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WILDLIFE CENTER OF VIRGINIA
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April 11, 2012
2 people found this review helpful
Founded in 1982, the Wildlife Center of Virginia has provided quality health care, often on an emergency basis, to more than 59,000 sick, injured, and orphaned wild animals. As a non-profit organization, the Center relies on the generosity of caring individuals. After an adult eagle was killed they rescued 3 eaglets, raised and released them. They added a camera to the facility, and have been teaching young and old alike about caring for all wildlife. Through their good work they have changed the lives of many humans as well as animals.
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Life-changing
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2012
April 11, 2012
2 people found this review helpful
IT would be hard to find a place as caring and conservative as the Wildlife Center of Virginia, in Waynesboro, VA. I have visited twice and found them to be among the most highly "green" organizations I have had the pleasure of seeing. They use green materials whenever possible, CAREFULLY monitor use of supplies, yet do what is necessary to care for the "critters" brought to them for rehab. Nothing is wasted at the Center - they even recycle toilet roll and paper towel roll cardboards!
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Seeing the release of Bald Eagles, surgery on a Vulture, tours of the Center and the cages and flight pens. I am in awe of what they do.
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Double their size and staff!
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Definitely
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Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
What specific problem, purpose, priority, or project prompted your gift?
The death of the "mom" eagle at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens, and the transfer of her three chicks to the Wildlife Center of Virgina to save their lives.
Why did you make your donation at this time?
To give them another piece of medical equipment needed for avian care.
What would you tell others about this organization?
Get involved. Donate. Care.
April 10, 2012
7 people found this review helpful
The Wildlife Center of Virginia (WVC), a hospital for native wildlife, mission is to teach the world to care about and to care for wildlife and the environment. They demonstrate in countless ways in many and through many formats. I have had the sincere pleasure of meeting most of the staff who are employed at this wonderful organization. They are truly a dedicated and compassionate group. Treating, and rehabilitating native wildife for release back to the wild is what WCV is well known for, and they are stellar. That said, one of the things I most value and appreciate about WCV is their outreach and education. Through the use of critter cams and their online moderated discussion, the WCV has significantly increased the number of people they reach and teach on a daily basis. Through a personal touch and with humor, the message of caring for our wildlife and our environment has been woven into the fabric of many lives, resulting in changed behavior and new "greener" practices. As one viewer stated "I want to let WCV know how much we appreciate them letting us be good friends to one another as we learn about wildlife. I so appreciate being able to learn in a warm, caring, humor-filled, personal attention environment - it makes a HUGE difference. WCV holds a VERY special place in my heart and I am so glad that we have this blog as a place to call home!" Because of WCV, many of us not longer throw our apples cores out the car window, we keep our cats indoors, we move a turtle off the road to the other side--in the direction he was going, and we learn more about how to care for our wildlife and our environment every day. And, we enjoy doing it.
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April 10, 2012
4 people found this review helpful
I live not far from the Wildlife Center of Virginia. Over the years, I have taken injured animals there. However I have only become a supporter and follower of the Center since January 2011 when I started watching the Norfolk Botanical Eagles when eggs were laid, the mother was killed and the eaglets were moved to the WCV. For hours, I have been 1 of thousands of people of all ages from toddlers to the elderly who have watched the Cam on a daily basis, "talked" to staff on the blog on a regular basis about the eagles and then when it became time for their release, cried along with 1500 people in person and over 10,000 on line at the release. The folks at the Center realized that we - the people- had developed an interest in wildlife as a result of this and have provided a major education to young, middle aged and older folks. They have teachers who have begun to educate their children about wildlife as a result of the Cams. Members of the staff from the President to the vets, to the outreach coordinators take time each day to talk on the blogs with us - to update on critters that they have the care of. And they let us know the good - and the bad. Each donation that I have sent, no matter how small has received a letter from the Center and it is signed by the President Ed Clark - that is not something that is the norm these days. I am proud to be an Eagle Peep and a member of Critter Nation and wholeheartedly recommend the Wildlife Center of Virginia for this award.
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2012
April 10, 2012
4 people found this review helpful
The Wildlife Center of Virginia has changed my life in many ways. I am a very Sr. Citizen and have always given to various charities. BUT, once I learned about WCV, the work that it does with nature and its surroundings, all critters large and small, and the environment as well, my respect for this organization became top rate. ALL people associated with WCV are caring, hard working and their goal is to save every type of wildlife critter that comes to the hospital. There are very few hospitals that take care of all kinds of wildlife and WCV is one of the top in the world. Our President, Ed Clark, is a worldwide invited speaker on behalf of these critters and the care and treatment that has to be given. He also is passionate about ammunition being used carelessly on animals that should be given a life to live. Ed and his Staff have brought the Wildlife Center of Virginia to be the foremost wildlife animal hospital in the world. So that Staff can be trained worldwide, it employs veterinarians from all parts of the globe, so they can go back to their countries and make vast improvements in their own systems. WCV also takes in aspiring students, so that they can further their own educations in the veterinary fields of their choice. WCV is always improving its equipment and animal housing, and relies solely on donations - no Government funding whatsoever. Every improvement that is made is constructed with the environment in mind - all wood, fencing, ground cover, food, surrounding vegetation, etc. I heartly endorse the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro, Virginia as one of the top ten GREEN 2012 GREAT NONPROFITS. Thank you.
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2012
5 people found this review helpful
April 10, 2012
5 people found this review helpful
I have only recently become familiar with the Wildlife Center of Virginia, but find the things I have learned from them, via their fb page, their web cam and blog, to be things that are quickly becoming ingrained habits ,for the betterment of wildlife and their (thus our) environment. Their public outreach programs are excellent, involving you and educating you simulataneously, showing that you can make a difference in so many ways. These things spill over into every aspect of my life, causing me to want to become more actively concerned about our environment. They have truly added joy to my life, awareness to my actions, and have started what I hope will continue to be an everyday learning process about those creatures that inhabit the earth with us; that are so effected by our actions. The folks at the Wildlife Center of Virginia are dedicted, passionate about their work, accessable, and committed to their motto "educating others to care about wildlife". Kudos to their accomplishments, which considers the welfare of the animals first.
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A lot
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2012
April 10, 2012
3 people found this review helpful
I became aware of the Wildlife Center in 2011 when the three young eagles from the nest at Norfolk Botanical Gardens had to be removed due to the death of the mother eagle. The center organized a cam to allow fans to observe the care and growth of the eagles. Soon, I became aware of the many other types of wildlife that the center cares for. The dedication, experience and expertise of the staff of doctors, re-habbers, interns and others is top notch. Watching their web site day by day, conversing with the staff via the blog and reading updates on some of the patients is a wonderful view into another world. I have learned so much. One of the moderators of the blog occasionally holds "class" in the evening on a particular critter. These are well attended. Informative articles that inform of such concerns as lead poisoning and how to lessen the danger are posted on the web site. I find that I value the opinion of the Wildlife Center whenever a conservation issue arises. They are internationally known as the place for wildlife vets to get training. They make you want to move to the area so you can volunteer there. The eagles have all been released, but many of us will keep coming back and keep donating as well to support the necessary and terrific work they do there. Thank you.
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Definitely
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2012
3 people found this review helpful
April 10, 2012
3 people found this review helpful
I first heard of the Wildlife Center of Virginia in April 2011 when the eaglets from a nest at Norfolk Botanical Gardens were taken there after their mother was killed by an airplane. I first became involved because I had watched those eaglets be hatched but continued to vist the WCV site after they had all been released back into the wild where they belonged. I soon became financially involved as well as emotionally involved with their mission, to treat injured wildlife, but also to educate. I am over 50 years old and I can not have imagined what I have learned in the last year. The personnel are all wonderful, caring people, not only to the wildlife but also to their students, who range in age from 8 to 80.
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2012
April 10, 2012
4 people found this review helpful
WCV, an internationally revered teaching veterinary hospital, treats over 25,000 wild animals each year, rehabs and releases those critters that can successfully survive their second chance at life, and provides a permanent home as education animals for many injured and unreleasable. Through their outreach programs in schools and to the public, and through their moderated Critter Cam and website articles, WCV teaches about wild animals - of all species -- to hundreds of thousands of people of all ages in Virginia, the US, and internationally. WCV trains wildlife veterinarians from the US and around the world, trains wildlife rehabbers, and trains animal lovers how to better appreciate and respect wildlife and their habitats. WCV participates in national and international wildlife studies and projects, and has impacted wildlife legislation. WCV is a leader in wildlife education. I support their work through my learning and sharing, through my ever-growing appreciation for the wonderment of nature and its critters, and through my small and heartfelt financial contributions. My life has been changed by, and I have learned much from, WCV's expert staff and from the animals they serve so well.
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2012
4 people found this review helpful
April 10, 2012
4 people found this review helpful
I had never heard about the Wildlife Center of Virginia till April 11. Been a fan for a year and I know more about wildlife than I ever knew for 50 plus years. The staff makes you always feel welcomed. Been the twice for the open house and have heard many calls the front desk took. All very POLITE and will to give you information in terms every day people can understand. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR VIRGINIA'S WILDLIFE!!!!
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Life-changing
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2012
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