Freedom Center for Wildlife receives no local, state, or federal assistance. Your contributions make a big difference in the lives of our education animals.
Join us at the 2018 Freedom Center for Wildlife Oktoberfest fundraiser!
Where:
Flying Fish Brewing Company
900 Kennedy Blvd.
Somerdale, NJ 08083
When:
October 12th
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Support a great cause while having fun and meet our animal ambassadors and hardworking team of volunteers! The money raised during this fundraiser event will be used to repair our avian enclosures, which are suffering from wood-rot. We will have official FCW merchan
The first day of summer is about a week away. While many of us are looking forward to picnics in the park, beach trips, and vacations, a few are scrambling around with slightly different plans for the beginning of the season. Ever since the discovery of white nose syndrome (WNS) and the fungus that causes it (Pseudogymnoascus destructans [a.k.a. Pd]), scientists have taken the task of documenting, surveying, and exploring ways to find and hopefully eradica
It has been a strange spring for us here, and for the animals. One day it’s hot, the next cold. The rain has seemed relentless, and with all the rain comes an increase in mosquitoes. Bad for us, but good for the bats! In between caring for our orphaned and injured patients, we have been trying to keep up with repairs to several enclosures that have been damaged from the weather this year. Rotting wood, washed-out gravel floors, leaking roofs, rusted locks ...
Join us for our annual spring fundraising event,
Brunch with the Bunny!
Where:
Burrough-Dover House
9201 Burrough Dover Lane
Pennsauken, NJ
When:
March 31st
12 - 3pm
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One in 250 New Jersey vehicles would collide with a deer in 2016. This prediction came from a study by State Farm Insurance. One early evening last October, I came upon an injured doe on a suburban road in south Jersey. I pulled over to see what I could do. I called 911. Several others stopped as well. The police arrived. I wish I could say we were able to save that deer, but we could not. I learned a lot that day. And I’d like to share what I discovered.
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When researching wildlife rehab centers to intern at this summer, FCW was definitely not what I had in mind. I imagined being surrounded by a few other interns and volunteers in a big facility, doing mostly grunt work - like cleaning cages, and scooping poop. After spending a summer at FCW, however, I could not imagine working in a bustling environment like that. There were times when being the only intern or volunteer on some days was difficult, like when...
Every year our captive wildlife get an important visit from their veterinarian. Wildlife medicine is very rewarding because it allows us to provide care for an animal that typically doesn’t have someone to advocate for them. Many people have had the privilege of meeting our education ambassadors. These animals were once wild-patients that were deemed non releasable and now live the remainder of their life in captivity. Many of our wildlife education ambass...
Back in April of 2015, a very pathetic little baby beaver came into Freedom Center. Smaller than a guinea pig, covered in ticks, thin and dehydrated, we were not sure if he was going to survive. He was found on the Rancocas River by people in their boat. After noticing he was being chased by another large beaver, and then realizing that he was in danger and not being chased by a parent, he was scooped up after he attempted to climb in their boat! We knew a...
Join us at the 2017 Freedom Center for Wildlife Oktoberfest fundraiser!
Where:
Flying Fish Brewing Company
900 Kennedy Blvd.
Somerdale, NJ 08083
When:
October 13th
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Buy tickets
By: Paige Goodstein
Thousands of people let their indoor cats freely roam the great outdoors. However, letting your cat outside for some fresh air could have grave impacts on both the environment and your feline. It is important for all cat owners to know these impacts, and what you can do to help.
Wildlife Mortality
Cats are natural predators. Therefore, instinctively, they prey on other animals. According to studies, the mortality rate of
