TWC’s Foster Parents
Tucson Wildlife Center is dedicated to the rescue, emergency medical care and rehabilitation of injured, orphaned, and sick wildlife. While it is always our goal to release our patients back into the wild, we have a few animals unable to be released for various reasons. These animals sometimes serve as foster parents to young orphans brought to us by the community.
Currently, Bisbee is foster mom to three lively bobcat kittens. These young orphans were all brought to TWC separately, but around the same time. The kittens were slowly introduced to each other during play dates (see video) and once our wildlife care team felt they were ready, the little ones were moved to our Baby Bobcat Nursery, Bisbee’s outside enclosure. Bisbee is a wonderful, caring foster mom and the kittens are provided an environment full of enrichment and stimulation with climbing and hunting challenges to prepare for release back into the wild.
Nono is an adult male barn owl that has been at the Center since 2009. He is fostering an orphaned barn owlet that recently was brought to TWC for serious care. Male barn owls’ natural involvement in parenting duties in the wild makes them excellent foster dads, as they are accustomed to hunting and providing for their young. Nono teaches his adoptive young how to behave like a barn owl, providing important life lessons needed to survive in the wild. The photo of Nono shows him literally taking one of his past fosters under his wing. If you would like to help Tucson Wildlife Center in its mission to help wildlife, click the button to donate.
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