Spring 2020 Newsletter - Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center

2019 IMPACT REPORT

SPRING 2020

It Takes a Village

2019 Year in Review

Farewell Leo

ABOUT US Mission Saving our wildlife, one life at a time.

Vision Inspire conservation of native wildlife through educational programs, sanctuary animals, and a teaching hospital that heals, rehabilitates, and releases wildlife.

SWCC Board of Directors Michael Sapp — Chairman Anne Ruddy — Vice Chair Christine Kovach — Treasurer Linda Moore — Secretary Denise Dunning Ricketts Mark Finke Stephanie Whitlow

SWCC Staff Linda Searles — Executive Director Linda Moore — Assistant Director Kim Carr — Animal Care Manager James O’Brien — Clinic Manager, Veterinary Technician Robyn Moul — Education Lead Robin Wilson — Events and Volunteer Coordinator Lynne Stone — Animal Care Specialist Hillary Cummens — Animal Care Specialist Khymberly Lewus — Veterinary Technician Marco Mellon — Maintenance Manager Sergio Mellon-Rios — Maintenance Technician Jonathan Ortega — Maintenance Technician

Contents Letters from the Director and Board Chairman Page 3 Concrete Raccoon Page 4 Year in Review Page 5 Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Page 6-7 Education, Tours, and Special Events Page 8-9 It Takes a Village of Vounteers Page 10-11 Financial Summary Page 12-13 Leo: He Captured Our Hearts Page 14-15 Tours & Events at SWCC Page 16-17 When a Predator is Removed Page 18 Other Ways to Help SWCC Page 19 2

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DEAR FRIENDS OF SWCC,

It Takes A Village….

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ver the years I have been personally thanked many times for founding Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center and making it the success it is today. The truth is that SWCC is a village. No one person is responsible for its existence or accomplishments. Our success comes because of the countless volunteers who have selflessly given their time and energy and the hard-working, dedicated staff who never hesitate to stay late to deal with an emergency, tend a baby animal or watch over an injured rescue.

This issue is also a tribute to our other villagers: those who provide their hard-earned money to enable us to serve our wildlife 24/7; who provide the means to buy food, materials, formula, medical supplies and veterinary equipment. Because of you, we

have healed thousands of native wild animals and returned them to freedom while providing sanctuary to all that could not be released back into the wild.

So, you see, it is not one person, but an entire village - volunteers, staff and donors - who have made SWCC what it is today.

Within these pages you will learn what we achieved in 2019, and meet some of those ‘villagers’ who made what we accomplished possible. I hope you enjoy meeting and hearing from them. Our village will continue to blaze new trails for future successes at Southwest Wildlife.

Linda Searles Founder, Executive Director

From the Board Chairman

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n behalf of the board of directors, it is my pleasure to thank you for another year of supporting Southwest Wildlife. As you’ll see in this issue, we’ve had our happy moments - raising and releasing the three bear cubs - and our sad moments - saying goodbye to Leo. Of all the moments we’ve had, the best is when we are

able to engage with visitors and share our story, whether that is in person or on our website. Our visitors and supporters are our best advocates and help us to spread the word on wildlife conservation.

Like you, Southwest is living through the COVID19 pandemic.

We continue to operate as usual, only without visitors and we take extra precautions to protect the animals. The job of caring for orphaned or injured animals goes on, so I’d like to recognize the staff for their tireless work. We look forward to being able to welcome visitors again, and I’m pretty sure the animals agree with me.

Finally, I’d like to welcome our

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new board members: Denise Dunning-Ricketts, Christine Kovach, and Mark Finke joined us in the last year. I am grateful for their commitment and contributions.

They all have deep connections to the community and give us additional expertise as we grow the board to be able to support Southwest even better. Without you, however, there would be no Southwest to support, so the board and staff appreciate all you do to help in Saving Our Wildlife, One Life at a Time.

Michael Sapp Chairman, Board of Directors Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center

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The Rescue and Rehabilitation of

Gypsy the “Concrete” Raccoon

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magine a racoon stuck in wet concrete. The harder she struggled to free herself, the further she sank. Although it was June, evening temps were still cool. As the concrete began to set up, she was losing body heat. It’s a wonder she survived until rescuers could reach her.

We’d never seen anything like it at Southwest Wildlife. The only advice our vet tech could find to remove concrete was to soak the patient in vinegar water. We had no idea if that would work. But she needed IV fluids and warming to get her temperature back up to normal, so the soaking would have to wait. The real problem was that warming her was drying the concrete!

So out came the electric razors, and we began to shave her. With the mix of wet and dry concrete, the razors’ blades dulled quickly and needed to be changed again and again. More than an hour later, with nary a blade to spare, the concrete – and the hair it stuck to - was gone. Only a hairless, dusty, white raccoon was left behind.

Luckily, the ensuing warm vinegar water worked miracles; the patient came out of her bath with healthy looking pink skin. We also determined she was a thin, older female who had raised babies in the past.

She would need time and good medical care to recover. We’re prepared to provide both.

By late summer, she was healthy enough to be introduced to 4 orphaned raccoon babies. We hoped she might be a good foster parent for young raccoon kits in need of a mother’s comfort – and she proved to be a good choice. As she continued to recover, we moved her to a prerelease enclosure while we considered whether she would be a good release candidate. While there, we noticed a laceration on her hip, which hadn’t healed. Inspection led to a diagnosis of Valley Fever, a fungal infection that occurs here in the Southwest. It took weeks of care before our medical team felt she was well enough to return to an outdoor enclosure.

Named Gypsy, - from ‘gypsum’, one of the ingredients in concrete she now needs daily medication to keep her Valley Fever under control.

Considering her age and medical challenges, we determined it’s best for her to remain a permanent resident at SWCC. The good news is that Gypsy has become a wonderful foster mother for an orphaned raccoon kit awaiting release, and we expect she’ll continue to play that role during 2020’s baby season.

Like so many animals who find their way to our front gate, Gypsy needed a helping hand. Southwest Wildlife was able to provide that help because of our family of donors, volunteers and supporters.

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2019 Year in Review

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ur Mission - “Saving our wildlife, one life at a time� - is achieved through four core components: Rehabilitation, Education, Research, and Sanctuary.

We heal injured animals, raise orphans, and return wildlife to their natural habitat. We educate the public to encourage their understanding of the importance of wildlife in our ecosystem, and their role in preventing human-wildlife conflicts. We help seek solutions to wildlife conflicts and other issues through science and research. And we provide a permanent home for injured wildlife that cannot be expected to survive in the wild.

2019 brought a variety of surprises and challenges.

In late February, the sanctuary received a foot of heavy, wet snow. Desert trees shading animal enclosures, and many of those enclosures themselves, could not take the weight and partially collapsed. Fortunately, no animals were injured, and we were able to repair the damage quickly with a combination of insurance and generous donations.

Spring became one of our biggest baby seasons ever, bringing over one hundred orphaned animals to our facility, to be raised for release later in the year.

And during the summer our long-standing source of dry food donations stopped. But big-hearted donors responded by collectively ordering and delivering nearly 50,000 lbs. of dog and cat food - a nine-month supply.

Through it all, our focus on wildlife rehabilitation, research, education, and sanctuary never waivered.

Here are some of the highlights of our key accomplishments in 2019:

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Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation

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t Southwest Wildlife, 73% of the animals we rescued during 2019 have been or will soon be released – given a second chance to live out their lives in the wild. Three percent were given permanent sanctuary, and 24% died, generally succumbing to injuries that were too severe to overcome. For the second straight year, the number of animals we took in grew, with 279 new arrivals during 2019 – a 3% increase. We specialize in rescuing many of the larger mammals and more demanding

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species which many other facilities cannot manage. Our primary advantage is a state-of-the art wildlife hospital and the experienced veterinary and animal care specialists on our staff. We have proven our ability to treat, heal and successfully raise such challenging species as black bears, mountain lions, javelina, bobcats, coyotes, racoons and skunks.

Our dedicated neonatal hospital room allows our skilled staff and volunteers to care for the babies of these and other species.

We take in animals from any situation and, regardless of their

physical condition upon arrival, we provide the care, medication and surgery required to increase their chance of survival. And when their condition or injuries are too severe, we provide caring and humane euthanasia.

The 3% of animals we rescued in 2019 who could not be released have found a new home for life in our accredited wildlife sanctuary. Today we provide sanctuary for more than 250 animals while simultaneously rehabilitating over 200 more annually for return to the wild.

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Education Tours And Special Events

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e worked to offer an expanded schedule of public “Walk with Wildlife” tours at Southwest Wildlife during 2019. These docent-led tours bring small groups of up to 20 visitors through the sanctuary, where we share stories of the animals that make their home with us, while teaching about how to live compatibly with our native wildlife. In 2019, 7,200 visitors joined us on a tour -nearly a 10% increase over 2018.

Walk with Wildlife tours offer an introduction to Southwest Wildlife and our work in the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of injured and orphaned wildlife. Special events offered throughout the year allow guests an opportunity to experience our sanctuary in a different way or gain more in-depth

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knowledge about specific animal species and their lifestyles. Monthly Full Moon Tours provide visitors an enchanting evening experience of exploration through the sanctuary at their own pace. Throughout the year, expert speakers shared

their knowledge of bats, black bears, and other sanctuary-related topics. Fun events tied to Valentine’s Day, Halloween, and the December holidays offered guests unique ways to celebrate those holidays.

These educational programs are

an important part of our mission to save native wildlife. By educating the community about how to properly interact with wild animals they may encounter, we teach responsible behavior that helps protect wild animals and their young so they can continue to thrive.

Education programs, tours and events also are an important source of revenue for Southwest Wildlife. Last year they generated more than $200,000, which offset about 14% of our annual operating costs.

As we continue to share the story of Southwest Wildlife - and the fortunate animals we help - guests of all ages fall in love with our work and spread our story across the community. They become partners who have truly contributed to the continuing success of our work saving wild lives, one animal at a time.

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It Takes a Village of Volunteers…

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outhwest Wildlife relies on a corps of volunteers to meet the needs of the animals we rescue and rehabilitate. Women and men, students and retirees, Arizona residents and ‘snowbirds’ alike help keep Southwest running. They come from all walks of life: teachers, lawyers, freelancers, realtors, grandparents, engineers, emergency responders and more.

Each gives their time and energy: cleaning cages, preparing animal meals, guiding tours, weeding, trimming, helping with events, mending what’s broken and educating the public about Arizona’s wildlife. The staff at SWCC work exceptionally hard; but that work would be harder without the extra hands and heads that volunteers willingly give.

Each volunteer comes to SWCC for their own reasons. Perhaps for the love of animals; or the satisfaction of helping the helpless. For some it’s the comradery; for others the experience of working up close to wildlife. Sometimes it’s a desire to put one’s skills or experience to a new use; sometimes it’s a need to simply feel useful.

Volunteering at SWCC isn’t for everyone. It’s dusty, dirty, smelly and dismally hot in the Summer.

Yet this dedicated community of more than 100 keep coming back, week after week, month after month, for years – sometimes for decades. It takes a village of volunteers to make SWCC function. But it is SWCC’s mission that draws volunteers to become part of that village.

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Volunteer Spotlight: Kris Wheaton

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n 2005, after a newspaper article sparked an interest, I began researching wildlife rehabilitation – something I was completely unfamiliar with. That led me to Southwest Wildlife, and a tour for potential volunteers. One of the first stops on the tour was in front of a mountain lion enclosure, where Sarah, an older female lion, walked up to the fence.

She looked me right in the eye and began to purr; I knew at that moment I had found what I needed to do.

I began my volunteer journey helping in the clinic, doing laundry, mopping floors, and cleaning dishes. Working in the clinic exposed me to a lot of behind the scenes happenings; I went through training to do rescues and grew quite close to many animals being treated in the clinic with special medical needs. After a year I moved outside to help with cleaning animal enclosures.

Many new experiences followed. I learned to care for orphaned babies and spent many summer nights deprived of sleep while helping raise them. I helped research and choose good release sites for animals and participated in many animal releases back into the wild. I began to take photos and write stories of the animals I got to know. Soon our Facebook page and website became my responsibility. I also enjoyed telling stories for SWCC’s newsletters and other appeals.

There was never a point in my experience where I felt I knew it all – and there never will be. I thrive on the constant sources of new learning that Southwest Wildlife provides.

Southwest Wildlife continues – through good times and bad – because of the remarkable staff, volunteers, and contributors who give their hearts, time, talent, and treasure to make a difference for these animals. I am privileged to know and work alongside so many of them.

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It Takes a Village and...

Your Gift Counts!

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outhwest Wildlife relies on donations and grants to sustain its mission of saving wildlife, one life at a time. Fully 80% of our total 2019 revenue was provided through gifts and donations from our generous donors. Without this dedicated support from our many friends, our work simply would not be possible.

2019 donations were elevated by three generous bequests that totaled nearly $350,000. These were gifts from caring friends who remembered SWCC in their wills and estate plans. Such gifts help strengthen our financial foundation and provide essential funds that help us survive unexpected costs.

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Proceeds from visitor tours generated 10% of our income. Your visits, the friends you encourage to visit, and your continued high ranking of the experience (#1 on Trip Advisor for Nature and Parks in Scottsdale) ensure that our education messages reach a broad audience from around the world.

All of these allowed us to continue to provide the best possible care to all the animals we help, but also enabled us to add much-needed equipment to the veterinary clinic, build additional indoor/outdoor animal enclosures, add misters to help keep our sanctuary animals cool in the summer, and to survive a foot of heavy snow that severely damaged trees and fences.

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Leo: He Captured Our Hearts

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adly, our beloved Leo recently lost his battle with kidney disease. A jaguar-leopard hybrid, Leo spent over 8 years at SWCC, and they were undoubtably the best years of his life.

Leo was bred for the entertainment industry and spent his first two years entertaining Las Vegas visitors.

In an effort to make him safer to work with, he was declawed and had all four canine teeth pulled. Later, he was sold to an Arizona roadside attraction and pet store located along the Mexican border, where he was kept in a concrete-floored, 10 x 12 chain link enclosure—with no shade. He was fed an inadequate and improper diet, consisting mostly of old fish and soup bones, and became increasingly unhealthy as the years passed.

Because of those conditions, SWCC received many calls from people asking us to help him. We requested the USDA contact us if they ever shut that facility down. Leo was near death when they finally did. He was sent directly to a specialty veterinary hospital experienced with wildlife, where they found he had a collapsed lung, pneumonia, a serious, long-untreated infection in his paws, and was severely malnourished.

Leo recovered from his life-threatening conditions.

However, he continued to struggle with the adverse consequences of being declawed, which had severed tendons and ligaments necessary to support his feet.

In addition, the removal of his canine teeth caused his remaining teeth to move out of alignment, making it impossible for him to eat like a normal big cat.

Leo’s life as a roadside attraction was much worse than simply having an unhealthy diet, an unsteady gait, and difficulty chewing. To get him to roar, visitors jabbed him with sticks and threw rocks at him.

The abuse and neglect he suffered during those first 9 years of his life caused emotional wounds that would prove much more difficult to overcome than his physical ailments.

When he recovered enough to be transported to SWCC’s clinic, it quickly became apparent that he was completely distrustful of and extraordinarily angry toward humans.

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SWCC’s founder, Linda Searles, visited Leo daily. She sat on the floor with her back to his enclosure, while he hissed and swatted at her.

She just sat there quietly, without any attempt to engage him. After nearly 6 months of these visits, an amazing thing happened: he moved to the side of his enclosure where she sat and laid down with his back to her. He was curious about this quiet, daily visitor and trusted her enough to get close.

Eventually, Leo’s indoor enclosure received a custom-built outdoor addition. It had dense, green grass that made it easier for him to get around on his unstable paws.

Elevated platforms - from which he

could watch the goings-on at SWCC - had ramps to make access easier.

He could remain on a platform or in the grass when visitors came, or he could hide in a night house; it was entirely his choice.

With that freedom of decision, it was much more likely that his curiosity would eventually overcome his learned fear. And that’s exactly what happened. Over the next 18 months he gradually learned to trust his two keepers and became confident in the care and compassion shown him. He spent more and more time in view of visitors. To the joy of our visitors - and us - he began to come to his enclosure fence for treats offered by our educational

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tour guides, providing our guests a closer look at his grace and beauty.

Leo flourished at SWCC. He overcame his fear and anger. He became so trusting that he would come out from a night house when his keepers or certain tour guides called to him.

Kidney disease began to ravage his body during his last weeks. He lost weight. Arthritis that had developed in his paws suddenly made getting around painful. Still, he often came to greet visitors to his enclosure. The decision to euthanize is never easy or taken lightly.

But it is comforting that Leo finally came to know compassion and joy during his final years at SWCC.

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UPCOMING TOURS AT SWCC At the time of this writing, Arizona’s Covid-19 stay-athome order has prompted us to cancel all tours and events at Southwest Wildlife until further notice. Updates and announcements of tour resumption will be posted on our website: www.southwestwildlife.org Walk with Wildlife Tours Until you hear their stories you can’t understand what obstacles wildlife face every day. If they cannot be rehabilitated and released, they find a forever home in our sanctuary. Spend 2 hours with one of our trained docents for a unique, up-close view of those we saved ..."one life at a time."

Be sure to bring your camera! $25/Adult $15/Child (ages 3-12) Available tour dates and times can be found on our website. All tours must be reserved in advance.

For information and to register visit: www.southwestwildlife.org/visit-us/

School tours Wednesdays & Tuesdays, 10 am.

We offer education-based curriculum including habitats, food webs, carrying capacity and wildlife corridors for schools, home school groups, scouts, camps and other education-based organizations. $10/Students $15/Chaperones Group size is limited to 40 per day.

To reserve a date for your school group, visit: www.southwestwildlife.org/visit-us/school-field-trips/

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UPCOMING EVENTS AT SWCC Bat Netting August 15, 6:30 – 9:30 pm September 12, 6:30 – 9:30 pm Arizona is home to 28 species of bats, many of which live and forage right in our own backyards.

Here’s your chance for a close-up view of these fascinating creatures. Arizona Game and Fish biologist Jeff Meyers will be at Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center for an unforgettable evening of capturing and identifying local bat species. This is an exciting opportunity to meet these misunderstood and fascinating creatures in person. Registration includes a tour of the sanctuary, a presentation on bats, and the opportunity to watch as biologists catch, identify, measure, and release bats. Light refreshments will be served. $50/guest

Full Moon Tours August 3, 7-9 pm.

What better place to experience the magic of a full moon than at our sanctuary? Full Moon Tours offer guests the chance to see what our native wildlife is up to after dark. We can’t promise, but if you’re lucky you may hear a serenade from the Mexican gray wolves, the tiny howl of a grasshopper mouse, or the hoot of a great horned owl. Light refreshments will be served. $30/Adult $20/Child (3-12)

Tours, events & workshops take place at: Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center 27026 N. 156th St. Scottsdale, AZ 85262

Tour & Event registration is required, to register go to: https://www.southwestwildlife.org/visit-us/

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When a Predator is Removed

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ou’ve got to get rid of those coyotes!” the woman said to one of our volunteers. “One of them tried to grab my dog and run off with it!”

She called on her knowing she was a volunteer at SWCC. She said her husband had let their 9-pound dog out the front door at 2am to ‘use the bathroom’. A coyote, in the right place at the right time (from the coyote’s perspective), tried to take advantage of this unleashed small dog.

“You have to come and get rid of those coyotes!” she repeated.

That’s an understandable reaction, given the horror she still felt from the incident. There was some explaining to do…

A coyote needs to eat 20-25 mice every day just to survive.

That’s a lot of hunting! But coyotes are also opportunistic predators.

They will take any chance for an easy meal. You really can’t blame the coyote for trying to press his advantage. But dog-lovers might see it differently.

Why was that coyote in that particular area in the first place?

The answer is simple: because there was food available there.

The availability of adequate water and shelter (like dense brush) also make a particular habitat attractive to a predator.

Predators such as coyotes, bobcats, wolves, and mountain lions choose territories with reliable food, water, and shelter resources.

To do otherwise would be counter-productive to their survival.

There is generally very little overlapping of territories within a specific

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species; the territories of two bobcats usually don’t overlap significantly. But a coyote pack and a bobcat may share territory.

So, what happens if a bobcat is removed from its territory?

That territory must have been an attractive habitat, or the original bobcat wouldn’t have been a resident there. Eventually another bobcat will discover the void and move into that territory. This is guaranteed. When one predator is removed, another of that species will ultimately claim that vacant territory and fill the vacuum created by the removal of the original predator.

Therefore, removing that coyote and its pack-mates would accomplish nothing. Another pack would soon move into that territory and replace them.

Where do these animals come from? Once bobcats and mountain lions, and some wolves and coyotes, become sub-adults, they will disperse - leaving their mothers or packs in search of their own territories, or to create or join another pack.

Please be aware that feed-

ing deer or javelina, providing a reliable source of water (a water trough for horses, or an outdoor water bowl for a dog), and allowing dense brush near your buildings may attract animals which, in turn, will attract predators.

Also, understand that coyotes become more territorial during breeding season (from late January through February here in the desert). They may be more aggressive during puppy season (pups are born completely helpless from late March through April). A coyote pack will be especially protective of pups the first few months and remain vigilant until those pups become sub-adults in early fall.

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Other Ways to Help SWCC Visit www.southwestwildlife.org to learn about the many ways you can help:

Sponsor an Animal

Share the care by sponsoring your favorite sanctuary animal.

Sponsorships make excellent “green gifts” for birthdays and holidays. Click on Sponsor an Animal to learn more.

Corporate Sponsorships

Our Wish Lists Our website’s Wish List has items ranging from copy paper and gift cards to chainsaws and maintenance supplies. Donations can be delivered to the sanctuary at 27026 N 156th St, Scottsdale, AZ 85262. Let us know you are dropping of an item and we will provide you with a tax receipt for your gift.

Our Amazon Wish List offers many items we need and use every day – like food buckets, Lysol wipes, and nuts. We also list specialty items such as snake tongs and Christmas lights. Amazon’s registry makes donating a wish list item super easy – they even know our address!

While shopping online…

Make Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center your charity of choice on Amazon Smile. Once you do, Amazon does the rest by automatically giving a portion of every purchase you make to SWCC. Those pennies really add up!

Redecorating or decluttering?

Become a Wild Family Member Support Southwest Wildlife throughout the year by becoming part of our Wild Family monthly giving program. By signing to give monthly, you provide a consistent, reliable stream of income that we can count on – like family – to be there when an animal needs help.

Leave a Legacy Southwest Wildlife will be saving wildlife for many years to come. You can help provide longterm support by naming Southwest Wildlife as a beneficiary in your will or estate plans. Contact mike.nolan@ southwestwildlife.org for more information on giving a gift of a legacy that lasts.

Have time to spare?

Volunteer your time

Volunteers are needed across the organization – from tour guides to animal care, from grounds maintenance to office work. Apply online or contact robin.wilson@southwestwildlife.org to learn more.

Your company’s financial support of our work can be recognized through our social media, newsletter, website and onsite advertising – placing your brand in front of tens of thousands of SWCC supporters. For more corporate sponsorship opportunity information, contact mike.nolan@southwestwildlife.org.

Corporate Volunteers Businesses can also support SWCC by providing corporate volunteer groups, or employees with volunteer-time-off. Day labor projects are available at various times of the year; contact robin.wilson@ southwestwildlife.org if you can offer your team or your time.

Scout Projects Boy Scouts looking to complete their Eagle Scout project requirements may find a suitable project at SWCC. Past projects have included constructing dens, picnic tables, and signage. These projects can offer a huge benefit for both SWCC and the scout involved. For more information, or to present an idea, contact us at scouts@southwestwildlife.org.

Drop off your high-end items to My Sister’s Closet or My Sister’s Attic and request that SWCC benefits when those items are sold.

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