My Nonprofit Reviews

Liberty Wildlife is staffed by a group of knowledgeable and extremely dedicated volunteers. The variety of jobs done by these people is just amazing.

I have learned so much by:

* Watching those who dedicate countless volunteer hours to managing the facility, and the small office staff who do the 'business aspect' of keeping the organization operating, making each dollar work as hard as possible to help as many birds and animals as possible, is a lesson in teamwork and how to run an efficient and cost effective organization.
*Seeing how clean and scrubbed the mews and holding cages are every day. This shows that the daily care volunteers really care about the home and the health of the birds and animals.
* Watching the hand feeding team volunteers carefully measure the amount of food that each education raptor will be fed, adding raptor vitamins to ensure the bird receives all vital nutrients, then weighing each bird, logging that weight and the weight and type of food being served, into the daily log book. This shows how the volunteers understand the requirements of each and every bird, every single day.
*Seeing the Medical Service volunteers thoroughly examine every single animal, from tiny cottontail bunnies to large beautiful hawks, searching to find anything that may be broken, have an electrocution burn, gunshot wound, fish hook or fishing line embedded, and the other types of injury that humans seem to accidently or on purpose inflict on these wild creatures. This shows a depth of dedication to helping the bird or animal overcome the injury that one would expect to see in a hospital for humans.
* Watching the Orphan Care volunteers prepare and feed the hundreds, even thousands, of orphans- little birds, hawks, owls, rabbits etc is a lesson in organization! They even take extra care by wearing camouflage that conceals the face, hands and body, to avoid 'imprinting' tiny raptors while feeding them, to ensure they will be releaseable when they are old enough and strong enough to survive on their own.
*Seeing actual raptor foster parents raising orphaned babies of any size, including teaching them the skills necessary to survive in the outside world. This shows that non-releasable, non-education raptors have a positive impact in helping return their species to the wild.
*Watching the Education volunteers take education birds to festivals, churches, schools, nursing homes, and other events, showing the beauty of the birds up close, explaining how and why the bird became an education bird, describing where and how the bird would live in the wild. These birds are no longer able to fly free and soar on the wind, to hunt for themselves, to mate and raise a family, but they are willing partners in educating the public on what people can do to help secure a place in the world for their species.
*Manning the Hotline, where the public calls for assistance and information about what to do with orphan or injured birds, providing an opportunity to interact and educate the public. Helping them understand how to safely return a baby bird that has fallen out of the nest, what to do about an injured bird, is very rewarding.
*Calling a trained Rescue and Transport volunteer, who may drive many miles to pick up an injured or orphaned raptor. Knowing that there are volunteers out there who are willing to give their time (and gas!) to rescuing a raptor is a great feeling.

There are many other volunteers and areas at Liberty Wildlife that provide native birds, raptors and animals an opportunity to grow up, heal and return to their special place in the world.

Liberty Wildlife is a Living Example of their Mission Statement:

"Liberty Wildlife is dedicated to nurturing the nature of Arizona's wildlife through quality rehabilitation, community education and conservation services".

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