Freeze Impacts Wildlife

The Wildlife Rehab & Education Center, Houston’s only native wildlife trauma hospital for ALL species of injured, ill and orphaned wildlife is reminding the public to be on the lookout for wildlife impacted by the freezing temperatures. WR&E Wildlife Center has seen an increase in animals brought to the Center due to the freezing weather. [...]

January 2010 Update

NEW PELICAN VIDEO!
Watch as WR&E staff gavage feed a juvenile pelican who was rescued from the fifth floor of a downtown high-rise.
Click here to view the video!
 
UPCOMING EVENT – GOLF TOURNAMENT
WR&E proudly announces its 6th Annual Benefit Golf Tournament will be held at Evergreen Point Golf Course in Baytown! This is a beautiful course, the azaleas [...]

Ending the Year – Upside Down

The end of the year brought trauma to a Barred Owl from Crosby.  The owl became trapped in a batting cage net and the more he twisted the more tangled he became.  Kind rescuers braved the cold drizzly weather to free the owl.  The net had to be cut and the owl was rushed to [...]

High-rise Pelican

A Brown Pelican hatched in the spring and learned to fend for himself during the heat of the summer. But he was still young and inexperienced when the rain and cold came. A freeze drove the fish deeper into the water to escape the cold and he had a hard time finding enough food.
Some Brown [...]

Christmas Gift for Wildlife

Christmas came early to the Wildlife Center this year! A long time WR&E volunteer Dr. Carl Gullick, donated a new digital x-ray machine! Words can’t describe how excited we are about this gift! Anyone that has had a traditional x-ray knows how cumbersome it can be. The development of the films alone can be a [...]

On the Road

The three amigos (Endangered Brown Pelicans) finally have all of their Texas Parks and Wildlife and United States Fish and Game permits and are ready for their trip to the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. A WR&E volunteer will be driving them to their new home tomorrow.  The volunteers that specialize in fish eating birds [...]

Lucky Survivors

Weather reeks havoc on native wildlife in the Houston area. 
If you don’t like the weather, just wait a few minutes and it will change.  This seems very true here in the Houston area the last few weeks.  We have seen snow, freezing temperatures, sunshine, wind and rain.  Our native wildlife as been seen trying to adjust [...]

FaceBook Grant Contest

Vote for Wildlife Rehab & Education to receive $25K from this FaceBook contest today! It’s easy, just click on the FaceBook logo on the right and scroll to the app.
The Wildlife Rehab & Education Center cares for over 7000 injured, ill, orphaned and oiled wildlife every year through rehabilitation and public education. The specific goal [...]

WR&E Accepts Award

On December 4, 2009, WR&E received the “Treasures of the Bay Award” from the Texas Master Naturalist Program, Galveston Bay Area Chapter. Margaret Pickell, herself a Master Naturalist, accepted the award on behalf of WR&E. This annual award goes to a nonprofit company that helps instill the mission of the Master Naturalist program.   The plaque read “Presented to [...]

Status Update: Pelican & Osprey

Numerous inquires about the Brown Pelican that presented with numerous problems including a treble hook in his mouth and the Osprey with the burned feet and feathers has prompted this update.
“Buddy” the pelican (as named by his rescuers) is now healthy and strong. The old badly healed wing break still prevents him from being released [...]

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