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Wildlife Rehabilitation Training Classes

Want to get started in wildlife rehabilitation or need continuing education credits? We offer a wide range of classes from online to onsite

Become a Member

Join WRI and make a difference in the lives of wildlife. Members are eligible for board and committee positions or can help out at the Center once a month.

The Center

View the progress of the Wildlife Response and Rehabilitation Center located in Virginia Beach.

Volunteer Opportunities

Want To make a difference helping wildlife? We have many volunteer opportunities for skill levels from administrative to manual labor, from special events to once a month tasks. If you do not see one that fits your needs, let us know and we can create an opportunity.

Questions about Wildlife?

We offer information about local wildlife and initial screenings, as well as rescue and transport tips.

WRI Hotline

Need Wildlife Assistance? Give us a Call at 757-543-7000

Wishlist

Checkout the items we need to help keep the rehabilitation efforts moving. Every little bit counts!

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Wildlife Response, Inc. is a distinctive 501c3 volunteer organization devoted solely to the care of orphaned, injured, and displaced native wildlife. We are dedicated to increasing awareness of wildlife rehabilitation to the public. Our organization depends primarily upon the private donations for its programs and services.  

The Wildlife Response and Rehabilitation Center will be a centrally located facility where citizens, animal control officers and other agencies can drop off wildlife. In addition, the Center will provide a redistribution center for animals to be triaged, and then sent to permitted-based wildlife rehabilitators for care. The Center is expected to open in 2025.

Who We Are

Committees of WRI

The Board has established certain committees within the organization. According to the By-Laws, the President may “Appoint chairmen of all standing committees with the approval of the Board and assign additional duties to members of the Board as circumstances may dictate”. All committees keep minutes of actions taken and resolutions adopted.

Committees tend to be active depending on the focus of the organization. In several cases, the Chair of a committee is a member of the Board of Directors. Where this is not the case, a Board member is appointed as Co-Chairperson to the team, so that the committee will have representation at meetings of the BOD. The current committees are listed below, along with their Committee Chairperson Contact information.

For committee descriptions, see our Volunteer Section

 

Mission Statement

Mission
Wildlife Response, Inc. (WRI) is dedicated to the preservation of wildlife through rehabilitation and education. One of the most universal challenges today in the battle to save wild things and wild places is how to bond people to the physical world in a powerful enough way to give them the motivation to want to protect and preserve it. It is especially important in our growing suburban and urban communities to increase significant associations connecting people and nature, especially where natural environments and natural experiences are less and less common. On a local level, the steady arrival of new residents to the Hampton Roads area is having a overwhelming impact on our wildlife and natural environment. As we accommodate this progression, it is essential that people who now call the Hampton Roads area home understand the sensitive balance of human and non-human populations, the affect we have on the natural environment, and the best ways in which we can coexist.

Board of Directors

Officers
DIRECTORS
Support Staff
President
Jessica Bates

Vice-President
Deborah Peters

Secretary
Vacant



Advocacy
Clay Bernick

Community Outreach
Richard Peters

Emergency Preparedness/Nominations
Vacant

Finance
Marian Moore

Hotline Services
Matt Dooley
Bernadette Ames
Jim Giordano

Membership
Vacant

Rehabilitation Services/Education
Deborah Peters

WRI Rehabber Council
Vacant
Pro Bono
Wildlife Legal Counsel
Kimberlie Young

 

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