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BEHIND THE SCENES SPOTLIGHT: Linda, Volunteer Wildlife Care Specialist
With a life-long love of animals, Linda started volunteering at Tucson Wildlife Center eight years ago, after her mom pointed out an article in the newspaper about local animal rehab…
Patient of the Week: Young Brown Pelican
With its oversized bill, thin neck, and big body, this brown pelican is a beautiful, social bird. Brought to Tucson Wildlife Center after being discovered on a sidewalk in Green…
Patient of the Week: Striped Skunk Kit
Everything is looking great for this little orphaned skunk. A Wilcox resident brought her to Tucson Wildlife Center after watching her alone in their yard for a time. She will…
Patient of the Week: Black-crowned Night Heron
This Black-crowned Night Heron is looking healthy, and has found his barking squawk, after arriving at Tucson Wildlife Center as a dehydrated orphaned nestling. Found near a lake with no…
Patient of the Week: Baby raccoons
Three very lucky baby raccoons were recently rescued and brought to Tucson Wildlife Center, where they will grow up together until old enough to be released back to the wild….
Millions for Tucson Raffle 2022
Once again, Tucson Wildlife Center is participating in The Jim Click Millions For Tucson Raffle. This is the 13th Click Raffle since 2003, and just one of the many ways…
Patient of the Week: Cooper’s Hawk Fledglings
As summer heats up in Tucson, the rising temperatures are causing trouble for a lot of the wildlife, especially the babies. Phones at the Tucson Wildlife Center have been ringing…
Patient of the Week: Coyote Pups
A property owner in Tubac found this injured female coyote pup off a side road by the highway and called Tucson Wildlife Center late after hours. Our rescuer Justin drove…
Thank You … Hughes Federal Credit Union and Diana Madaras!
Hughes Federal Credit Union recently donated a check for $8,590 to the Tucson Wildlife Center through $5 donations for each new Diana Madaras “Little Prowler” debit card issued to members…
Patient of the Week: Ladder-backed Woodpecker – Nestling
This baby Ladder-backed Woodpecker was brought to Tucson Wildlife Center three weeks ago as an underweight orphan whose nest or mother could not be located. Covered in down with a…
Birdsbesafe.com – keeping birds safe
Sharing a site to help keep our birds safe when our house cats explore outside. https://www.birdsbesafe.com/ You can find these on Amazon for $11.99, which are made by the same…
Patient of the Week: Nestling Great Horned Owl
This nestling great horned owl was rescued by firefighters from the Sierra Vista Fire Department on the evening of May 10th during the San Rafael Fire. Firefighters were investigating an…
Patient Timeline: Baby Barn Owls
Tucson Wildlife Center – Patient Timeline Tucson Wildlife Center received these baby barn owls on March 30th after they were found between bales of hay in a truck that was…
Patient of the Week: Gopher Snake
This Gopher Snake has been quite the survivor before coming to Tucson Wildlife Center. He was discovered in a backyard with a kink in his body and brought into TWC…
Patient of the Week: Desert Cottontails
In the spirit of Easter coming up this Sunday, our patients of the week are these Desert Cottontails. This species is the most common species of rabbit found in the…
Patient of the Week: Bubba and Otto
All of us at Tucson Wildlife Center want to thank everyone for participating in Arizona Gives. It means a lot to us and we wouldn’t be here without you. This…
AZ Gives Day is here!!!
Arizona Gives Day is here, the 24 hours are from noon Tuesday to noon Wednesday. Please remember Tucson Wildlife Center! We are the ONLY wildlife hospital in Southern Arizona, there…
Update: Patient of the Week: Gila Monster
Mentioned in a previous post, this beautiful, native to Arizona, Gila Monster came to Tucson Wildlife Center after she had been caught in a snap trap meant for rodents. Upon…
Coming soon: Arizona Gives Day 2022
Arizona Gives Day, April 5, 2022 The annual Arizona Gives Day is on Tuesday, April 5 (noon) through Wednesday, April 6 (noon). Tucson Wildlife Center wants to celebrate our beloved…
Arizona Gives Day, April 5, 2022
Mark your calendars! The annual Arizona Gives Day is on Tuesday, April 5 (noon) through Wednesday, April 6 (noon) Tucson Wildlife Center wants to celebrate our beloved Wilbur. We thought…
