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Welcome to The Center for Wildlife in Cape Neddick, Maine. For more than twenty years, our wildlife rehabilitation facility, its staff and volunteers have provided care for sick and injured wildlife until they can be released back into the wild.
The Center's mission also extends to providing information and education to the general public - raising awareness of the many wonderful wild species that live among us and a heightened sensitivity to the impacts we humans have on their lives.
Today, the Center treats 1600 animals a year and is one of the largest rehabilitators in New England.
CFW needs volunteers for August and September - click here for info
Save the Date! CFW's Annual Open House will be held on Sunday, September 7. Stay tuned for more information! If you would like to help sponsor this year's event, please click here for sponsor registration information. Special thanks to Woodin and Company, Atlas Stoneworks (event sponsors), Nola Cady, Broker, Team Wunder, Remax Realty One, York County Community Action Corp and Seacoast Waste Services (trolley sponsors), Caring Way, LLC, Village Veterinary Clinic (Rollinsford, NH) and York's Wild Kingdom (education program sponsors), and our complete list of sponsors for Open House 2008.
If you think you've found a wild animal in need of help, get it out of immediate danger, then call us at (207) 361-1400 before taking further action! This is especially important with babies and juvenile animals.
Often what appears to be an orphan is actually a healthy baby whose mom is just out of sight. So if you accidentally bother a nest - whether you go to clean out your shed and scare mom off, or uncover the babies as you are gardening - don't assume they need to be rescued! Give us a call, and we can share some tricks for helping reunite babies with mom. It is always our goal to only intervene when absolutely necessary. There are many ways you can help us give this year's babies the best chance for survival. For example, we ask people to delay tree work and limb cutting until October, to avoid felling nests along with the limbs. But if you need to do it earlier, please keep an eye out for babies. And if you find some, call CFW before rescuing them: we may be able to figure out a way to help mom find them.
Copyright © 2007 The Center for Wildlife
P.O. Box 620
Cape Neddick, ME 03902
(207) 361-1400
Attend Kittery Garden Tours to Benefit the Center for Wildlife -- this wonderful series continues on Sunday, August 31st at 11:00am on Moulton Way (off Haley Road), Kittery Pt, Maine. Admission $5.00. Visit a Master Gardener's naturalist garden, overlooking Spruce Creek. Click here to download our flyer for more information and directions to upcoming tours.
York Land Trust has made 2008 the Year of the Owl. Read more about the owls in our woods.