Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of MN

The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center provides expert medical and rehabilitation care to injured, sick, and orphaned wild animals, every single day of the year. 

In Sept 2024, we broke our all-time patient record of our 45-year history. 

We are on track to admit 21,000 animals before the year is done. And we need your help.

WRC is one of the oldest wildlife hospitals in the nation, and we have the expertise to provide wildlife with world-class medical care.

 But at our core, we are a community-powered organization:

We do not go out and rescue animals - you are the ambulance drivers who bring them to us.

We do not have enough staff to care for our patients - it takes a team of 500+ volunteers and 75 interns to run our hospital.

We receive no state or federal financial support - you fund our work.

What's new at WRC? 

- 7:00pm UPDATE: We have nearly met our match, but thanks to a generous volunteer we have an additional $25,000 match!

- 11:00am UPDATE: This morning we announced a heartwarming new initiative that is giving baby turtles a second chance at life, even when we cannot save their mother. If you are not on our email list, you can click here to read more about the 350 hatchlings saved through this new program.

- Want to know more about our record busy summer? Check out our summer recap.

- Minnesota Conservation Volunteer recently featured WRC as being on the front lines of wildlife medicine and rehabilitation.

Our patients may not be able to say thank you, but we can. On behalf of all of our team and the animals in our care, thank you!