Wildlife Center planning open houses
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The Wildlife Center of Virginia, the nation’s leading teaching and research hospital for native wildlife, has scheduled three open-house dates for Fall 2012
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Wildlife Center dedicates new flight pen
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The new flight pen is designed for rehabilitation and flight training by Bald and Golden Eagles, vultures, and hawks. The pen – labeled A-3 – is 89 feet long and 16 feet wide, measuring 23 feet at its highest point
Wildlife Center president honored
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Eagle Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is today announcing that Ed Clark¸ President and Co-Founder of The Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro, has received the national 2012 Grand Prize Rare Life Award. The Rare Life Award is given to an individual who “leads a rare life” of courage, leadership, survival, devotion, character, and heroism. …
Wildlife Center treating poisoned bald eagle
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On Wednesday, Jan. 11, the Wildlife Center of Virginia admitted a bald eagle – an adult bird – from Prince William County. The bird was picked up on Jan. 10 near Route 234 (between Manassas and Dumfries) and taken to the Village Veterinary Clinic in Burke. On Jan. 11, a volunteer transporter picked up the…
Wildlife Center urges hunters to pick up game
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With hunting season well underway, officials at The Wildlife Center of Virginia are urging hunters to take steps to curb lead poisoning of Virginia wildlife. The Center’s effort comes just days after the death of a Bald Eagle – an adult female – admitted to the Center with high lead levels. Each year the Center…
Virginia receives added funds for Chesapeake Bay/wildlife programs
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John A. Bricker, State Conservationist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, announced today that Virginia farmers can now access nearly $1.5 million in additional funding to implement conservation practices to protect and restore the Bay and state wildlife habitat. “This has been a record-breaking year for Virginia with the state’s largest program signup to…
Chase Community Giving and the Wildlife Center of Virginia
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Chase Community Giving is a philanthropic effort held by JPMorgan Chase in which charity projects will receive money in accordance to votes by the public on Facebook. The staff at the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro is encouraging friends, community members, and supporters to cast a vote for the Wildlife Center. Voting is now…
Ruby wins disputed Wildlife Center vote
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And the winner is … well, more on that in a minute. The big news with the online poll to name the newest environmental ambassador at the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro is that the effort was apparently hacked. The votes – the legitimate ones, at least – eventually came down in favor of…
Poll: Help the WIldlife Center name the hawk
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The polls are now open in the Wildlife Center of Virginia’s campaign to name a red-tailed hawk – a non-releasable hawk that will soon be visiting schools as one of the Center’s environmental ambassadors. The Center is taking online votes in this Name-the-Hawk contest through Monday, Feb. 21, and everyone is encouraged to participate. To…
Help the Wildlife Center name its new hawk
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The Wildlife Center of Virginia, a leading teaching and research hospital for wildlife, is enlisting the help of area elementary-school children in coming up with a name for a Red-tailed Hawk – an non-releasable hawk that will soon be visiting schools as one of the Center’s environmental ambassadors. Earlier this month, the Wildlife Center contacted…
