As the only facility in the metro region devoted to providing emergency and lifesaving medical care for wildlife, our Wildlife Care Center has for decades operated 365 days a year no matter the circumstances.
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Amid COVID-19, the Wildlife Care Center continues to treat injured and orphaned wildlife and assist the public with emergencies through our wildlife hotline – like a recent Bald Eagle that was discovered tangled in cable wire in Happy Valley, OR.
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This past year was a wild ride. We cared for 4,011 animals, a record high! To put that in perspective, in 2018 we cared for just over 3,000 animals, so that’s almost a 30% increase in just one year. Interestingly, we saw increases in species intakes across the board, with native mammals (like bats, chipmunks, and ground squirrels) representing the only statistically significant proportional increase.
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In May, a Good Samaritan in Colton, Oregon, made a strange discovery: a Turkey Vulture flopping in the bushes. Knowing this bird needed help, he drove more than an hour to bring it to our Wildlife Care Center for treatment.
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On July 19, Sally Nicoletti was walking through the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden when she noticed a young Green Heron on the ground. As a volunteer at the garden, Sally had been keeping an eye on the nest of four baby herons and knew the bird was too young to be on the ground.
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Recently, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah made headlines for sharing the out-of-the-box thinking of a man who sent them an injured Lesser Goldfinch via an Uber.
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When software engineer Terry Voorhis was walking on the grounds of Clackamas County’s 55-acre Red Soils Campus, he came upon an unusual sight. It looked like a ball of feathers right at the foot of one of the glass-covered four-story buildings.
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When a second grade teacher overheard talk of an owl stuck in a school soccer net that chilly February 28 morning, she grabbed a box and some towels, and ran outside to try and help the bird who was wrapped in a cocoon of netting and mud.
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Over the past year, the Wildlife Care Center took in over 3,100 patients of 160 different species. These animals came to us for many different reasons, from a young barn owl who fell into motor oil to a little brown bat stuck in a glue trap.
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This time of year, as migratory birds traverse hundreds of miles, window strikes are an unfortunate yet common occurrence often resulting in injury or death to the winged creatures.
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