WNJ Exclusive: Woodlands Wildlife Refuge, Giving New Jersey's Wildlife a Second Chance


All photos from WWR unless otherwise noted.


By Shannon McDonald

Woodlands Wildlife Refuge is a animal rehabilitation facility that takes care of orphaned and injured New Jersey wildlife and prepares them for release back into their natural habitat. WWR is a state certified rehabilitation facility and also is a non-profit 501 (C)(3). Because Woodlands Wildlife Refuge is non-profit it receives no state or federal funding.

This organization was founded in the mid-1980’s by Tracy Leaver, when she took two orphaned raccoons in and rehabilitated them back to health. Tracy Leaver is a state licensed animal rehabilitator and the founder and director of Woodlands Wildlife Refuge.  WWR takes care of hundreds of animals a year, making sure that the animals they take in are cared for until they are healthy enough to be put back in the wild.



Woodlands Wildlife Refuge is not open to the public, but they do offer educational programs! All of the school programs introduce students to concepts and content in life science, biology, and environmental science to meet current New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards.



Woodlands Wildlife Refuge is always looking for volunteers! If you are looking to work with animals or existing educational programs, the gift of time is a precious thing and WWR will provide the training that volunteer’s need, so no experience is necessary. If you would like to help WWR but cannot volunteer they have a foster program if you decide to foster an animal your gift is tax-deductible and as a participant in WWR's annual foster program, you will receive the following items about your animal of choice: a foster certificate, photograph, information regarding natural history and its life at Woodlands, a foster decal and bookmark. 



Woodlands Wildlife Refuge is not offering jobs at this time, but they do offer internships! You can choose between a part-time internship (25 hours a week) or a full-time internship (40 hours a week), the internship lasts from 10-12 weeks and is for students with 2 or more years of college experience who are in an animal science major or a like field.



Woodlands Wildlife Refuge is a fantastic facility that is dedicated to helping the native wildlife of New Jersey!

For more details on information mentioned above visit the Woodlands Wildlife Refuge website located here.
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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 11/3/2010 10:00 AM
Categories: WNJ Exclusives
 

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