Our Team
Take a look at our facility Intake Center
We’re doing more than just rehabbing wildlife Research Initiatives
Fall & Winter Behaviors
Hibernation, torpor, and brumation
Rodenticides and alternatives
Coexisting with Coyotes Coexistence Corner
Our Supporters
Thank you to everyone who made our 2024 baby season a success!
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Leadership:
Rebecca Hamlin, President and Wildlife Specialist
Lindsay Dreher, Vice President and Center Manager
Mela Singleton, Founder and Chair of the Board
Jeniffer Coats, Co-Founder and Board Secretary
Lisa Ferre, Treasurer
Danielle Goff, Director of Business Development
Monique Yarbrough, Board Alternate
Intake Team:
Carie Juettner, Wildlife Intake Coordinator
Amaris Riddle, Wildlife Specialist I
Adam Urzua, Wildlife Specialist II
Colleen Allen, Wildlife Specialist II
Millie Jolene, Wildlife Specialist II
Teah Fortner, Wildlife Care Technician
Valerie Hinojoso, Wildlife Care Technician
Veterinarian Team:
Dr. Bethany Whetstone, DVM, Parker Animal and Bird Clinic
Dr. Francesca Hoffpauir, DVM, Custer Rd. Animal Hospital
Carly Lindsey, LVT, Custer Rd. Animal Hospital
2024 On-site Volunteers: Alejandra Carmona, Alexandria Vuong, Allie Kirk, Allison Cotton, Alyssa Russo, Amanda Dupler, Amanda Holmes, Amy Mccall, Ange Berenguer, Angel Martinez, Anja, Anna Kirklin, Ashton Harwood, Autumn Aymelek, Ayla Torres, Ayuko Daniels, Barbara Goodwin, Barbara Conway Miller, Ben Marek, Beth Bargar, Brandi Bowen, Brandon Camarillo, Brianna Blaney, Caremy Cedezma, Caroline Miller, Casey Magnuson, Cassidy Hamilton, Celina Anderson, Charlotte Carson, Charlotte Millsap, Cheslie Demaio, Chey Delaney, Chris Berg, Chris Wring, Christi Whitus-Randall, Christina Antonio, Christine Camarillo, Christine Hampshire, Colibri Morales, Crissy Dickinson, Cristi Landrum, Crysta Brockmann, Danielle Haury, Danielle O'Neil, Daphne Scantlin, Dave Ainsworth, Dawn Sellers, Debbie Neuts, Dee Shaw, Delores Bazor, Dina Nesterenko, Eli Meredith, Elle Smith, Ema Riviera, Emma Page, Erica Derricott, Erin Jackson, Erin Singleton, Flavia Carr, Gail Hollis, Genealen Teixeira, Gretchen Peterson, Haley Cox, Heather Alvis, Heather Haney, Holli Watts, Holly Pascarelli, Izabelle Singleton, Jayné Anthony, Jazmin Moncada, Jimmy Ho, Joann Dodson, Jocelyn T, Jonathan Ashton, Jonathan Dreher, Joseph Navarre, Juli Turner, Julian Villamar-Robbins, Justin Krey, Kara Marchetta, Karen Simon, Kathy Hood, Katie Welsh, Katlyn Nelms, Kaylee Davis, Kayley Barton, Kelley Fontenot, Kelly Cope, Kelly Day, Kelly Pfeifer, Kenzie Sprabary, Kim Marino, Kim Spall, Kira Hart, Krissy Palley, Kristen Kelly, Kristin Minajares, Kristyn Underwood, Laurel Toskey, Lauren Espy Lily Lurid, Lindsay Davis, Lisa Tanski-Cook, Liz Lou-Cana, Lori Battaglia, Luke Thomas, M'Liss Stringer, Marci Castro, Maria Defino, Mariana Alvarado, Marianne Lanphier, Marina Haynes, Marissa Dailey, Mary Ann, Mary Jane Flanagan, Mary Riley, Maxwell Bales, Mckayla, Mckenzie Sprabary, Meleah Pietrowicz, Michelle Nguyen, Mikaela Ferreira, Miriam Letoto, Mliss Stringer, Monique Yarborough, Mustafaa Miangara, Pam Sieling, Patrick P, Pj Babcock, Priscilla Sandlin, Rachel Crooks, Rachel Dreher, Rachel Ehrenberg, Raini Field, Rob Denbleyker, Rowan Cassady, Ruby Jackson, Sandy Romo, Sara Reffett, Sarah Hale, Sarah Martinez, Sharon Judy, Shayna Vanlehn, Skyler Fisher, Stephanie Brown, Susan Fraser, Sydney Yarbrough, Tasha Coleman, Teresa Scott, Teresa Thomas, Tommy Sparlin, Trinity Mercado, Trisha Romo, Vanessa Landy, Venus Delaney, Yesenia Springer
2024 Sub-permitted Rehabbers: Adrianna Fraga Allison Nottingham Amy Davis Ange Berenguer Ashley McCalvin Barbara West Bethany W. Beth M. Bob Helton Camie Orth Carly Lindsey Caroline Blair Celia Jones Charlotte Carson Colleen Allen Delores Bazor Genea Teixeira Harvest Hale Heather Haney Jen Coats Jesse Amezcua Joan Smith Joel Gardner Joey Cecena Joie Johnston Jordan Wilhelm Julie Clemons Kelsey Davis Kristyn Underwood LaTonja Thurman Laura Pearson Leann S. Linda Duhon Loylee P. Mary Claire Coats Megan Bishop Millie Thomas Monique Yarbrough PJ Babcock Rachel Wilson Raini Field Rebecca Quattrini Rebecka Jackson Renee Dowhaniuk Sarah Hale Sarah Stovall Shannon Delaney Sherri B. Suzanne P. Teah Fortner Teri Porterfield Valerie Hinojos
Every day at North Texas Wildlife Center brings something new! We never know what patients will arrive. A typical day starts with hand-feeding babies, medicating patients, cleaning cages, preparing and distributing enrichment, and a lot of cleaning. There’s never a dull moment at NTXWC.
The “front of the house” (FOH) is where a majority of our orphans and new patients are housed. Incubators provide thermoregulation for orphaned and injured wildlife. We also have oxygen available for more critical patients. These patients usually require multiple hand-feedings per day or are on medication. They are kept up front to ensure their safety, wellbeing, and close monitoring.
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Volunteers gather around the feeding table several times throughout the day to bottle feed baby raccoons, syringe feed baby squirrels, and tube feed baby opossums as well as other patients.
Our medicine cabinet provides an extensive variety of treatments our wildlife patients may experience Ranging from antibiotics and pain medication to preventives and nutritional supplements, this is a critical part of the care we provide.
The triage room is a multi-purpose room for a variety of species. This room has an exam table, overhead lighting, and tools on hand for our vets to use when they drop in to check on our patients. There are also incubators, transitional cages, and a dry docking station for turtles. Depending on the time of year, this room may house anything from baby birds learning to selffeed to turtles recovering from being hit by cars.
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We have two other rooms as well as pre-release enclosures. With over 150 cages, we are equipped for waterfowl, small raptors, songbirds, mammals like opossums, raccoons, squirrel, skunks and armadillos. We have enclosures that can be quickly modified or adapted for a variety of native species.
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Predator and mesopredator patients that are admitted due to suspected or confirmed rodenticide will be logged and tracked for outcome measures. Patients that succumb to rodenticide poisoning will be sent to Texas A&M for necropsy. The goal of this is to provide substantial findings to present to policy-makers to ban anticoagulant rodenticides.
Turtle patient data will be shared with researchers for tracking purposes. Cadavers of certain species will be transferred to Texas Turtles for further examination and used for educational
Corvids and raptors that die of natural causes will be transferred to a permitted research organization to monitor and better understand scavenger behaviors.
Birds of all species that are admitted due to window strikes will be tracked for outcome measures. Additionally, this data will be submitted to several databases to help quantify mortality of birds due to window strikes, identify hotspots of mortality, and propose mitigation measures.
Animal abuse trends in North Texas. Pest control companies with inhumane practices contrary to their advertisements.
Animals hit by cars being entered into a national database to (hopefully) catch hot spots and help petition for safer roadways and even wildlife bridges.
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HERE ARE A FEW TIPS TO HELP YOU STAY PREPARED, SAFE, AND INFORMED ON COYOTES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
KEEP CATS INDOORS OR THIS WILL REINFORCE THE COYOTE'S INNATE FEAR OF HUMANS. DO THIS UNTIL THE COYOTE LEAVES.
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Andersons Eatery and Distillery
Celestial Beerworks
Cicada
Civil Pour Coffee + Beer
False Idol Brewing
Four Bullets Brewery
Intrinsic Brewing
Lockwood Distilling Company
The Bearded Monk
Turning Point Beer
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