Wildlife Center of Virginia
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The Wildlife Center of Virginia was formed in 1982 to provide quality health care, often on an emergency basis, to native wildlife. It is a non-profit teaching and research hospital for wildlife and conservation medicine.
Wildlife Center of Virginia
1w ago
March 14, 2024
His rescue highlights the monumental impact everyday people, like you and I, have on the lives of wildlife in need.  ..read more
Wildlife Center of Virginia
3M ago
December 31, 2023
On this particular Wednesday, I was totally content. I felt like all the stars in the universe had aligned so that I could be exactly where I was meant to be in life ..read more
Wildlife Center of Virginia
3M ago
December 30, 2023
It’s time to look back on 2023! Check our blog between Christmas and New Year’s for a variety of stories and memories of 2023 from the staff and volunteers of the Wildlife Center of Virginia.
Those who have read my previous year-end memories should not be surprised to find that I am, once again, writing about an amphibian. This year, I am looking back on a very rare, cute, and special little frog called an Eastern Spadefoot.  ..read more
Wildlife Center of Virginia
3M ago
December 30, 2023
The rehabilitation team began our adventure to train this fox in the hopes that she would be able to acclimate appropriately to life in captivity as an education animal. None of us could have imagined the joy that training her brought us ..read more
Wildlife Center of Virginia
3M ago
December 30, 2023
While she has come a long way, there is still quite a long way to go. I will continue to cross my fingers until the day that I see patient #23-3492 with the words “evaluate for release” next to her name ..read more
Wildlife Center of Virginia
3M ago
December 29, 2023
When I look back on this year, I'll remember how fun it was to read Marigold's unexpected stories in the paper, and how much I enjoyed introducing everyone to our friendly neighborhood opossum ..read more
Wildlife Center of Virginia
3M ago
December 28, 2023
Once at the release location, he took his time sniffing the air in his transport box. He spent maybe five minutes looking out into the forest in front of him before he caught a scent and meandered off into the undergrowth ..read more
Wildlife Center of Virginia
3M ago
December 28, 2023
While the day I got the opportunity to work with a favorite animal didn’t have the outcome I had envisioned, I was so proud of myself and everybody around me that day ..read more
Wildlife Center of Virginia
3M ago
December 28, 2023
Throughout the week, I ran into so many former co-workers who are out there in the wildlife world, doing big, impressive, important things.  ..read more
Wildlife Center of Virginia
3M ago
December 27, 2023
The direct treatment and rehabilitation of patients is a side of the Wildlife Center that I don't get to see each day, but I am thrilled that I had these experiences to have a heightened understanding of the care that goes into every animal ..read more