Wildlife Enrichment Activities Caring for the wild animals at Tucson Wildlife Center involves more than just medical care, feeding, and cleaning. Regular physical and mental stimulation (enrichment) is a vital…
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Final Reminder: Tucson Wildlife Center Open House
Tucson Wildlife Center’s (TWC) open house is only three days away! Is everyone excited? Our staff and volunteers are extremely excited. Besides the crafts, another thing that we are excited…
Patient of the Week: 11/03/23
Great Horned Owl with Embedded Pellets This great horned owl, found lying on her back and in distress, is now undergoing observation and rehabilitation on her way to recovery. After…
Reminder: Tucson Wildlife Center Open House
Tucson Wildlife Center’s (TWC) open house is ten days away! Our staff and volunteers have been busy getting the crafts ready. The children will get to make cute crafts while…
Patient of the Week: 10/27/23
Halloween Decorations / Bats With Halloween right around the corner, spooky decorations are popping up all over Tucson. However, it is not the ghosts and black cats giving Tucson Wildlife…
National Veterinary Technician Week
October 15-21, 2023 Happy National Veterinary Technician Week! At Tucson Wildlife Center, vet techs play an important role in the rehabilitation of our wild patients. Our vet techs assist the…
News 10/19/23: Fire and Wildlife
Sweetwater Wetlands Controlled Burn, yesterday, October 18. Tucson Wildlife Center has been at the Sweetwater Wetlands controlled burns for three years now, helping with any wildlife who may be in…
Sweetwater Wetlands controlled burn, October 18, 2023
Tucson Wildlife Center will once again be at the controlled burn at the Sweetwater Wetlands, on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. We will be there for any of the wildlife that…
Patient of the Week: 10/13/23
Gopher Snake Luckily for this gopher snake, otherwise known as a bull snake, an observant and caring resident sensed something was amiss after seeing the snake twice within ten days…
Patient of the Week: 10/06/23
Juvenile Snowy Egret This beautiful snowy egret juvenile was brought to Tucson Wildlife Center after being found standing in the middle of a busy road. When approached by his rescuer,…
Patient of the Week, Education Corner: 09/29/23
Turkey Vulture Migration This week, Tucson Wildlife Center’s staff and volunteers have been witnessing (and photographing) evidence of turkey vulture families gathering for fall migration from Tucson to Mexico, Central…
Patient of the Week: 09/22/23
Javelina Rescue, Rehab and Release For 25 years, Tucson Wildlife Center’s mission has been to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home injured, sick and orphaned wildlife. Services include a 24/7 emergency hotline,…
Patient of the Week: 09/15/23
Juvenile White-throated Swift Release At Tucson Wildlife Center, we find joy in every release, but this week it was especially fulfilling to return this juvenile white-throated swift (Patient of the…
2023 Tucson Classics Car Show Raffle
The 2023 Tucson Classics Car Show (TCCS) is happening on Saturday, October 21, 2023, from 10 a.m. – 4 pm. The drawing will be held at 3:30 p.m. After that,…
Patient of the Week: 09/08/23
Bats Did you know Arizona is home to 28 species of bats, second only to Texas in the United States? (At least 18 different species live in and around Tucson.)…
Patient of the Week: 09/01/23
Gambel’s Quail This week, Tucson Wildlife Center would like to introduce you to five very gregarious Gambel’s quail … Jasper, Joshua, Jemma, June and July. Jasper and Joshua were non-releasable…
Patient of the Week: 08/25/23
Long-nosed Snake and Checkered Garter Snake “Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?” (Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark) Arizona is home to almost five dozen species of…
Thank you, Rural Metro!
Tucson Wildlife Center wants to give a “Thank You” shout-out to Rural Metro. On 8/23/23 there was a brush fire in the Saguaro National Park, across the street from TWC….
Patient of the Week: 08/18/23
Juvenile White-throated Swift This striking white-throated swift has quickly turned the wildlife care team at Tucson Wildlife Center into “Swifties” (minus the billion dollar tour). Rescued from a parking lot…
Patient of the Week: 08/11/23
Coatimundi – Lone Coati Kit As Southern Arizona’s only wildlife hospital and rehabilitation facility, Tucson Wildlife Center recognizes that wild parents are the best at nurturing and guiding their young…
Patient of the Week: 08/04/23
Baby Birds Displaced by Monsoon Storms This hungry cactus wren fledgling is among many baby birds recently admitted to Tucson Wildlife Center after being displaced from their nests, separated from…
