Month: March 2019

Ohio Wildlife Center Welcomes New Board Member and Thanks Outgoing Members for Service Two trustees of the Ohio Wildlife Center Board have concluded their service and a new member has joined the board. Aaron Ansari, who has served for six years, and Beth Lenoble, one of the Center’s longest serving trustees, have completed terms of […]... Read More

For the past six years, students in the Zoo and Conservation Science Major at Otterbein University have learned firsthand the challenges and rewards of wildlife rehabilitation at Ohio Wildlife Center. As academic and intern partners, Otterbein and Ohio Wildlife Center created the sophomore practicum in 2013. It’s a team effort that both staff and students […]... Read More

With funding from the Columbus Zoo Conservation Fund, Ohio Wildlife Center has launched Lights Out Columbus this spring to save Neotropical migratory birds from disorienting city lights during spring migration. This pilot monitoring and collection program started March 15 with volunteers who are monitoring and collecting injured birds seven days a week from targeted streets […]... Read More

A Pied-billed grebe that had been injured in Hamilton County from a bad landing was assessed and treated at the Ohio Wildlife Center hospital in late winter after rescue volunteer Larry Jacobs brought the bird to Columbus from the Humane Association of Warren County. A game warden had picked up the bird after it was […]... Read More