Happy New Year!
Wildlife Medical Clinic has successfully closed our 2024 chapter and opened our door to 2025. We are grateful for the support from our community, professional colleagues, fellow wildlife rehabilitators, student volunteers, and generous donors. With the collective force from everyone, we were able to provide the best possible care to the injured and orphaned wildlife we received. Without a doubt, our New Year resolution is to continue making a difference by providing excellent medical care for our current and future patients.
We wanted to share with you all the patients we cared for in 2024…
- In total, our clinic saw a record-setting 2,278 patients come through our doors, comprising a remarkable 131 different species.
- Of those 2,278 patients, we treated 7 amphibians, 46 reptiles, 768 birds, and 1,457 mammals.
- Our most common species in the clinic was…
- The Eastern Cottontail! They made up 580 of our patients last year.
- The most common avian species seen…
- The Canada Goose, which enumerated 93 of our patients in 2024.
- Our other commonly treated species included the Eastern Grey Squirrel, Virginia Opossum, Raccoon, American Robin, and Red-tailed Hawk.
Thank you all for your continued support of our clinic and the work that our wonderful team does every day to care for all these critters! We are excited about the new opportunities ahead and we will continue to provide care and services to our local wildlife with great passion.
Cheers to continuing to make a difference in the lives of Illinois wildlife in 2025!
Written By: Maddie, class of 2028
