park Yesterday - What's For Dinner?

Roosevelt Island has a new member to its wildlife kingdom. A Turkey Vulture was spotted yesterday visiting Southpoint Park near the Cat Sanctuary by Wildlife Freedom Foundation President Rossana Ceruzzi.

Image From Rossana Ceruzzi

Ms Ceruzzi adds that the Turkey Vulture soon flew away. Perhaps the Turkey Vulture will return to Roosevelt Island but don't get too close.

According to the Cornell Lab All About Birds:

... your heart has probably leaped at the sight of a large, soaring bird in the distance– perhaps an eagle or osprey. But if it's soaring with its wings raised in a V and making wobbly circles, it's likely a Turkey Vulture. These birds ride thermals in the sky and use their keen sense of smell to find fresh carcasses. They are a consummate scavenger, cleaning up the countryside one bite of their sharply hooked bill at a time, and never mussing a feather on their bald heads....

... Turkey Vultures are accustomed to living near humans and snacking off of our leavings. You will often see them in farm fields or hanging out next to the road. However, they are not likely to be in your backyard unless something has died or else you have a very large backyard.

The Turkey Vulture uses its sense of smell to locate carrion. The part of its brain responsible for processing smells is particularly large, compared to other birds. Its heightened ability to detect odors—it can detect just a few parts per trillion—allows it to find dead animals below a forest canopy. The Turkey Vulture maintains stability and lift at low altitudes by holding its wings up in a slight dihedral (V-shape) and teetering from side to side while flying. It flies low to the ground to pick up the scent of dead animals....

... As a defense mechanism, Turkey Vultures may vomit on a bird, animal, or human that gets too close. Considering what they eat, this can be a powerful weapon...

Here's more on the Turkey Vulture.

 

Learn more about the Wildlife Freedom Foundation at its website and Instagram Page.

Sponsored Post - Happy Holidays From The Wildlife Freedom Foundation - Your Support Helps Us Save Lives, Care For Sick And Injured Roosevelt Island Wildlife And Find Loving Families For Homeless And Abandoned Cats

Happy Holidays From The Wildlife Freedom Foundation.

At Wildlife Freedom Foundation, our commitment has been to do everything we are capable of to rescue, protect, rehabilitate, and place into loving homes many abandoned pets and provide permanent shelter for the cats that aren't adopted. Many of our animals are saved from kill shelters, found on the road, or inside dumpsters. 

With YOUR help, we rescued/spayed/neutered/rehabilitated/nurtured back to health, cared for so many animals in these past years. With your help, we will continue our work of rescuing and caring for abused and neglected animals and continue to care and rehabilitate injured and orphaned wildlife.

THANK YOU on behalf of all animals who will have a second chance and whose lives will be forever changed by your generous Tax-deductible donation. We couldn’t do it without you! 

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Happy Holidays Roosevel Island and Best Wishes for the New Year.!

Roosevelt Island Wildlife Freedom Foundation Volunteers Celebrate Earth Day Last Friday With Trash And Litter Clean Up At Southpoint Park - "I'm Here To Help Heal The Earth" Says Young WFF Volunteer, "I'd Love To Keep My Island Clean" Says Another

Roosevelt Island resident and Wildlife Freedom Foundation (WFF) President Rossana Ceruzzi together with an enthusiastic group of volunteers 

celebrated Earth Day last Friday, April 22, with a clean up of trash and litter left at Southpoint Park. They also gave away reusable bags and biodegradable and compostable dog waste bags.

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— Wildlife Freedom Foundation (@wffny) April 22, 2022

Answering the question "why are you here today", the WFF volunteers said:

• I'm here to help heal the earth,
• I live here on this Island and my my original intent with the joining Wildlife Freedom Foundation was helping out all these animals here but Rosanna told me about this clean up project we have here for Earth day and I'd love to keep my Island clean. Keep the Earth clean. Stop all this littering stuff.
• I care about the environment and the animals and we can clearly see that the garbage does harm our animals
• I'm here today to help the ecosystem.

The WFF Roosevelt Island Earth Day celebration was done in cooperation with the NYC Department of Sanitation.

Here's how 2022 Earth Day clean up was celebrated in other parts of NYC.

More info on the Roosevelt Island Wildlife Freedom Foundation at their website, Instagram and Twitter page.

Sponsored Post - Happy Holidays From The Wildlife Freedom Foundation - Your Support Helps Us Save Lives, Care For Sick And Injured Roosevelt Island Wildlife And Find Loving Families For Homeless And Abandoned Cats

Happy Holidays from the Wildlife Freedom Foundation! 

As 2021 comes to a close, your support helps us:

• Save lives,
• Rehabilitate sick, injured and orphaned wildlife,
• Continue caring for all our injured animals,
  
• Rehabilitate injured waterfowl,
• Find loving families for homeless, abandoned cats.
• Provide permanent homes for cats that aren't adopted,
• Spay and neuter cats.
• Raise orphaned squirrels,
• Raise orphaned opossums and
• More.

Please donate today to help us save lives. On behalf of all the animals who will have a second chance and whose lives will be forever changed by your Tax-deductible donation, Thank you! 

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at our web page

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