On this week's episode of Sauga 50-for-50, we are pulling out from our vaults an interview with one of the most influential women in Mississauga during the 20th century.
Bernice Inman-Emery was a well-known wildlife rescuer who operated the Winding Lane Bird Sanctuary on Mississauga Rd. for 25 years. Winding Lane became a destination for school trips, where students learned how to care for injured birds and to respect wildlife. She took over the running of the sanctuary from the world-famous ornithologist...
On this week's episode of Sauga 50-for-50, we are pulling out from our vaults an interview with one of the most influential women in Mississauga during the 20th century.
Bernice Inman-Emery was a well-known wildlife rescuer who operated the Winding Lane Bird Sanctuary on Mississauga Rd. for 25 years. Winding Lane became a destination for school trips, where students learned how to care for injured birds and to respect wildlife. She took over the running of the sanctuary from the world-famous ornithologist Roy Ivor, who established Winding Lane Bird Sanctuary.
She was known as the "Bird Lady of Mississauga", by locals because she knew her birds and animals so intimately that her life became interwoven with those of the animals she cared for. She was famous for nursing animals back to health when others said they would never recover. Her pleas for us to simply care resonate with us so deeply even all these years later.
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Music: Cojonudo by Esteban Maxera Cuarteto
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