Your support helped us set another record for patient intakes in 2024! Please enjoy this collection of some of our favorite patients of 2024. Thank you - we couldn't help all these precious creatures without you!
This turtle is getting drops to help with an eye injury.
A baby songbird getting fed
Chipmunk in a blanket!
Ambassador flying squirrel Stella enjoys a treat
Staffer Nicole has an opossum patient under sedation so she can splint his fractured leg.
Ambassador black vulture, Carrie, looking majestic
Two patients in "Turtle Town," getting their warm water soaks
A bat patient is immobilized with masking tape so a staffer can repair his wing
Staffer Hayley checking out a box turtle patient
A baby armadillo shortly after arriving in care
Orphaned raccoons love to play - these guys were released on our episode of Georgia Outdoors on PBS!
Brunch time for a 'dillo!
A volunteer feeds orphaned fawns
A staffer carefully separates this snake from two glue traps
This mom opossum came in with an eye injury. Little did we know, she'd give birth shortly after arrival! She raised the babies in her pouch, then after a couple months, they emerged to ride on her back
Staffer Jordan feeding a piebald orphan deer
Flying squirrel snack time
This beaver heads home after rehabbing at AWARE
Hummingbird patients at a feeder
A squirrel patient looks out from the nest box that is his "halfway house" immediately after release. A volunteer will bring him and his pals food for the next few weeks as they settle in.
Ambassador opossum Grape exploring some Halloween enrichment
Staffer Marielle presenting ambassador barn owl, Boogie, to a fascinated group of kids at one of the 200+ educational programs we did this year
An orphaned opossum exploring enrichment
Box turtle gets a scrub
A tiny baby turtle weighs in at just 13 grams, or about the weight of two quarters
A closeup of the beaver featured at the beginning and end of the year-end letter
Orphaned skunks enjoying a dirt pan of insects
Adorable!
Orphaned opossums emoting
A snapping turtle patient on the rocks
Hummingbird patient with an injured wing
A young squirrel in an outdoor enclosure, preparing to head back to the wild
One of the orphaned foxes we raised this year
A closeup of an armadillo during her patient intake exam