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As one of the world’s leading teaching hospitals for wildlife medicine, the Wildlife Center of Virginia has a core mission to teach the world to care about and care for wildlife and the environment. This news page collects stories of the Center’s expertise in action.


April 21, 2011

One Year After the Explosion:  Reflections from WCV President Ed Clark

Perhaps it is an ironic joke of the universe that we observe two significant events this week. First, April 22 marks the 41st commemoration of Earth Day, the global celebration of the planet and the day on which we reaffirm our commitment to protecting the environment.

March 11, 2011
At long last, a dream of the WCV veterinary staff has come true! At the end of 2010, a group of Wildlife Center supporters donated the funds to purchase a Fuji digital radiology system. This system arrived and was installed at the beginning of March 2011. This system has been on the veterinary team's wishlist for years.
March 7, 2011

The Wildlife Center was saddened by the loss of a long-time member of its environmental education animal ambassador team on March 6,  2011, when Scarlette the Red-tailed Hawk passed away.   Scarlette had been ill for the past week.  Despite numerous blood tests, radiographs, and an ultrasound, the veterinary team has been unable to make a diagnosis thus far. 

Thoughts on the passing of Scarlette, from WCV President Ed Clark:

February 21, 2011

STATEMENT OF ED CLARK, PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE WILDLIFE CENTER OF VIRGINA, ANNOUNCING NEW NAME FOR EDUCATION RED-TAILED HAWK

February 21, 2011        

February 17, 2011

The Wildlife Center was saddened by the loss of a long-time member of its environmental education animal ambassador team last weekend when Buzz the Great Horned Owl passed away.

Buzz came to the Wildlife Center on April 27, 1998 after he was found on the ground, unable to fly. He had fallen out of his nest, and suffered a fracture to the radius and ulna in his left wing. The break was pinned surgically, but the bones didn’t heal straight, leaving him unable to fly well enough to be released.

February 11, 2011
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and The Wildlife Center of Virginia released a Golden Eagle on Wednesday, February 16 at the Harvey’s Knob Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway (about 12 miles north of Roanoke). Prior to release, Jeff Cooper, eagle biologist for DGIF and Dave Kramer, a Virginia Tech researcher, measured and banded the Golden Eagle.  They also fitted the bird with a GPS transmitter.
February 4, 2011
On February 4, The Wildlife Center of Virginia, a leading teaching and research hospital for native wildlife, transferred a non-releasable adult Bald Eagle to the care of the American Eagle Foundation [AEF], a Tennessee-based not-for-profit that operates the largest Bald Eagle breeding facility in the world.

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