Category: Hospital

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

The first weekend of September was a milestone for Ohio Wildlife Center as it released two recovered Bald Eagles at two sites south of Columbus. Both eagles were treated at the Wildlife Hospital and completed their recovery at the Center’s Pre-Release Facility.    After two months of care and rehabilitation at Ohio Wildlife Center, a Bald […]... Read More

A typical family hike for Brad Imhoff at Sanchion Lewis Park in Granville became a raptor rescue in April when he found an injured great horned owl on a trail.  After a successful rehabilitation at the Wildlife Hospital, the owl had its happy ending when it was released back to its habitat in July.  Imhoff, […]... Read More

With the Ohio winter season almost over, staff and volunteers at Ohio Wildlife Center’s Wildlife Hospital are preparing more than 40 bats to “pack up” and return to their natural habitats. The 40 Big Brown bats, two Eastern Red bats, two Silver-Haired bats and two Hoary bats currently in care – called overwintering – arrived […]... Read More

Ohio Wildlife Center’s Lights Out Columbus project concluded its fall monitoring in November with new data collected about migration threats in the heart of the city.  A rescued White-throated Sparrow was also successfully fitted with a nanotag and released in October, enabling key information about the bird’s migration pattern to be tracked during its travels […]... Read More

Have you read about White-Nose Syndrome affecting bats across Ohio and the eastern U.S.?  The disease is of major concern as these animals play an extremely important role in the health of our ecosystem.  Ohio Wildlife Center is assisting the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife in conducting biosurveys on local populations. **Special Note**  As of […]... Read More

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Ohio Wildlife Center’s Hospital receives nearly 5,000 injured, orphaned or sick wild animals each year!  The majority of our orphans are admitted April through July.  You can help care for this influx of baby wild animals by making a donation from our “Baby Registry.”   Baby Season Wish List: Rice bags (or just rice) – Used […]... Read More

“There’s no feeling like it in the world,” says Kristi Krumlauf, our hospital director, when she steps in to save an animal. Knowing we can directly help a wild animal get back to the wild where it belongs is a truly wonderful feeling! Recently, Kristi received a late night call that a juvenile peregrine falcon […]... Read More

Thanks to the quick thinking of a homeowner in Johnstown and the ingenuity of longtime Ohio Wildlife Center rescue volunteer Dave Wood, an Eastern Screech Owl had some help in its efforts to fledge. Wood was called on April 7, 2017, to a residential area a few blocks from downtown Johnstown, east of Columbus.  The […]... Read More