Venezuelans care for animals injured during pandemic

Carmen Borges a reiki therapist, feeds a banana to a macaw as she sits on the rooftop of her apartment building, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. The confinement of millions of people in their homes for more than six months due to the quarantine imposed to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus, has allowed many wild animals to regain part of the spaces that humans had invaded, but it has also exposed them to colliding with electric poles, getting entangled in power lines or stray in urban areas, say environmentalists and rescuers. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The veterinarian and environmentalist Grecia Marquis cares for a spectacled owl who fell from a tree a month ago dehydrated and underweight, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Marquis, founder of the Feathers and Tails in Freedom foundation, said that given the large number of calls from people reporting cases of injured animals, she decided to reopen her center in May, after closing it between March and April due to the quarantine imposed to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The veterinarian and environmentalist Grecia Marquis uses a syringe to give water to an owl at the Feathers and Tails in Freedom foundation, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. The owl who was found two months ago with a wing injury is now recovering after surgery. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A spectacled owl, recovering from dehydration, roosts on a bird perch held by veterinarian and environmentalist Grecia Marquis at the Feathers and Tails in Freedom foundation, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Some of the animals that have suffered accidents in Caracas and surrounding areas in the midst of the the new coronavirus pandemic have managed to survive thanks to the help of passersby and drivers who have taken them to the facilities dedicated to animal care such as the Feathers and Tails in Freedom foundation. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A one-legged hawk waits to be fed by Carmen Borges, on the rooftop of her apartment building in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Sept 17, 2020. Venezuela enjoys the privilege of being one of the countries with the greatest biological diversity on the planet thanks to its eleven different ecosystems that allow it to have a great variety of flora and fauna, some of which are at risk of extinction due to indiscriminate hunting and illegal trafficking that has not stopped despite the quarantine due to the new coronavirus pandemic, say environmentalists. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Carmen Borges, a reiki therapist, smiles at a baby squirrel perched on her shoulder in her apartment in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Sept 11, 2020. Borges converted her small apartment, where she lives with her husband and two of her three daughters, into a shelter for a dray of baby squirrels who were rescued from the middle of a street by a neighbor. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Carmen Borges, a reiki therapist, feeds chunks of raw meat to a one-legged hawk on the rooftop of her apartment building, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. The confinement of millions of people in their homes for more than six months due to the quarantine imposed to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus, has allowed many wild animals to regain part of the spaces that humans had invaded, but it has also exposed them to colliding with electric poles, getting entangled in power lines or stray in urban areas, say environmentalists and rescuers. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The veterinarian and environmentalist Grecia Marquis feeds a spectacled owl who when if fell from a tree a month ago was dehydrated and skinny, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Marquis, founder of Feathers and Tails in Freedom, said that the rescue of wild animals in the capital "has been impressive" this year. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)