Bring Light: Helping Injured Wildlife Return Home

PROJECT

Helping Injured Wildlife Return Home

Lindsay Wildlife Museum

A month of nourishment for injured wildlife. Lindsay Wildlife Museum’s wildlife hospital is one of the oldest and largest wildlife rehabilitation centers in the country. As of mid-November, we had received 5,276 animals in 2008. We provide all veterinarian and rehabilitation services for free with the goal of releasing animals back into the wild. We also house more than 50 species of injured wild animals that cannot be released. We provide nearly a million dollars worth of free medical and rehabilitation services annually and are a model for other wildlife rehabilitation centers around the world. The cost of specialized food for our patients and "animal ambassadors" is more than $2,000 per month.

Number of Donations: 4 | Posted about 1 year ago


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Target: $2,000.00
Raised so far: $90.00

The Charity

Lindsay Wildlife Museum

Connecting people with wildlife to inspire responsibility and respect for the world we share

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4 Donors

1 Project since October, 2008

1 Active Project since November, 2008

Charity Info

Based in: Walnut Creek, California

Year founded: 1955

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Project Info

At Lindsay Wildlife Museum's wildlife hospital, the care and disposition of each animal is based upon its comfort and well-being and its potential to be returned back into the wild. Patients receive medical examinations and a course of treatment that may include medicine, x-rays, surgery and/or physical therapy. The animals also receive specialized foods, fluids and shelter, as well as enrichment activities.

Lindsay Wildlife Museum also works with other wildlife agencies to place and accepts animals when appropriate. Our policy is that when we take in a non-releasable animal, we make a commitment to care for it for the rest of its life. If we cannot house the animal on site, we have contracted off-site facilities which provide specialized housing, food and enrichment.

The goals of our wildlife hospital and rehabilitation program are to
• Provide the best medical and rehabilitation care possible to regional wild animals in need
• Provide state-of-the-art shelter, nutrition and exercise to wildlife that cannot be released
• Educate people to practice behaviors that protect wildlife and their habitat
• Inspire the public to take responsibility for the care of the natural world
• To create connections between people and wildlife by providing ways for people to actively help protect and care for native animals

Measurable objectives and outcomes:
• Our hospital heals and releases back into the wild on average 45% of the animals it treats
• The public voluntarily brings to the hospital more than 5,000 injured and/or orphaned wild animals annually
• The public calls our hospital hotline more than 15,000 times a year to learn about wildlife in their communities
• Dozens of people each year take our series of introductory classes in wildlife rehabilitation as well as more advanced workshops focusing on specific topics such as working with raptors.
• More than 600 community volunteers and interns give thousands of hours of service annually to help injured and orphaned wildlife and provide care for non-releasable wildlife

* As of November 15, 2008: 5,276 animals have been brought into the wildlife hospital for treatment this year.

Total number of animals assisted in 2007: 5,277
- Birds: 4,144
- Mammals: 1,077
- Reptiles/Amphibians: 56

Total number animals assisted in 2006: 5,608
- Birds: 4,283
- Mammals: 1,218
- Reptiles/Amphibians: 107