Support the WCV

Animal Adoption Program

The Wildlife Center of Virginia cares for thousands of animals each year, including about 20 permanent animal residents whose injuries or behavioral modifications mean they cannot be returned to the wild.

These animals - including hawks, owls, opossums, and snakes - are important ambassadors for the Center. Many appear with our education staff at school assemblies, in classrooms, and at other events across Virginia. Other animals greet visitors to the Center's hospital clinic in Waynesboro.

Through Caring for Critters, generous supporters of the Wildlife Center "adopt" one of these education animals.

Your Caring for Critters donation helps provide food, shelter and medical care for the sponsored animal ... supports the Center's educational programs ... and helps provide state-of-the-art emergency care to thousands of animals admitted to the Wildlife Center each year.

Caring for Critters also makes a unique and memorable gift ... for a child ... student ... friends and family. Sponsorships can also be made to an entire class at your local school.

As a Caring for Critters sponsor, you [or your gift recipient] will receive a special Caring for Critters sponsorship packet, including:

  • The sponsored animal's biography
  • A photo of the animal
  • Detailed information about the characteristic of the animal's species, and
  • A personalized certificate of sponsorship

Please help support the Wildlife Center by adopting one ... or more ... of these wonderful Center animals:

Eagles & Hawks

Owls Other Birds
  • Jaz [American Crow]
Opossums Snakes & Tortoises

Meet all of our Education Animals

A six-month Caring for Critters sponsorship is $25. A full-year sponsorship is $50.

A Caring for Critters sponsorship is available via our secure web-site or contacting the Center at (540) 942-9453 or emailing us at wildlife@wildlifecenter.org.

People Can Sponsor Center's Animals, The Free Lance-Star

Donor Privacy Policy
The Wildlife Center of Virginia never sells, rents, trades, or otherwise shares our supporters' names, mailing addresses, email addresses, or other personal information with any other organization. The Wildlife Center never sends out mailings on behalf of other organizations.