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Wishing you Happy Holidays
from our Wild Care family to yours.
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Pictured from left: Gionet Hasson, Chelsea Peck, Eva Carbonaro, Amy Sanders,
Stephanie Ellis, Leah Myrbeck, Jennifer Taylor, and Kerry Reid
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Giving Tuesday Donations are a
Wild Success!
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Goodness, we have no words. Thanks to your generosity we exceeded our Giving Tuesday fundraising goal! Your donations totaled $13,180! These funds will go a long way towards helping to care for our wildlife patients. Stay tuned for photo updates in the New Year.
Thank you for your generosity
and thoughtful notes!
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Shop in Store…
411 Main Street, Dennis Port, MA
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Eat Chocolate, Save Wildlife Fundraiser Extended
to December 31st!
If you are looking for a reason to eat more chocolate, this is it! Stage Stop Candy has put together a special collection of milk and dark chocolate made by hand and beautifully wrapped exclusively for Wild Care. Boxes will be available online and in-store until December 31st. (Over 190 boxes sold so far!) Give a gift that gives back. For each box sold, Stage Stop Candy will donate $5 to Wild Care.
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Snowy Owls are Here - Here's How to View Them Safely | |
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Winter on Cape Cod brings with it the return of Snowy Owls. These magnificent birds are such a spectacular sight along the many coastal areas that they can create quite a frenzy of people trying to get a close up look or perfect photo. While viewing Snowy Owls it’s important to be respectful of them, give them some distance, and if you post photos, please don’t disclose the location to avoid a rush of owl paparazzi.
Visit Wild Care’s Snowy Owl web page to get some great facts about Snowy Owls, tips on how to view them safely, learn more about studies being done to protect them, and watch Lower Cape TV’s video of Athena, the Snowy Owl rescued, rehabbed, and released by Wild Care in February 2022.
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Wild Care Receives Generous Grant Award from the Eddy Foundation
The Mary-Louise Eddy and Ruth Eddy sisters were two incredibly generous philanthropists and Brewster residents who devoted their lives to the preservation of open spaces, wildlife, pets, and a good quality of life and enrichment for people. Wild Care is fortunate to be one of the charities they cherished. They have supported us through their Estate for over 17 years. We are fortunate to continue their legacy by rehabilitating sick, injured and orphaned wildlife on Cape Cod. Thank you to the Mary-Louise and Ruth N Eddy Foundation, for your continued support.
Photo: Molly Karlson, Eddy Foundation, Fiduciary Trust Company with Wild Care's Stephanie Ellis
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2024 Sponsorship of Terry the Turtle
Sponsored by Restoration 1 Cape Cod
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For more information on how to sponsor Terry or any of our Animal Ambassadors for the new year, please visit our website sponsorship page: | |
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Terry came to Wild Care in November of 2022. He is a male Eastern Painted Turtle with vibrant coloring that was surrendered by a family that could no longer care for him. He cannot be released into the wild because he is habituated to people. Terry has become one of our Animal Ambassadors, and part of our education outreach program teaching people about the importance of turtles in our environment.
Terry has been generously sponsored for 2024 by
Restoration 1 of Cape Cod.
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Is that a Penguin in Your Driveway? Winter Storms Bring Dovekies to Unusual Places Around Cape Cod
Winter storms can blow tiny Dovekies into parking lots, driveways and other locations that are unusual for a bird that spends most of its time in the open ocean feeding on plankton that they catch underwater. Dovekies weigh in at about 6 ounces and look like tiny penguins. For a little bird, they are a lot of work and require frequent high calorie feedings with a tube-feeding formula and tiny fish, and spend as much time as possible in our seabird therapy pools to stay waterproof.
If you find a Dovekie on land, it is most likely exhausted and in need of specialized care. It is important not to put it back in the water. Place it into a box in a warm quiet place and do not offer food or water. Call our wildlife helpline: 508-240-2255.
LEARN more about Dovekies
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Eastern Box Turtle
to Spend the Winter
at Wild Care
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This beautiful adult male Eastern Box Turtle was found in Eastham at the end of August by a concerned passerby that noticed the turtle was not moving and had maggots on it. Rescue volunteer Kate Martel brought the turtle to us in very bad shape with a massive infection, and it was not until October that he was free of parasites. Because there was still some swelling, he was not quite ready for release going into the cold season so he will spend the winter in our care.
Care of this beautiful turtle over the winter has been generously sponsored by Lisa Meeks in honor of all the people around the world that are working hard to save turtles. Lisa absolutely loves turtles and feels that even though they are cold-blooded, that doesn’t mean they are dull and boring. We couldn’t agree more!
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We are grateful to Linda Ravesi for her sponsorship of this Eastern Box Turtle’s winter care in honor of her son Michael Ravesi, Herpetologist for the state of Connecticut. She sent us this lovely note - “No animal should go unnoticed and uncared for. Wild Care is a wonderful organization that treats all animals with respect. We thank them deeply for their care”. Thank you Linda!
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Herring Gull in a Hurry
is Looking for a Sponsor for Care
and Release
We have a runner…This Herring Gull has places to go! Brought to us from Fall River with a respiratory infection this fast fella has made a full recovery after being treated with antibiotics, fluids, and rest. Animal Care Coordinator Jennifer Taylor said the gull runs all over the clinic, and even up the stairs to the office. We have moved him into the larger aviary to give him some room to run before he is cleared for release very soon.
If you would like to sponsor
the care and release of this rambunctious bird,
please email Stephanie.
Photo: Fall River gull after a bath!
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Wild Care is Thankful for our Community | |
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Bird Watcher's
General Store Hosts Wild Care Day on
Shop Small Saturday
It was a full house at the Bird Watcher's General Store on Shop Small Saturday! Guests enjoyed a meet and greet with Up Up, Wild Care's Animal Ambassador Eastern Screech Owl, and Wild Care received over $500 in donations including gift cards to Shaws and Stop and Shop.
Thank you Mike O'Connor and the crew at "Birdland" for hosting us, and for all the support year-round!
Pictured Bird Watcher's General Store Owner Mike O'Connor and Wild Care's Stephanie Ellis
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Nauset High School Students Create Wildlife Jewelry
for Wild Care
The students of Jody Craven's Independent Learning Jewelry Making Class at Nauset Regional High School designed, created and donated one-of-a-kind necklaces, earrings, and pins to Wild Care as part of a class project. Each piece was inspired by their love and respect of wildlife with a desire to make a difference.
Thank you to Jody and his talented students for this amazing gift! These beautiful works of art were available for donation in November and have all been spoken for.
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Redbrook Community
Giving Tree Collects Donations for Wild Care
Redbrook, a Plymouth community inspired by nature, chose Wild Care to be a recipient of their annual Giving Tree donations after a resident named Kim brought a turkey poult that she found on the side of the road to us. “Redbrook tries to always support animals as well as families in need, and Wild Care aligns very well with our mission.” said Jeni Maynard, Director of Resident Services. Together they collected an incredible amount of gift cards from Shaw’s, Agway, Ace Hardware, Amazon, Stop and Shop, and Staples totally more than $1,000! Thank you so much for this generous gift!
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Easy as Pie Fundraiser
Thank you to everyone that purchased pies from Herbivore Patisserie's Thanksgiving pie fundraiser for Wild Care. More than 20 delicious pies were sold, and Wild Care received a $135 donation from cottage baker and owner Brandy Walsh.
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Cape Cod Bird Club Hosts Annual Holiday Meeting and Collects Donations for Wild Care
The Cape Cod Bird Club hosted their annual holiday meeting at the Brewster Museum of Natural History and collected donations for Wild Care. We are so grateful for all of the generous donations we received which included supplies, gift cards, and $115!
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Wild Care Staff Make Gingerbread Houses
for Wildlife at Holiday Celebration
Gingerbread houses are a fun way to get crafty during the holiday season. At Wild Care we wanted to share that holiday spirt with our wildlife friends. Seeds, nuts, berries, suet, dried fruit, and peanut butter mixed with evergreens make a beautiful display and tasty treat for birds and other wild critters. They’re fun to make, and even more fun to watch who comes by to visit!
These photos are of the wildlife gingerbread houses we made at our annual Wild Care holiday gathering. We hope they inspire you to make your own!
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A New Year's Resolution Worth Keeping!
Monthly Donors Save Wildlife Every day.
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Make a New Year’s resolution that’s easy to keep - Become a monthly Wild Care Donor! Any amount from as little as $5 each month goes a long way towards the year-round care of our wildlife patients. Give monthly and save wildlife every day. | |
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Check out our Amazon and Chewy WISH LISTS and donate much
needed supplies to help the animals being cared for at Wild Care.
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