Category: Hospital

After many weeks of planning, design and construction, the Wildlife Hospital at Billingsley Road completed comprehensive renovations this spring in every treatment and storage space within the lower level complex.  It has been the first extensive renovation of the space in at least 20 years of use, according to Dusty Lombardi, executive director of Ohio […]... Read More

The timing for the busy spring baby season could not have been worse. In the midst of record high intake numbers for the Wildlife Hospital in March, a global pandemic set forth sweeping changes in Ohio.  For the hospital, its designation as an essential service kept operations open to accept wildlife patients during the typical […]... Read More

  After four months of care and rehabilitation at Ohio Wildlife Center, a snowy owl that had been hit by a car on a busy Columbus highway was released back to the wild on Friday, March 2, 2018.      The female owl had been rescued on the shoulder of the I-270 outerbelt in November by […]... Read More

Rachel Shanks joined the Wildlife Hospital team in April as the new Customer Care Coordinator.  Shanks, who was a volunteer at the Wildlife Hospital during college, has been working in animal care, wildlife studies and veterinary services for a decade.  In her new role, she greets animal presenters at the front desk as well as […]... Read More

What is Mange The disease affecting many of the Red Foxes in the Columbus area is Sarcoptic Mange. It is caused by a mite (Sarcoptes scabiei) that burrows through the skin causing intense irritation and itching which results in obsessive scratching and hair loss. Untreated, mange makes foxes vulnerable to a host of secondary infections […]... Read More

 Returning an Eagle to the Wild   2018 has been a remarkable year for bald eagle patients at Ohio Wildlife Center’s hospital.  As of August, we have had four eagles arrive for treatment. In 2017, we treated zero eagles and during each of the previous three years, we cared for two eagles per year. […]... 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

Wildlife photographer Chris Brinkman has traveled the globe documenting breathtaking landscapes and the animals that inhabit them for publications such as Smithsonian, Africa Geographic, and Outdoor Photographer Magazine. This spring, however, he didn’t have to go far to find memorable photos. His local Columbus neighborhood near Whetstone Park delivered a wildlife story about recovery, community […]... Read More

The All Life Foundation approved a grant of $155,000 in November 2018 for Ohio Wildlife Center to construct outdoor raptor enclosures at the Pre-Release Facility on Cook Road. The enclosures will serve as flight cages and foster parent enclosures so the Center can accommodate the growing number of Bald Eagles, hawks, owls and falcons requiring […]... 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