Wildlife Care Center
Wild Earth Conservancy’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is a planned, full-spectrum wildlife medical and recovery facility designed to provide professional care for injured, orphaned, and displaced native wildlife—from small mammals and birds to large mammals, including bears.
The center is being developed as a multi-species, species-specific system that prioritizes animal welfare, biosecurity, and successful release outcomes while minimizing environmental impact.
A Species-Specific Model of Care
Rather than a single centralized building, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center will consist of multiple species-specific treatment and recovery zones designed around the biological, behavioral, and stress-reduction needs of the animals housed within them.
This modular approach allows for improved disease control, quieter recovery environments, and tailored enrichment, diet, and medical protocols across taxa.
Low-Impact, Elevated Facility Design
Rehabilitation structures are planned as non-invasive, elevated treatment huts inspired by successful field-based conservation facilities such as the Tiputini Biodiversity Station model in Ecuador.
By building off the ground, the center minimizes soil disturbance, preserves natural hydrology, improves sanitation, and reduces long-term ecological footprint while allowing the facility to exist within the ecosystem it serves.
From Mice to Bears
The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is envisioned as a regional resource capable of caring for wildlife across a wide size and species spectrum, from mice to birds to bears, and all wildlife in between, our center believes every life deserves a second chance to live.
Species-appropriate containment, spatial separation, and handling infrastructure will support both animal safety and staff welfare throughout all stages of rehabilitation.
Sustainable and Self-Sufficient Design
Sustainability is integral to the center’s design, with plans for eco-friendly, self-sufficient systems such as renewable energy integration, water conservation measures, and environmentally responsible building materials.
These systems are intended to reduce long-term operational costs while modeling conservation-aligned development practices.
Built for Recovery—and Release
Facility layout and care protocols will emphasize minimal human imprinting, species-appropriate enrichment, physical conditioning, and behaviors necessary for successful return to the wild.
Wild Earth Conservancy’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is currently in its planning and development phase. Facility designs reflect intended operations once land, funding, and permitting are secured.