Our Hospital...
Volunteers For Wildlife is a non-profit hospital for wild animals, funded by donations and supported by the work of volunteers. Our organization was founded in 1982 and is dedicated to preserving Long Island, New York’s wildlife and natural habitats through education and wildlife rehabilitation. Learn more on our About page.
Annual Bird Seed Sale
The 2009 Bird Seed Sale order form is available for download.Summer 2009 Newsletter
Our Summer 2009 newsletter is now available for download.
Click here to see the most current issue, or navigate to our "Downloads" section to view all previous newsletters.
In this new issue, you can read about...
- Our newest education animal, a Barred Owl named Solomon, injured in a car collision
- Issues and controversies about Canada Geese on Long Island
- A farewell to our Clinic Supervisor, Jason
Website Features
Visit our channel on YouTube to see videos featuring our wildlife hospital.
A basic guide to bird identification has been posted, listing many of Long Island's most frequently encountered birds.
A quick-reference guide to Care of Baby Wild Animals has been included with our PDF downloads.
Check out our new Education Series, with articles featuring species of animals on Long Island, along with many other topics of interest.
A new page has been added to discuss raising wild animals yourself, keeping wild animals as pets, and releasing pets into the wild.
Web Page Design by Chris Aarseth
We Need Volunteers!
Volunteers for Wildlife is recruiting new volunteers for the Fall. Check out our Volunteer Opportunities page to learn more.
Help Us
Help Them!
Support wildlife rehabilitation by choosing a rehab or education animal to sponsor.
Here's "H.O.W."