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Wildlife Rescue League Announces Holly Hazard as Co-Chair of its “Putting Down Roots” Capital Campaign
FALLS CHURCH, VA — Wildlife Rescue League (WRL) is thrilled to announce that Holly Hazard, a lifelong animal rights advocate and Virginia leader, will serve as co-chair of its Putting Down Roots capital campaign — a transformative effort to build its first-ever...
Wildlife Rescue League, the Northern Virginia Bird Alliance, Dark Sky NOVA and Dark Sky Friends Team Up
Wildlife Rescue League, the Northern Virginia Bird Alliance, Dark Sky NOVA and Dark Sky Friends Team Up Wildlife Rescue League is pleased to announce our collaboration with the Northern Virginia Bird Alliance (formally Audubon Society of Northern Virginia), Dark Sky...
Wildlife Rescue League Announces Rachel Feeney as Chair of their Putting Down Roots Capital Campaign
FALLS CHURCH, VA—Wildlife Rescue League is pleased to announce Rachel Feeney as the Chair of its capital campaign, Putting Down Roots. The campaign aims to raise $1,671,675 to construct WRL’s first-ever Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Virginia. The Putting...
Snake and turtle released into the wild by Wildlife Rescue League rehabilitators
Kent Knowles (July 10th, 1936 – February 6th, 2021)
On February 6th, we lost Kent Knowles, our area raptor rehabilitator and founder of the Raptor Conservancy of Virginia (RCV). Kent, a native New Yorker, was a Navy veteran and attended Harvard Law School. In the mid 1960s, Kent and his family moved to the DC area...
In-kind donations July 2020 – Thank you for your generosity!
Big Thank You to all our generous donors! This month Wildlife Rescue League has received direct donations (knitted and crocheted nests, sewn masks, hammocks, pouches, cage liners and upholstery fabric) from Annette Torrey, Nicole Gauvin, Martha Bennett, Barb Gallick,...
Amendments will allow Fairfax county rehabilitators to keep wildlife!
With the help of Wildlife Rescue League, licensed rehabilitators, the Humane Society of Fairfax County, George Mason University PhD candidates in wildlife conservation and environmental policy, and Category IV Care providers, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors...
Nothing squirrelly about this scout project
On a recent hot and humid day in June, this group of dedicated and wildlife-loving Boy (and Girl) Scouts constructed a release cage for squirrels on the property of rehabber Karen Pratzner in Manassas, VA. Coordinated and partially funded by WRL member Olivia LoBalbo...
CFC Combine Federal Campaign extended through June 30
OPM re-opened the CFC online pledge portal and the CFC mobile giving app for a CFC Special Solicitation period through June 30. This allows federal employees and retirees to make supplemental one-time or recurring donations via credit/debit card or bank draft. Anyone who did not pledge during the 2019 CFC will also be eligible to start a payroll deduction pledge.
Wildlife Rescue League remains open
Wildlife Rescue League remains open and available to help wildlife in need during these challenging times. As we are primarily a virtual organization, we are still able to assist animals in need of rehabilitation.
