Apr 3, 2024 | Wildlife Patient Stories
A mother Mallard leads her ducklings to water as soon as possible after they hatch, but the water source she chooses isn’t always safe. This duckling’s mother led him and his siblings to a swimming pool where, unfortunately, it was easy for the ducklings...
Mar 20, 2024 | Wildlife Patient Stories
These baby Virginia Opossums came to WildCare after a very traumatic experience: their mother wandered too close to a road, and was killed by a car. Astonishingly, although not all of her babies survived, these four baby opossums managed to live through the collision...
Feb 27, 2024 | Wildlife Patient Stories
It’s not exactly unusual for WildCare to admit our first tiny, pink baby squirrel in the month of February, but it’s not the norm either!WildCare admits over 80% of our patients between April and August, most of them orphaned baby animals. This little...
Jan 18, 2024 | Wildlife Patient Stories
If you just glance at this pigeon patient in WildCare’s Wildlife Hospital, it looks like he is missing the top part of his beak. However, with a closer look you can see that the top beak section is not actually missing. It has been forcibly folded inward and...
Jan 18, 2024 | Wildlife Patient Stories
Was this Red-tailed Hawk abducted by aliens? You might think so, seeing the gory things poking out of her chest. Everyone who saw this bird in the Wildlife Hospital immediately thought of the 1979 Ridley Scott movie Alien. Fortunately, aliens aren’t involved in...
Jan 16, 2024 | Wildlife Patient Stories
WildCare would like you to meet our newest Wildlife Ambassador, Didi the Virginia Opossum! Didi came to us late last year after being caught by a cat. Although she didn’t have any obvious wounds, an X-ray revealed she has hip dysplasia: her hips do not sit in...
