WildCare Inc. is a non-profit organization located in south central Indiana dedicated to, "Providing professional care to sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife in Indiana". Originally, they were part of the Monroe County Humane Association (MCHA). However, they refocused their mission to caring for companion pets, so WildCare Inc. became a separate entity in the spring of 2001 dedicated to wildlife preservation. They pride themselves in the fact that they accept all forms of wildlife, except for adult deer and raccoons. They have taken in over 7,000 animals since their opening. However, due to their licensing, they are not open to the public. Most centers use the availability of the openness to the public as a chance to educate the community. Since they do not have this opportunity, they offer other beneficial educational opportunities to the community.
What they do
WildCare Inc. provides an important role to wildlife and the community. Saving wildlife for them is the ability to care for injured, sick, or orphaned animals, but then having the ability to release them back to the wild, so that they may live their lives as they were meant to. However, there are always some that become unreleasable due to certain situations. WildCare Inc. uses this opportunity to use these unreleasable animals as "ambassadors" for their education outreach programs. They offer a number of educational opportunities from allowing local fourth grade classes attend for free, WildCamp in the summer, and other programs.
A couple of their ambassadors.
In order to maintain their organization, they rely on donations. They offer a unique method of donating by allowing people that use their Pay Pal credit cards at Marsh, Speedway, or Kroger to make part of their purchase contribute to their organization. Running a non-profit is not easy, and they rely on members of the community to help support their meaningful efforts in saving local wildlife.
Matter of Importance
WildCare Inc is important to the community because it helps maintain local wildlife that might otherwise perish. They enable continuing generations to enjoy wildlife native to the area by saving these injured animals and then releasing them back to the wild. They also aid in helping educate the community. By offering several different programs, they ensure that children throughout the area will have a chance to see these marvelous animals first-hand and retain knowledge that will last a lifetime in maintaining wildlife for all to enjoy.
For more information on WildCare Inc, visit: http://www.wildcareinc.org/index.html.
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