Your symbolic adoption of a native Ohio species will help provide vital medical care for animals in need, as well as support holistic programs that promote healthier relationships with our most treasured natural resources.
Ohio Wildlife Center cares for thousands of ill, injured and orphaned wild animals each year at our Wildlife Hospital. Every animal arrives with their own unique story and we do our best to help them recover enough to return to the wild. That only works with your help!
This holiday season, you can symbolically adopt a native animal species with your gift and proudly show your support for wildlife. Your gift will support our Hospital Care Fund, which provides professional veterinary and rehabilitation care to animals presented to our Wildlife Hospital at no cost to the compassionate people who present them. Everything from medications to x-rays and blood tests to specialized diets are part of our care plans – you can give an animal every bit of help they need to make it back to the wild.
By symbolically adopting a species of Ohio wildlife, you help us rescue, treat, house and release ill, injured and orphaned animals in need. In recognition of your generous gift, we will send you a few gifts of our own!
All donors of $35 or more will receive a 5×7” photo of one of our Animal Ambassadors from your chosen species, along with an information card about how they live in Ohio and are cared for by Ohio Wildlife Center (and now, you!). We’ll add a die-cut sticker and larger photo collage for gifts of $75 or more, plus a plush animal for any gifts of $150 and greater.
We’ve collected a few of our most commonly admitted species below for you to explore. What will you save with your gift?
Featured below are six of the species we see admitted to our Wildlife Hospital most often, as well two special circumstances in need of urgent support. Your gift towards any one of them will help all animals thrive with care and advocacy from Ohio Wildlife Center. Who will you choose?
Every year, about half of our wild patients are orphaned baby animals. Of that half, 65% are Eastern Cottontail Rabbits and Eastern Gray Squirrels alone! They require careful, constant care because of their small size and sensitive systems – including tube feeding by hand and stays in the private residences of our home care volunteers where they can be supervised around the clock.
Your support of orphaned wildlife can cover the cost of the specialized formulas and equipment our dedicated volunteers need to raise them into healthy adults ready to return to the wild!
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Did you know that Ohio hosts more than 180 unique bird species every year?! While some only stay with us for a short time during migration season, many are full-time residents and all are prone to a variety of diseases and urban hazards that could land them in our hospital. They require tube feeding when very young or very ill and often need regular doses of anti-inflammatory medications to combat fatal swelling after collisions
Your support of Ohio’s songbird population can provide the rapid and intensive care these musical animals need to survive their injuries and return to open skies!
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