Blue Ridge Wildlife Center Thanks the Community for an Incredible 2025

Happy New Year! As we look back on 2025, we’re amazed by what this community made possible.

Together, we:

Admitted a record-breaking 4,005 wildlife patients…

providing lifesaving medical care, rehabilitation, and carefully planned releases for animals affected by vehicle strikes, habitat loss, poisoning, and other human-caused threats.

Launched our first-ever year-long veterinary, rehabilitation, and education fellowships…

creating sustainable, paid training pathways that strengthen patient care today while building the next generation of wildlife professionals.

Presented 62 educational programs reaching more than 3,500 community members…

using real patient stories to inspire stewardship, reduce preventable wildlife injuries, and deepen understanding of how people and wildlife coexist.

Participated in over a dozen research projects…

that contribute to wildlife conservation and public health, including data collection that helps identify disease trends and inform best practices across the field.

Trained dozens of future rehabilitators, veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and educators…

ensuring that the skills learned at Blue Ridge Wildlife Center ripple outward to benefit wildlife far beyond our own patients.

Every patient treated, every class taught, and every future professional trained is a direct result of your support.

As we step into 2026, one of the most powerful ways you can help sustain this work is by becoming a monthly donor. Reliable monthly support allows us to plan ahead, respond immediately when animals arrive in crisis, and ensure consistent care every single day, not just during peak seasons or emergencies.

For only $5 a month, you can help provide the steady care wildlife depend on — from daily food and medical supplies to the behind-the-scenes support that keeps our hospital, education, and training programs running year-round.

• Helps cover daily medical supplies and nutrition for patients
• Provides stability for our hospital, education, and training programs
• Ensures we’re ready when the next injured animal arrives, no matter the time of year

If you’ve ever wondered how to make the biggest ongoing impact, this is it.

$5 a month may not feel like much on its own, but together our monthly donors could provide more than $10,000 every month — steady support that helps keep wildlife care moving forward day after day.

Become a Monthly Donor Today!

Thank you for your generosity, your advocacy, and your belief in this work. We are deeply grateful to begin the new year with you by our side.

With heartfelt thanks,

Annie Bradfield
Executive Director