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Upcoming Presentations and Programs at CROW
Today's Events
Wildlife Walk Guided Hospital Tour - **Advance registration required**
Southwest Florida is filled with fascinating wildlife, and CROW provides a unique opportunity to look into wildlife rehabilitation and meet the staff ...
Patient Profiles: Sea Turtles
There are seven different species of sea (or marine) turtles, and human activities have tipped the scales against the survival of these reptiles. Most ...
Upcoming Events
Wildlife Walk Guided Hospital Tour - **Advance registration required**
Southwest Florida is filled with fascinating wildlife, and CROW provides a unique opportunity to look into wildlife rehabilitation and meet the staff ...
Animal Defenses
Animals have evolved numerous ways of defending themselves against predators. This talk focuses on the often overlooked but interesting methods of def ...
Patient Profiles: Owls of Southwest Florida
Raptors are birds that prey on other animals in the wild to survive. Their specialized beaks and talons make them some of the most effective hunters. ...
CROW News, Stories & Press Releases
The striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) is a medium-sized mammal with a glossy black coat, a thin, white stripe between its eyes and two stripes on its back. Skunk babies are blind and deaf when they are born. more...
The wood stork (Mycteria americana) is a large black-and-white waterbird with long legs and black flight feathers. It breeds in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, while non-breeding wood storks can be found throughout North America and into northern more...
Meet Our Animal Ambassadors
Each of our Animal Ambassadors has a unique story and important place in our programs. Bringing guests closer to our ambassadors is just one way we will help others gain an appreciation for local wildlife.
Lola
Lola, the American kestrel (patient #13-0533), arrived at CROW in March 2013 with a broken wing that could not be repaired. Along with arthritis in the same wing, she is unable to fly more than a few feet. Without the ability to fly, she would be unable to hunt successfully in the wild.
Mina
Mina, a great horned owl (patient #16-3770), was brought to the clinic in December of 2016. She had suffered an injury and lost part of her wing. The amputation had completely healed before she was admitted to the hospital. She was otherwise in good health and it is suspected her mate had been caring for her in the wild.
Talon
Talon is a red-tailed hawk. When younger, Talon suffered a wing injury which was unable to be corrected rendering him unable to fly well enough to hunt on his own.
Billy
Billy the Armadillo (patient #17-1136) arrived at the clinic in April of 2017 after he was found as an orphan in Cape Coral, Florida. At the time, due to the classification of his species as a non-native species, Billy was unable to be released back into wild when he got older.
GiGi
GiGi, a female Virginia opossum (patient #19-1238), was admitted to the hospital along with her two siblings in April 2019. The trio was found huddled in a corner along the outside of a house in Cape Coral and were taken to a drop-off location. GiGi and her siblings were in perfect health, except that GiGi was missing a majority of her tail.
