by cwildlifec | Oct 19, 2019
Cape Wildlife Center is delighted to announce that we now have our first ambassador animal. Loki, a red morph Eastern Screech Owl arrived at our hospital this summer in June. He was brought to us by Wareham Department of Natural Resources...
by cwildlifec | Jun 19, 2019
October is the month when we finally know it is Fall. Almost all of the center’s large mammals have been released; our small mammal babies are grown up enough to be on their own and find new homes, and our admission of birds of prey starts to rise. They are all...
by cwildlifec | Apr 19, 2019
Growing up wild and reaching adulthood and maybe even old age is no easy task. In the natural habitat there is the predator-prey food chain to contend with and unless you are at the top, it’s a constant battle. Add to that all...
by cwildlifec | Jan 19, 2019
Winters on Cape Cod vary quite a bit from year to year. They can begin in October or maybe in December. They can end in April or stay mild all season. The animals respond to both the decreasing temperatures and the decreasing light....
by cwildlifec | Oct 19, 2018
Cape Cod is home to many owl species. Some, like the Great Horned Owl, are very large and powerful. They can exert five hundred pounds per square inch of pressure with just their talons alone. Others, such as the Northern Saw-whet and Eastern Screech Owl, might appear...
by cwildlifec | May 16, 2018
Listen Here! “Cape Wildlife Center is a non-profit veterinary clinic dedicated to the treatment, rehabilitation, and release of sick and injured animals. We talk with Zak Mertz, executive director of the Center; and Dr. Priva Patel, Cape Wildlife Center...
by cwildlifec | Apr 18, 2018
For four long years, a male swan lived alone on Mill Pond in West Yarmouth after losing his mate. No female swan ever came to his territory. This saddened many people as this swan had quite a following. Last Spring, Cape Wildlife Center was able to release to him a...
by cwildlifec | Mar 29, 2018
Students from The River View School school produced a PSA on CWC as a part of their “whats cooking at River View” segment! They partnered with the Cape Cod Community media center to write the interviews, get the footage, and edit the video. We love...
by cwildlifec | Mar 24, 2018
Thanks for Helping Us Reach Our Goal We are a nonprofit that provides compassionate medical care and rehabilitation treatment to wildlife on Cape Cod, MA. These animals stay with us until they can be released back into the wild. Shift enclosures for wildlife are...
by cwildlifec | Mar 23, 2018
This Herring Gull was admitted to our hospital by Yarmouth Division of Natural Resources after he was recovered behind a local restaurant covered in frialator oil! When he arrived he was weak and was having trouble breathing from ingesting some of the oil. Once he was...
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