Wildcare Foundation

Wildcare accepted 7,374 animal patients representing 213 distinct species in 2023. The survival and release rate of animals surviving the first 24 hours in care was 60.97% for all mammal patients, 60.56% for all bird species, 92.31% for all amphibian patients, and 89.57% for reptile patients with an overall survival rate of 62.64% above the national average of 50%. Caring members of the public rescue animals struggling to survive from across the entire state of Oklahoma; they bring them to Wildcare because they are injured, ill, or orphaned. The veterinary team or senior rehabilitation staff assess each animal's condition, and then staff provide appropriate medical care, housing, and food. Staff care for and monitor each animal patient daily until they are fully developed or healed-they are then released back into the wild for a second chance at life. Wildcare manages a large portfolio of landowners that make available large swaths of land onto which patients are released. Wildcare remained opened 365 days in 2023, admitting the second highest number of animals in the organization's history due continued efforts to remain open, maintain adequate staff levels, and use newly developed animal care protocols to ensure animals, staff, and volunteers were kept as safe as possible. Wildcare provided over 75 educational events in 2023 reaching 6,443 people. Wildcare continued to operate its wildlife helpdesk responding to 18,000 calls in 2023. In 2023, 97 volunteers donated 5,143 hours of service to Wildcare with its eleven-member, all- volunteer board of directors donating an estimated 242 hours.