It’s Time for a New Wildlife Care Center
Since the 1930s, residents have relied on Portland Audubon’s Wildlife Care Center—the busiest rehabilitation center in the region—to treat injured and orphaned native wildlife. Each year we treat 4,000 injured and orphaned wildlife, respond to 10,000 wildlife 911 inquiries, and educate over a million people.
Built in 1987, our current Wildlife Care Center is no longer equipped to meet the growing demand for wildlife care and education. An upgraded Wildlife Care Center, complete with an added second floor and surgical suite, will allow Portland Audubon to remain on the cutting edge of wildlife care, education, research, and advocacy. It is vital for protecting the amazing wildlife that surrounds us for decades to come.
View the Floor Plan
In addition to seeing the outside in the beautiful rendering above, we’d like to share with you the full floor plan for both floors of the new facility.
With Your Help We’ll Make Vital Improvements to Our Facilities Including:
Adding a Second Floor
Expand this cramped building by adding a second floor, providing more space for treatment and patient housing, as well as space for our staff and more than 150 volunteers who make our work possible.
Building a Surgical Suite
Instead of taking our patients off site for surgery, we’ll add an on-site surgical suite and new equipment to provide state-of-the-art medical care.
Increasing Public Education
We’ll create a compelling educational entrance, a public viewing window into the Care Center, and increase educational opportunities to make a difference for wildlife. This work will help reduce significant hazards facing wildlife in Oregon, including window strikes, light pollution, cat predation, poaching, and lead toxicity.
About the Wildlife Care Center
The Wildlife Care Center has been here for our community 365 days a year and has provided over 100,000 native birds and other wildlife with a second chance at life in the wild. It’s more than a rehabilitation facility. It’s one of our most valuable outreach tools, used to educate the public about preventing injuries from common wildlife hazards like window strikes, cat predation, and poisoning, so tens of thousands of animals never even come through our doors.
Our Impact by the Numbers
4,000 wildlife treated each year
10,000 calls to our wildlife 911 hotline for advice
150,000 visits to our wildlife resources on our website
1 million+ through news and social media
Bob Sallinger rescuing a Barn Owl from fishing line.