Category: Education

Ohio Wildlife Center’s Education Department welcomed seven new Animal Ambassadors in 2021:  Two turtles, an eastern fox snake, a flying squirrel, a Big Brown Bat, a quail and a hawk.  Ambassadors have permanent or irreparable injuries that prevent their return to a wild habitat, such as the inability to fly, hunt, or see, neurological impairments […]... Read More

With spring arriving, it’s a common observation to see more activity of young animals out and about learning the ropes near neighborhood streets, greenspaces, and community open parklands and trails. While some animals appear to be venturing out alone, without a parent, in most cases they are being closely monitored by a parent that is […]... Read More

After a five month stay at the Ohio Wildlife Center waterfowl enclosure on Cook Road, a female Trumpeter Swan rescued by SCRAM! in Westerville made her way last month to a new life at a Kansas zoo. “Lulu,” a white Trumpeter Swan, had been part of a bonded pair brought to live at a neighborhood […]... Read More

Meet our newest Animal Ambassador! This stunning female American Kestrel was brought into our Wildlife Hospital as an orphan, and after several months of care from Center staff and volunteers it was determined that it would not thrive on its own in the wild. This means that the raptor will have a long and productive […]... Read More

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Fund has approved two grants to Ohio Wildlife Center to save Neotropical migratory birds through two projects. One grant is focused on awareness building of human-linked causes injuring migratory birds as well as songbird rescue and rehabilitation. The second is a data gathering and tracking project for the 2019 […]... Read More

An American Bald Eagle once treated at the Wildlife Hospital has joined Ohio Wildlife Center as a new Animal Ambassador. Named Burton, to honor the late Dr. Don Burton who founded Ohio Wildlife Center, the Bald Eagle now occupies a new permanent raptor exhibit at Cook Road built through funds donated by the Barbara and […]... 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

Learn.  Get Involved.  Lead the Way. If you’re a young person and wonder if there is anything you can do to add your voice and your energy to help solve the two most important environmental issues of our time – climate change and biodiversity loss – wonder no more! LEARN – A great place to […]... Read More

Plastic Free July Start small and let your passion grow as you learn, get involved, and lead the way…You Can Do It! The results of global plastic consumption are plain to see in the now famous photographs of a wild seahorse clinging to a plastic cotton swab, a sea turtle with a plastic straw lodged […]... Read More