Florida Wildlife Hospital's Latest News:

PATIENT UPDATES!

Here is a picture of the cottontail rabbit who is a patient at the hospital because of the fires in Palm Bay in May. He is recovering well, but still has some more healing to do before he can be released.

Least tern babies have been arriving in large numbers. Their parents nest on flat gravel roofs of large buildings because there is so little undisturbed beach area left. If there isn't something around the edge of the roof to keep them safe, sometimes they run right off the edge.

Above is a Least Tern eating a fish!

Lots of baby screech owls have been admitted to Florida Wildlife Hospital and needed help. Gonzo's first batch of baby screech owls have graduated to an outside cage and are doing well. He is still currently watching over 15 screech owls that range from white & fuzzy to almost ready for flight training.

The otters are now in an outside cage, and they spend most of their time in the pool. There are also 3 red-shouldered hawks and 2 American kestrels in our outdoor flight cages.

New Happenings

Gonzo now has his own Blog Page. He can keep you up to date on what is happening with our animals. You can visit him at:

Gonzo's Blogspot

UPCOMING EVENTS!

Born To Be Wild

6th Annual

Poker Run

Sunday, August 17th

Start: Malabar Mo's

Corner of US 1 & Malabar Rd behind Citco

First bike out- 10am ...... Last Bike out- 11:30 am

Ends: American Legion Post 81

2909 S. Harbour City Blvd, Melbourne

Last Bike in- 3:30pm

$10.00 a Hand

includes Food

RECENT EVENTS!

2nd Annual Baby Shower

Was held Saturday May 3rd, 2008

Turn out was wonderful.

Our babies want to Thank everyone for their generous gifts.

We would also like to Thank Mayor McCormack and the Palm Shores Town Hall for all their support and for allowing us to hold this event at the town hall.

5K Run/Walk/Fly

Held Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

It was a Big Success

We raised $3,000.00.

Many thanks to Ashley Bacon, our race director, for all her hard work.

All proceeds to benefit construction of a

100 FOOT FLIGHT CAGE FOR EAGLES, OSPREYS, OWLS & HAWKS

We appreciate the support given by all our sponsors and all 215 registered runners .

One last note...

If you would like to contribute for food, care and medications for these birds and the other 3000+ wildlife patients we receive yearly, you may donate online using the donations links of PayPal or JustGive or mail donations to : Florida Wildlife Hospital, 4560 N. US Hwy 1, Melbourne, FL 32935. Check out our website for more information or email to request more information. Thank you for supporting Florida Wildlife Hospital and Florida's Treasure...our wildlife.