About the Center

The Wildlife Center of Virginia was formed in 1982 to provide quality health care, often on an emergency basis, to native wildlife.

Since 1982, the Wildlife Center has:

  • treated more than 90,000 wild animals, representing more than 200 species of native birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians.
  • shared the lessons learned from these cases with some 1.5 million school children and adults across Virginia.
  • trained a corps of wildlife medicine practitioners, including veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and volunteer wildlife rehabilitators. Those who have benefited from the professional training programs offered by the Center may now be found on the cutting-edge of wildlife veterinary medicine around the world.

In 2007, the Wildlife Center received the National Conservation Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation as the Conservation Organization of the Year.

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The Center operates out of a 5700-square-foot building, built in 1995. This structure includes the veterinary clinic, diagnostics laboratory, operating suite, and radiology room, as well as offices for administration and outreach staff. The Center also has an array of outdoor facilities for non-releasable education animals as well as recovering patients, including large flight pens, a bear enclosure, an aviary, deer fawn pens, and more.

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Please note: As a veterinary hospital, the Center is not open to the public for tours or visitation. Please check our open house calendar if you’d like to come and learn more during a scheduled event!