Woodhaven Wildlife Center

05/26/2026

05/22/2026

OMG I can’t thank you all enough. I have someone who is buying us a brand new one. But I am overwhelmed by the offers of help. Love you all!❤️❤️❤️❤️

05/22/2026

I am in desperate need of an electric washing machine for the wildlife center. We purchased this just over a year ago and the computer board is trashed. If you are in the process of getting a new one to replace a working older one please consider a donation of your old one to us.

05/14/2026

A couple weeks ago we were called by a gentleman who told me there had been a raccoon on his neighbor’s roof for three days. He had called everybody and could find no help. There were tree cutters next door who refused to help. Vinnie and I went to see what we could do. It was 84 degrees that day and 74 the day before. Imagine how hot it had to be on a roof with no water. We kept watch on the roof and finally the raccoon went to the other side of the roof right to the edge. There were trees on that side but no attempt to climb down. That was a dead giveaway that something was wrong. So the guy put up an extension ladder and Vinnie went up with a net. He got him down from the roof, but then everything became clear. After I got the raccoon out of the net, I knew what happened. The raccoon had distemper so his eyes were completely “glued” shut. There was no climbing for the poor guy. Photos are in the comments. He died overnight.

05/12/2026

It’s rare to have a wild raccoon walk up to you, tip the bucket of food over and not walk away when someone sits on stairs not 3’ from it. Then I started talking to it and he keeps eating. I have a mother raccoon and her 5 babies in that cage, and she knew it was there before I did. The comment about the rabies shot was me being funny. I tell people that I’ve had so many of those shots that if I bit you you’d probably get rabies!

05/07/2026

Graphic Content: We have the update to the video. The mom died overnight and her and the pouch babies were sent to Cornell to see if the babies could be saved. Two had already died and the rest were still attached to the ni***es. They could not be saved.

05/05/2026

A picture of what we cut out of the gull is in the comments. Please don’t just throw fishing line and lures anywhere. Look at the damage it does.

05/02/2026

It's denning season!! Between the end of March and early April, a mother fox will give birth to between 4 and 5 kits. Please do not hurt them! They've temporarily moved to the neighborhood as a way to keep "safe.”

If you have suddenly seen a fox in the yard near your home, there is a good reason for this. Predators finding a fox den, will dig out the babies, and kill them. A mother fox knows this and will frequently choose a den site close to people, away from where predators generally go.

A fox will often den under a porch, shed, garage, barn, or side of a hill, trying to keep her little family safe. Please offer them a short-term rental because this is not a permanent situation.

If you are lucky enough to see how beautiful an adult fox is, or witness the kits playing (at a distance of course), you will be glad you did!

It is not uncommon for Red Foxes to change dens several times during the season, so you may not see them for long. Kits are slow to develop and will not leave the den until they are about a month old. Foxes do not live in a den year-round, only when a mother has babies. During the summer as the kits grow older, you will see less and less of them, and by September everyone will have packed up and moved on. Please do not call a service to “relocate them”, they will often be killed.

If you see a fox during the day, it does not mean she is rabid. A mother fox works tirelessly to feed her kits and will often be out during daylight hours foraging for food.
Foxes are omnivores, generally feeding on berries, grasses, and small rodents. They are solitary and prefer to be left alone.

They do not want to hunt and eat your children, mate with your dog, or kill your cat.
( Fox will invade chicken coops, as this is a food source for them. Please insure you predator proof your coops. )

A fox just wants a place to raise her family safely, please allow her to do that ❤️.

( Photo shared with the permission of our friends at Newhouse Wildlife Rescue )

05/02/2026

Think of it like this:

A mouse eats poison… but it doesn’t die right away. It gets weak and slow.

Then a hawk, owl, or fox comes along and eats that mouse—because that’s what they’re supposed to do.

But now the poison goes into them too.

So one small piece of poison doesn’t just hurt one animal… it spreads.
It can make bigger animals very sick, blind, or even kill them.

That means the animals that actually help control pests in nature are the ones getting hurt.

So what seems like a simple fix can turn into a much bigger problem.

Nature already has its own pest control—
we just have to stop poisoning it.