An Arizona wildlife center is receiving up to 120 animals a day suffering from the relentless heat

 With Phoenix sweltering under unrelenting triple digit temperatures, lines have formed outside a wildlife rehabilitation center as people come across wild birds, bunnies, squirrels and other animals that have fallen victim to the scorching heat.

Every animal brought to the non-profit Liberty Wildlife since late June has been dehydrated, Executive Director Megan Mosby said.

Hot, dry winds are also blowing baby birds out of nests while the intense heat leaves them weak and oftentimes helpless.

“They’re gonna bake,” Mosby said of baby birds, who don’t have feathers to shield them.

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The Arizona heat is sointense that her team has been keeping its older animals indoors in the air conditioning. “I don’t think anyone goes unscathed in this climate,” Mosby said.

Phoenix has seen temperatures of over 110 degrees for the last 27 days, with low temperatures at or above 90 degrees for the last 17 consecutive days.

And it’s not just Phoenix dealing with scorching temperatures. Nearly 140 million people are under heat alerts nationwide as excessive heat continues in the Southwest and a summer heat wave builds across the central and eastern US.

Mosby says this season of heat has been the worst she can remember. On a “bad day,” the center can receive up to around 120 drop-offs, Mosby said.

Liberty Wildlife has taken in a minimum of 10,000 animals per year for the last four years. But with the intense heat, Mosby expects the non-profit to surpass 8,000 treated animals this year by the end of July.

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