Eastern Wildlife Center - Page Two
We encourage rehabilitation in every county by it's own citizens. We lobby veterinarians; we provide guidance, if asked, on a variety of wildlife questions. We are, of course, prepared to admit anything, at any time that we are asked. We provide educational presentations but do not stray from our purpose of wildlife rehabilitation. Let a young person release an animal and that will ensure you of future rehabilitators.
Eastern Wildlife Center's members are mostly rehabilitators. We get lots of babies in the spring and we are able provide for members the food, cages and supplies to help as they raise them at their homes. We currently do not have a full time staff at the center and are unable to bring them all here. Most of rehabilitation efforts in NC are from rehabilitators' homes. EWC provides the daily care of these animals when they are eating on their own and can come to the center.
It is a good system,and with rehabbers being scattered over several counties, has helped with the hardest part of successful rehab, acclimation to the outdoors in a large, secure, wooded environment. We have seen, over the years, mammals and birds, that come out here having been hand raised and very tame. Within days of their transfer to outdoor cages, never to be touched again, never spoken to, they become the wild creatures that nature intended. It surprises some that they are no longer the dependent animal that they raised, but it makes EWC smile for a job well done.
We are shy about our facility. It is not gated, has no signs, and no phone, but has been covered on the front page of several newspapers many times. The press, members, volunteers, and citizens understand that we cannot allow the general public to come and go as they please. A phone call to any one in authority, from veterinarians to 911, will get you a number of someone on call 24/7. We use the Presidents address to reply to business.We have on-site refrigerators, freezers, food, cages, and water.
We promote the ideas of leaving wildlife that you encounter alone. Especially fledgling birds. The idea that you have a bird inside because you have outdoor pets is not an option. We promote the idea to leave chimneys full of birds or squirrels alone until they leave, then cap it. If you decide to take them out, you have not helped them at all.
