Seattle people love their wildlife and thanks to folks at PAWS, here

Seattle people love their wildlife and thanks to folks at PAWS, here are some snaps of the cutest wildlife babies to come from the Seattle area into their rehabilitation program. Every year PAWS takes care of hundreds of orphaned wild babies. Once they are old and strong enough to survive on their own, PAWS returns them to the wild where they belong. If you find a baby wild animal you think is injured or orphaned, follow these tips. All photos courtesy of PAWS.Published on March 23, 2010

This River Otter pupaE™s mother unfortunately made a den under someoneaE™s porch. When a pest control company removed the mother, they didnaE™t realize she had a baby who was now an orphan. This is a common reason wild baby animals are orphaned and end up needing care at PAWS.

This fledgling StellaraE™s Jay is making it known that she is hungry.

Baby Bobcat.

Red Fox kit.

Glaucous-winged Gull. Did you ever imagine that Seattle’s goofiest sea birds could have once been this tiny and cute?

Last summer this Merlin fell from his nest, but it was too high to put him back, so PAWS took care of him until he started to fly. PAWSaE™ staff then took him back to his nest tree and set him on a nearby roof. He began calling to his parents who immediately swooped down and started feeding him.