Administrative Office
364 Leigh Farm Rd.
Durham, NC 27707
919 489-0900
919 493-0988 (fax)
Rehabilitation Hospital
Separate Location - please call for directions
919 572-WILD (9453)
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(919) 572-WILD (9453)
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 If you want to see just a few of the more than 6500 animals we've helped since we've started, take a look at these photos. You can also check out Wildlife Words |
Welcome to our new feature: items of interest about us or wildlife in our area!
Click on a link below for more information about the topic.
The wildlife clinic will no longer be able to take in animals after July 5, 2009
Please use this page to help you find advice and active rehabilitators in this area.
Sad News from Piedmont Wildlife Center
The economy has not been kind to many, and we are unfortunately no different
Salmonella in wild bird populations poses a potential risk to household pets.
Local veterinarians formed a research group to investigate the risks to pets - read their information release here (Word document).
PDF version (non-clickable links)
PWC's e-mail release regarding the Salmonella risks.
This was an notice we released on April 6, 2009, written by Dr. Deresienski, one of the vets from the research group above
Piedmont Wildlife Center Summer Day Camps
June 15 through August 14
Ages 4-12
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Piedmont Wildlife Center’s summer day camps for ages 4 – 12 are full of fun activities, games, crafts, hikes and projects to take home! Each camp session lasts 1 week, Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. You can register for 1, 2 or more weeks and all camps are held at our Leigh Farm Park campus in Durham. We still have openings! |
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| Do you have a budding ornithologist in your family? Why not buy them a Piedmont Wildlife Center Junior Ornithologist Package?? Each package comes with a plush bird, a pair of Tasco 8 x 21 binoculars (perfect size and weight for a child), a Peterson’s First Guide to Birds of North America; all in a Piedmont Wildlife Center drawstring backpack. |  |
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We have found a new way for you to support wildlife by helping Piedmont Wildlife Center raise money for wildlife by creating your own fund raising page at Firstgiving, an online fund raising site we are using to raise money. Will you help us? |
The Piedmont Wildlife Center needs volunteers year-round, 365 days a year, at the wildlife hospital in Durham. As the baby season approaches in March, we will extend our hours to receive animals and handle the needs of the wildlife orphans. There are additional opportunities through our Volunteer Support Taskforce and Administrative Office. Please join us by signing up for one of our upcoming volunteer trainings (read more).
Each month, the hospital staff picks a patient to feature on the website! You can read a blurb about its background as well as pictures of the animal! CLICK HERE to read about this month's case of the month as well as those patients which came before it!
August 2008 is 08-1174, an American Oystercatcher.
Piedmont Wildlife Center invites you to sponsor an animal ambassador as a part of our Positively Wild sponsorship program.
Piedmont Wildlife Center's Rehabilitation Clinic has updated its wishlist. Please take a look at the updated list. If you are interested and able to donate any of these items, please contact the clinic.
Thanks for your continued support!
Woody Charcoal Chainmongkol is an artist from Chiang Mai, Thailand. Woody'stechnique is original in that he patiently brushes in gentle layers ofcharcoal dust which blend with the paper creating a lasting work. Woody has generously donated the original bobcat painting and a share of the sale of prints to Piedmont Wildlife Center. You can order a limited edition print.