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Dear All,
Summer is in full swing, and the Wildlife Clinic is still VERY busy.
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ur staff and volunteers have
treated 2750 orphaned and injured wild animals since January!
We also took in more animals during May and June than we did during the same months last year.
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Mallard Ducklings
Photo credit: Traer Scott
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Summer is also the time for us to focus on raising the funds we need to operate for the rest the year. Our goal is
$75,000 and we need your help.
WRARI is the only organization licensed in Rhode Island to care for injured and orphaned wildlife, and we rely entirely on individual donations, grants, and fundraising events.
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Baby Eastern Gray Squirrels
Photo credit: Traer Scott
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What is the money for?
Our biggest operating expense is
FOOD. We spend about 1/3 of our budget on various types of formula, grains, hay, fish, mice, and worms in order to meet the specific dietary requirements of the animals in our care. Surprisingly, the WORMS cost the most.
We spend the rest on ANIMAL HOUSING, VETERINARY CARE, UTILITIES and STAFFING. Apart from our full-time Clinic Director and a few part-time staff, we are all volunteers.
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Baby Virginia Opossums
Photo credit: Traer Scott
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How can you help?
Donate what you can, when you can. Click here to DONATE. With a
steady flow of $5 to $50 gifts over the next several months, we are confident we will meet our goal.
Attend "Wildstock" our fall fundraiser
on Saturday October 29, 2016.
Sign up on our website for a WRARI license plate.
We can always use extra supplies of PAPER TOWELS and PUPPY pads. These can be dropped off at the Clinic or click to visit our WRARI Amazon Wish List.
We - the Board of Directors - are also taking a more active role in raising funds.
Our first major initiative is a re-designed website courtesy of Board Member Kathy Lamb and her husband Ron. Our goal is to bring you more of what goes on behind the scenes at the Wildlife Clinic. The new site will also feature many more wonderful images of the animals in our care by photographer Traer Scott.
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The Wildlife Clinic of Rhode Island
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Where specifically does the money go?
The following
are a few examples of what it costs to rehabilitate wildlife in RI.
$5.00 pays for formula to feed 3 baby cottontail rabbits for 2 weeks.
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Baby cottontail rabbits
Photo credit: Traer Scott
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$10.00 pays the distemper and rabies vaccines needed for one baby skunk.
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Baby Skunk
Photo credit: Traer Scott
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$15.00
pays for the food for a red-tailed hawk for 10 days.
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Red-tailed Hawk
Photo credit: Traer Scott
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$25.00 pays for an X-ray of an injured animal at Dr. Meredith Bird's clinic, Veterinary Services of Wickford. All other services are donated.
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Dr. Bird, our Founder, taking care of a fawn
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$50.00 pays for the blueberries for ten nests of five baby birds each for a week.
Once again, your support is greatly appreciated. Please click here to
DONATE
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Thank you for helping us take care of Rhode Island's wildlife,
Dr. Lucy Spelman
WRARI Board Chair
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