December 2023 Annual Appeal and Update

I hope this letter finds you well as we enter the holiday season and inch closer to a new year. At Wildwoods, we are so thankful for all you do to make sure that we can continue our work. This year, we have admitted and cared for close to 1,000 orphaned, injured, and sick wild […]

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The future of a fawn and the sad call of a moose calf

The photo of this fawn tells one story, and the photos of folks trudging through the woods at dusk tells a second story. This fawn came to Wildwoods needing support after having been abandoned by its mother. We attempted reunification to no avail. This fawn was very hungry, having gone at least 24 hours without […]

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Spring 2022 Update

Bald Eagle – Lead Poisoning Public education on the impact of lead ammunition on wildlife is increasing, and more efforts are being made to outlaw lead ammunition (and lures) because of the devastating impact it has on animals, especially eagles. Keep your fingers crossed. This beautiful bald eagle just four days at Wildwoods – it […]

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Fall 2021 Newsletter

Dear Wildwoods Friends and Supporters, Check out our full fall 2021 newsletter here! I am excited to share our newsletter with you and tell some tales about what Wildwoods has seen this summer! But first, I wanted to let you know that this is a very special year for us. Wildwoods was incorporated as a […]

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March 2021 Animal Updates!

Bobcat On January 14, Seth, a wildlife biologist with the Grand Portage Band, found this female bobcat near Grand Portage while working in the woods. Clearly injured (possibly hit by a car), he sought care for the bobcat by calling Wildwoods. One of our volunteers headed out to meet them, and immediately transported the bobcat […]

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Baby Pigeons deserve a chance

Every Life Deserves Compassion

Did you know, if given a plentiful food source, pigeons will reproduce all year round? These two nuggets were brought in by Stone from Stone River Wildlife Control. He can usually talk homeowners into letting babies grow up before blocking off nesting areas in attics and unfavorable places, but the homeowners where these two came […]

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The crow this feather belongs to was killed by poisoning

It’s not enough to talk

A personal plea from staff member, Tara Yesterday Gina and a coworker brought in a crow from the Essentia West parking lot. They had thought that it had hit a window. It was shivering and making raspy gurgling noises. When birds hit windows, they can regurgitate and aspirate fluids. They can also burst air sacks […]

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Wild rabbit

The Story of Sunny

We received a call today from a scared and concerned woman whose pet rabbit was sick and unresponsive. She had adopted a wild cottontail rabbit from a store that sold domestic rabbits. They had told her it was hand raised and not releasable back to the wild. She was told it would be fine with […]

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Three of thirty juvenile pigeons who were rescued from starvation

Pigeons rescued from a nightmare

Wildwoods received thirty baby and juvenile pigeons who had all been trapped in an attic with no way to escape. A man had been cited by the city because there were so many pigeons living in and around his house. He shooed away some of the adults, but didn’t call anyone to remove the rest […]

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