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WILDLIFE CENTER OF VIRGINIA
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April 10, 2012
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Wildlife Center of Virginia is an absolutely awesome place. They provide top notch veterinary care for Virginia wildlife. Through their web cam I have seen some remarkable healing done there. Not only do they provide this care for critters, they are a teaching hospital, training vets and rehabilitators from around the world. Another of their goals is to educate the public on the care of wildlife and our environment. For the past year they have been better able to reach more people through their web cam and chat that runs along beside it. All in all an outstanding organization!
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April 10, 2012
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The Wildlife Center of Virginia is a world renouned teaching and Wildlife Rehabilitation center. By watching their "Critter Cam", I have learned more about wildlife in the last two years than I had in a lifetime. They always keep us informed of the patients' progress and also will give us the not so good news when it happens. We cheer for their victories and mourn their losses. They have taught me, as well as many others that things happen in nature (as well as in life) that we can't control. We must learn to accept it all--good or bad. I have also learned to be patient because Nature does what it does on its timetable. Not ours. Because of their philosophies and teachings, I have become a more knowledgable and grateful person.
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April 10, 2012
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The Wildlife Center of Virginia has been caring for injured and orphaned wild animals for 30 years. Recently, the center has has invited classrooms to become more involved in learning about wildlife via their new live stream of various recovering patients. Many classrooms participate in the blog on a regular basis. WCV reaches out other ways as well: seminars, classes, open houses, lectures and demonstrations all developed to teach people to care for and appreciate their wildlife...and while the teaching goes on...the center is treating, rehabbing and releasing 100's of animals back to their wild places
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April 10, 2012
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The Wildlife Center of Virginia (WCV) is a unique and support-worthy organization for a whole host of reasons. Not only do they provide excellent care for injured wildlife of all types, but they also act as veterinary teaching facility of the highest quality, all under the exceptional leadership of Dr. Dave McRuer. Their public relations and education activities in recent years have furthermore been tremendously innovative and successful, have reached unprecendented numbers of people and taught so many about wildlife and its natural state and protection. I have worked closely with WCV in an advisory capacity for the past two years, using falconry techniques to condition raptors prior to release back to the wild. During this time, I have had the pleasure of witnessing WCV's team in action, tending to injuries, teaching vets, rehabbing wildlife as well as educating the public.
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April 10, 2012
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We run a group home for 19 special needs children and one of the highlights of their day is watching the Wildlife Center of Virginia's live Critter Cam, which features various and different wildlife species in rehabilitation for eventual release back into their native habitat. There is also associated with this cam a wonderful moderated blog which features patient backgrounds, classroom participation, interviews with staff, interaction with others worldwide who care for our world and the wildlife which inhabit it. This remarkable organization has taught our children to care for our environment and those species which live together in it more than any other source, and has given them hope for the future. No greater good can be asked for a green world.
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I began watching this organizations critter cam last year when they began caring for three Norfolk eaglets. Have enjoyed their cam experience which has expanded to highlight several other birds during the past year. They provide rehab services to injured wildlife and also train rehab specialists from all over. Their blog has provided exceptional information on the animals that they treat and show on the cam as well as information on conservation issues. It has been both entertaining and informative.
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April 10, 2012
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This organization has taught the public the advantages to saving wildlife no matter how small or large. The ecosystem depends on every living thing, everything has a purpose which is what I have learned over the past year visiting the WCV online camera and chat! The folks there will answer any question in a professional manner and uses a lot of humor also. School teachers from all over the country utilize WCV's online crittercam for educational purposes. WCV is a world class organization!
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April 10, 2012
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The Wildlife Center of Virginia is a hospital for native wildlife and is teaching the world to care about and to care for wildlife and the environment. The Center was established in 1982 and since that time has treated more than 55,000 wild animals, representing 200 species of native birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. In 2011 alone they treated 2,644 patients. The Wildlife Center of Virginia trains wildlife medicine practitioners, including veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and volunteer wildlife rehabilitators. These individuals are now on the cutting-edge of wildlife veterinary medicine around the world. In 2007 the Wildlife Center was the receipent of the National Conservation Achievement Award as the Conservation Organization of the Year from the National Wildlife Federation. The Wildlife Center of Virginia, through their moderated blog, have shared messages of wildlife conservation and environmental awareness with tens of thousands of individuals across the United States, Canada, and around the world.
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April 10, 2012
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I have been working with the Wildlife Center of Virginia since its inception by way of: transporting captured or orphaned wild animals and birds to them for vet care; have participated in excellent training programs for beginning and advanced wildlife rehabilitators- and have sent many new rehabbers to them for help, guidance, and training; have participated in on line discussions and training; have watched their Wildlife Veterinarians as they have cared for the Wild Creatures of Virginia and been trained to go out to other states and countries to care for wild animals and birds. In all things, this is a center for the care of the wild that shines bright on manty and every level including working and educating the public on the need to cre boout our national treasures of all kinds of wildlife. It has maintained "Critter Cams" which have excited people all across the nation to watch, learn, and respect our wildlife- especially in the care of three orphaned American Bald Eagles from the Norfolk Botanical Gardens. Personally, I have been treated with dignity and respect, as have the wild things under their excellent care. The co-founder and Ed Clark has realized and nurtured The Wildlife Center of Virginia into one of the top Centers and Hospitals for the care of injured and orphaned wild animals and birds..
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April 10, 2012
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The Wildlife Center of Virginia is one of the leading wildlife rehabilitation centers in the country. They are a role model for many other rehab centers, even in other countries. They take in thousands of animals each year that have been injured or orphaned at a young age. They have educational programs for classes and the general public. I became involved in donating to them when they received 3 bald eaglets last year who had lost their mother due to a plane hitting her. They put cams in the enclosure where the eaglets were so that the public, who had been watching this eaglets since they were hatched at Norfolk Botanical Gardens, could watch their progress and their eventual release. It is a wonderful teaching hospital and rehab center!
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