The Wildlife Center of Virginia, the nation’s leading teaching and research hospital for native wildlife, released a Bald Eagle on Monday, September 7 at 11:00 a.m. at Westover Plantation, on the James River in Charles City County. This was the ninth Bald Eagle released by the Center during 2009.
Participating in the release was Ed Clark, President and Co-Founder of the Wildlife Center. Assisting Clark was Dr. Ariane Santamaria-Bouvier.
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September 2, 2009
August 24, 2009
TO: The Wildlife Center of Virginia Community
FROM: Edward E. Clark, Jr.
President and Co-Founder, Wildlife Center of Virginia
August 24, 2009
TO: Ed Clark
FROM: Dr. Dave McRuer, Director of Veterinary Medicine
August 24, 2009
The Wildlife Center of Virginia, the nation’s leading teaching and research hospital for wild animals, today announced that the Norfolk Botanical Garden Bald Eagle – a patient at the Center since May 2008 – cannot be released back to the wild.
August 21, 2009
The Wildlife Center of Virginia, the nation’s leading teaching and research hospital for wild animals, is pleased to announce the birth this week of a “baker’s dozen” of turtles – seven Common Snapping Turtles, and six Painted Turtles. The births represent the most successful incubation of native turtle eggs in the Center’s 27-year history. The eggs came from four patients at the Wildlife Center.
August 11, 2009
The Wildlife Center of Virginia is proud to be a part of two of the largest workplace giving programs in Virginia -- programs that enable employees to make donations to their favorite charity through a payroll deduction system.
The Center participates in each of the nine regional Combined Federal Campaigns for Virginia, for charitable giving by federal employees. The Center's CFC identification number is 53001.
August 5, 2009
The Wildlife Center of Virginia, the nation’s leading teaching and research hospital for native wildlife, has scheduled five open houses for Spring 2010. These are rare opportunities to see the inner workings of the nation’s premier wildlife hospital, as well as meet some of the wildlife that serve as the Center’s education ambassadors.
The open houses will be held on:
* Sunday, March 7;
* Sunday, March 21;
* Sunday, March 28;
* Sunday, April 11; and
* Sunday, April 25.