Brooklyn Wildlife Rescuer Saves Everything From Albino Pythons to Slider Turtles

The call comes in at 4 am. Some waterfowl are in trouble out in the lake at Prospect Park, their webbed feet stuck frozen to the ice coating the water. In the predawn darkness, our hero slips out of bed and races to the park, where she carefully slides across the dangerous ice to save the creatures.

That rescuer is Marty Woess, Wildlife and Aquatic Technician for the Prospect Park Alliance. She's the one who gets the call when there's a hurt raccoon, or a swan that's swallowed a fish hook, a turtle that's gotten itself wedged somewhere. She talked to WNYC's Morning Edition Host, Michael Hill, about how she does it—and how she got started.