WildCare
WildCare Oklahoma is a nonprofit, federally and state-licensed wildlife rehabilitation and conservation education center based in Noble, Oklahoma serving the entire state. WildCare provides people with wildlife and conservation education, strategies for humanely resolving conflicts between people and wildlife, and a place to bring injured, orphaned, or ill native wildlife for medical and rehabilitative care for eventual release back to the wild.
WildCare provides treatment to an average of 7,000 injured, ill, and orphaned wild animals annually, representing over 270 species, making it the largest wildlife rehabilitation center in Oklahoma and one of the largest centers in the country. Since its opening in 1984, WildCare has helped more than 130,000 wild animals have a second chance at life in the wild.
WildCare admitted 235 different species in 2022 and 6,791 individual ill, orphaned, or injured animal patients. The survival and release rate for animals surviving the first 24 hours in care in 2022 was:
- 65% for mammals
- 56% for birds
- 100% for amphibians
- 68% for reptiles
This is above the national average of about 50%.
WildCare provides people a place to bring native wildlife struggling to survive with the goal of releasing healthy individuals back to nature.
WildCare’s Work
The following are a couple highlights of the impactful work of WildCare Oklahoma. The are dedicated to providing conservation education, humane human/animal conflict resolution strategies, and medical care and rehabilitation to injured, ill, and orphaned wildlife throughout Oklahoma.
Wildlife and Conservation Education
As important as the professional veterinary and rehabilitative care WildCare provides to wildlife, is the education WildCare provides to the public. During the spring and summer, WildCare fields hundreds of calls a week from people with questions about the wild animals they encounter or conflicts they are having with wildlife. The technical assistance staff provide helps people understand the behaviors and seasonal movements of wildlife in urban areas, how to coexist with wildlife in our neighborhoods and ways to humanely encourage wildlife to move out of areas people find problematic (attics, chicken coops, under porches, and more). The education team also provides presentations, training, and educational programming to community groups, scout troops, museums, libraries, and summer camps covering a wide range of topics related to wildlife and conservation.
This is all made possible through their dedicated staff team, including a full-time executive director, a veterinarian and veterinary technicians/assistants, professional wildlife rehabilitators, volunteers, fellows, rescuers, and dedicated supporters. WildCare is also training the next generation of wildlife rehabilitators by offering seasonal fellowships and internships offering positions to students from around the United States as well as veterinary externships to students studying veterinary medicine.
People
Financial Stewardship
Due to a high standard of care, WildCare spends nearly every dollar raised on direct services. In 2021, 96.5% of the funds spent went to direct program services with only 3.5% going to management and general and fundraising expenses as reported on the organization’s Form 990. Without funds from federal, state, county, or local government, all money used to operate WildCare is raised from individuals with a smaller amount coming from foundations and corporations.
Join us in supporting WildCare
75% of this month's donations will go towards this month's partner
This month and every month, Wild Boyz Photography will be partnering with one nonprofit. 75% of any donations that we receive during the month will go to the nonprofit. Help WildCare to rehabilitate and reintroduce orphaned, injured, and ill wildlife back to the wild.