BACK TO THE WILD'S MISSION STATEMENT

BACK TO THE WILD'S PRIMARY MISSION: To rehabilitate and ultimately release into their natural habitat, injured, orphaned and displaced wildlife.
Through this work, BACK TO THE WILD's overall mission is to educate and foster in children and adults, awareness, appreciation and respect of our natural world. Children especially, are encouraged to become responsible caretakers of our earth, by becoming involved in conservation activities to preserve and protect wild areas and to understand our own interconnection with all living things.

DEAR FRIENDS OF BACK TO THE WILD

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL ! ! !

* * * 1990 - 2010 * * *

20 YEARS of WILDLIFE RESCUE!

20 YEARS of TEACHING YOUNG MINDS about our natural world!

20 YEARS of WORKING TOGETHER . . .

It seems unbelievable! As 2011 begins, BACK TO THE WILD will be entering our 21st year of wildlife rehabilitation and nature education! How is it possible?! How did this organization that began in our backyard over 20 years ago, in one small barn, become what it is today? We know it all happened because of YOU - our dedicated volunteers and generous supporters! Because of caring people like you, we have been able to dedicate our minds, hearts and lives to BACK TO THE WILD'S mission of wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and education. Because of YOU, our doors have been open to the community for over 20 years, to accept injured wildlife any hour of the day, every day of the year. Because of YOU, over 70,000 children and adults visit BACK TO THE WILD or attend one of our many educational programs every year where they are encouraged to respect, appreciate, preserve and protect our natural world. And, because of YOU, we have been able to build an outstanding facility to share with people of all ages, from pre-schoolers to seniors, and a facility that allows us to do the best job possible "housing and healing" our injured wildlife patients! The fact that this organization has grown so fast and strong is proof that our work in wildlife rehabilitation and nature education is a much-needed service in every community and that YOU ~ our supporters ~ truly believe in our work! Thanks to all of you, we have once again rescued over 2,500 injured wild animals this year and have been able to return over 60% back into the wild!

The thrill of releasing a wildling back into the wild and being able to play a part in opening a child's eyes to the wonders of nature, are the two most rewarding parts of our everyday life here at BACK TO THE WILD. It is a privilege sharing it all with you, our supporters, and the thousands of visitors who stop by each year! We love giving you the opportunity to meet many of our wildlife residents, and to learn about their importance in the natural world.

The purpose of this annual newsletter is two-fold. First of all, we want to keep you informed of our work and the positive impact BACK TO THE WILD is making in the community. It is our way of telling you how your donations continue to make a difference! Secondly ~ we hope you will consider this letter ~ an urgent plea for your help!

It should come as no surprise to you to learn that BACK TO THE WILD has been facing a financial challenge the past two years. Sadly, we have experienced a more than significant drop in donations, as have all charities, creating a serious financial crisis for us. Our dual mission of ~ wildlife rehabilitation and education ~ is an overwhelming task on a daily basis. Injured animals continue to arrive daily ~ including songbirds, herons, egrets, ducks, geese, hawks, owls, eagles, rabbits, squirrels, fox, opossums, skunks, snakes, turtles, salamanders and other wildlings ~ each species requiring special diets, medication and housing. While the physical work required to rehabilitate injured wildlife is extremely labor-intensive and demanding, it is the least of our problems. During these financially troubled times, we have had to learn to do more ~ with less. We have made great efforts to use our limited resources as wisely as possible, cutting operating expenses wherever we can. With donations declining, and food, medical and utility costs rising, we need your support more than ever! Seeking every way possible to find funding to "keep our doors open" continues to be our most daunting task. To keep our doors open means that we need a staff on board every single day. A center this size requires a staff of at least 20 employees, but with limited financial resources, we are forced to operate with a skeleton crew that must care for over 2,500 animals throughout the year! Our modest crew of just seven full and part-time employees achieve the work of a staff three times its size!

We are so proud of our fantastic staff: Our well-trained staff is always informative and accommodating to ensure your visit with family and friends is a memorable experience. We are pleased to receive many comments and compliments from visitors who have stopped in for a tour and wanted us to know that even though a staff member was very busy, they were met with genuine friendliness and professionalism.

Sarah Langdon, our Staff Supervisor, and Heather Yount are our only full-time employees; Julie Ladd, Judi Robles, Kelcy Drumm, John Staugh and David Bauman are valuable part-time employees. Past employees, Melissa Dodge, Libby Boros, Cheryl Crosser, Mike Limbird, Barry Unger and Ben Dennis continue to offer welcome extra help whenever they can! Finally, without our dedicated volunteers, we truly could not keep up! Always on call and more than willing to lend a hand are volunteers Martha Dykes, Doug and Debbie Haubert, Earl and Mary Wetzel, Sheryl Young, Jennifer Jackway, Jill Groves, Linda Goretzki, Sharon Parish and Shirley Gant. Special thanks to Bill Biehl who donates countless hours planting, weeding, watering and maintaining our many beautiful gardens on the grounds! In addition, we have dozens of other amazing volunteers and high school and college students who help intermittently and seasonally. Kyle Capodice, Devin Sweeting, Kassie Leasure, Heidi Shoemaker and Tori Brauer contributed many long hours throughout the summer! Along with our staff, they all do a fantastic job helping to run the center, answering endless phone calls, rescuing and transporting wildlife, feeding and caring for patients, making trips to the vets, picking up supplies, greeting visitors, providing dozens of tours daily, educating school, youth and scout groups here at the center and off-site, and performing countless other tasks!

To say they are important is an understatement! Their dedication is amazing and they are our inspiration!

We welcome your call to schedule a time to visit and tour BACK TO THE WILD to learn more about our work. Meet our staff and volunteers and see them in action! Join one of our educational presentations taking place in our amphitheater almost every day in the spring, summer and fall. If you have not visited the center in the past year or two, you will be amazed at our newest exhibits and improvements! You will also have the opportunity to see some behind the scenes help offered to our wildlife patients, although we are very careful to protect each wildlife patient from human disturbance ~ to keep them wild! Many of our permanent, educational birds and mammals may be photographed or sketched. Learn about the different ways you may be able to help us help wildlife! When planning your family outings or visits with friends, remember to re-visit and tour BACK TO THE WILD!

A CALL AHEAD WILL HELP OUR STAFF SET ASIDE SPECIAL TIME FOR YOU!

FOR TOURS AND VISITS, DONATIONS ARE MUCH-NEEDED AND GREATLY APPRECIATED

BACK TO THE WILD Website

We wish we could share all our stories with you of our many wonderful experiences with our wildlife patients! Large and frequent mailings, printing of literature and postage fees are simply too costly for us to absorb. You can, however, visit our great website ~ much thanks to our fantastic, volunteer webmaster, Dick Delombard, who not only created but faithfully keeps it updated! Thanks, Dick!! His latest contribution is making BACK TO THE WILD current ~ you can now conveniently make a donation through PAYPAL! You can do this even if you don't have a PayPal account of your own!

Remember ~ your donations are tax-deductible!

Visit us at backtothewild.com where you will find postings of our current and upcoming events and programs, photos, articles, fundraisers, open houses and other information. Check out different ways you can contribute to BACK TO THE WILD!

Donate a used vehicle to "CARS FOR CAUSES" and name our center as the charity to benefit from your gift.
Use www.GOODSEARCH.com as your search engine ~ type in BACK TO THE WILD as your charity. We receive a check quarterly from Good Search!

We do have several informative brochures we are more than willing to share with you and will gladly send at your request. We are often asked for our literature and feel it is important to circulate, since it frequently generates donations. Again, we are making every effort to use our resources wisely. In handing out literature, we carefully monitor the success or failure it achieves in generating support! We apologize if you have mistakenly received our literature more than once and would greatly appreciate if you would kindly pass it along to someone who may be interested in our work. You can help us spread the word !!!

If you do not wish to receive our literature or no longer want to be on our mailing list, please do notify us by phone or e-mail and we will honor your request!

We want to save trees, too!

We believe in and are fiercely passionate about our work. We believe we have made a deep commitment in dedicating our lives to help make a difference for wildlife in need. We believe through education, we can help children become responsible caretakers of the earth and not repeat the mistakes of past generations. We believe, with your help, we can and will continue our work here at BACK TO THE WILD and that we can make you proud to be one of our steadfast supporters! We promise to continue to work around the clock ~ 365 days of the year ~ helping wildlife in need.

We simply can't do it without you!

So, with much chagrin but absolute necessity, I am pleading for our cause. We are counting on caring citizens like you to help us at this critical time. We are reaching out to those of you who may be in a position to help! Every donation, no matter what size, will directly benefit BACK TO THE WILD'S mission and work in the community.

We are happy to have this opportunity to express our heartfelt thanks for your past support ~ we are truly honored to know that you believe in our work! We regret that it is virtually impossible to name each and every one of our supporters and volunteers in this letter. It is important to us to acknowledge your support! A visit to BACK TO THE WILD will allow you to see we proudly display your names on plaques and pavers throughout the center!

NATURE IS A PART OF OUR HUMANITY.
HENRY BESTON

The following information is repeated from last year's letter, but we are continually amazed to find that many first-time visitors who drop off an injured animal, or stop in for a tour, have discovered us for the first time! We are always surprised to hear the following comments repeated time and time again:

"I had no idea of the scope of what you are doing here."

You might have to see it to believe it!

"You should advertise more, because no one knows you are here!"

There really are over a hundred newspaper stories, magazine articles and T.V. clips out there - both locally and nationally. We exhibit and educate at schools, youth camps, park districts, libraries, civic groups, the Ohio State Fair and numerous other events throughout Ohio each year.

"Aren't you employed by the State?"

No. BACK TO THE WILD stands alone. Our wildlife services to the public, and our work in animal rescue and rehabilitation is a free service to the public, at our expense. Although wildlife rehabilitators are required to hold both State and Federal Permits, we receive NO funding at all. We operate under very strict government regulations and are subject to facility inspections. Accurate daily records must be maintained, detailing the reason each wild animal is taken in, the county it came from and its final disposition. We are licensed by ODNR, Division of Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.

"We visited your facility and found it very clean and well organized. Your staff went out of their way to provide us with a friendly, professional and informative tour!!!

Thanks so much for noticing and for your kind comments ~ it means a lot to us!

"Will any of our donations be used to pay "help" or to pay for "utilities?"

Yes, it is crucial that donations be used for all aspects that encompass operating our center ~ donations are our only way to feed and care for all the animals, to provide the best care possible for them, to build necessary shelters and pay the endless bills. The animals in our care require daily (even hourly) scheduled feedings, medical treatment, therapy and other care. A hired, trained and licensed staff is an absolute necessity, to assure help is always available at critical times. Our volunteers selflessly give our staff much-needed helping hands and are truly treasured and valuable to us, however, most volunteers have regular jobs and families and are not always available to cover early hours of the morning and night shifts, weekends and holidays.

"Aren't you interfering with nature by caring for wildlife?"

Here is our chance to educate callers and visitors who are asking for our assistance ~ Over 90% of the injuries to wild animals that are received at any rehabilitation center, are the direct result of negative human impact on wildlife habitats and their food chain. We are very careful not to intervene in a wild animal's life, unless it is due to a human-related cause. We advise and discourage the public from feeding wildlife, as it almost always leads to the animal's demise. Improper diets cause serious nutritional disorders in wildlife and repeated human contact causes them to lose their "edge" on instinctive survival mechanisms. This will eventually surely lead to their death.

THEY DO NOT BELONG TO US - THEY BELONG TO THE WILD!

WAYS YOU CAN HELP
BACK TO THE WILD
CONTINUE ITS WORK . . .

SEND A DONATION TOWARD FOOD, MEDICAL OR OPERATING COSTS

ARRANGE TO BECOME A REGULAR SUPPORTER THROUGH AUTOMATIC DEDUCTIONS AT YOUR WORKPLACE

DOUBLE YOUR GIFT-GIVING! Your Employer may provide corporate matching grants to non-profit organizations. Ask to see if your donation is eligible!

SPONSOR A WILDLIFE PATIENT AT OUR CENTER - We will send you a certificate and photo of the animal you sponsor! You are invited to attend its release!

PROVIDE AN ITEM OR TWO ON OUR WISH LIST

HOLD OR ATTEND A FUNDRAISER FOR BACK TO THE WILD

DECLARE YOUR SUPPORT BY HAVING A PAVER INSCRIBED WITH YOUR NAME IN OUR PLEDGE FOR WILDLIFE WALKWAY OR OUR NEW WOODLAND WALKWAY, OR AS A GIFT IN HONOR OF A FRIEND

REMEMBER A LOVED ONE ~ IN OUR MEMORIAL GARDEN

HELP TO SECURE BACK TO THE WILD'S FUTURE BY DONATING TO OUR ENDOWMENT FUND THROUGH THE SANDUSKY/ERIE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

LEAVE A LEGACY ~ INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF YOUR GRANDCHILDREN BY BEQUEATHING A GIFT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE OUR WORK WITH INJURED WILDLIFE AND NATURE EDUCATION

WITH SPECIAL THANKS . . .

WE ARE OVERWHELMED BY AND FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THE GENEROSITY, KINDNESS AND SUPPORT OF THESE CARING PEOPLE, WHO BELIEVE IN OUR MISSION

A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO JOHN D. FRANKEL, ATTY., and LISA DEWEY of DAY'S ACCOUNTING, who so generously and diligently help direct us down all the right paths to protect BACK TO THE WILD today and in the future! They are always willing to answer our many questions!

Our heartfelt gratitude to the following Veterinarians for their generous and kind support in donating their time, advice and expertise helping us "heal" our wildlife patients:

Marianne Socha, DVM, Fireland's Animal Clinic
Lynn Arnold, DVM, Critter Croft Pet Clinic
Jamie Lindstrom, DVM, Animal Clinic Northview
Susan Orosz, DVM, Bird & Exotic Pet Center

We are truly grateful for the great generosity of the following foundations and trusts, who continue to contribute to many projects at back to the wild, to help us serve the residents of our community. We are honored to have our work recognized and supported by these significant, philanthropic organizations and individuals. Their gifts have made possible our new handicap accessible restroom, four handicap accessible walkways and several educational exhibits:

The Wightman-Wieber Charitable Foundation The Sandusky/Erie County Community Foundation

The Frost-Parker Foundation The SECCF Youth Advisory Council

The Mylander Foundation The Randolph J. and Estelle Dorn Foundation

The Sidney Frohman Foundation The CRL David Foundation

Sally Morrison - in memory of Jerry Morrison Patti Braden - in memory of Jim Braden

We are honored and deeply touched by the following beloved supporters, who remembered BACK TO THE WILD in their wills. It was their wish that their financial gift would allow us to continue our work into the future. It is due to these caring and generous individuals that BACK TO THE WILD has been able to keep our doors open to injured wildlife and to the community.

OUR HEARTFELT THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO:

LOUISE STANEK DREW AND RITA JONES MARJORIE OWINGS NORMA ELMLINGER

RON HAER WILLIAM CULLEN BUD COAKLEY RICHARD HUGHES

JUSTINE MAGSIG

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Joyce Heyward, George Icsman, Barney Lauby, Ron Haer, Fred Deering, Harold Mitchell, Chuck Hanck, Ron Link, Cecil Mckinney, Richard Phillips, Carol Collier, Ron Pearson, Patricia Ahner, Pat Dolan, Harold Morris, Taylor Greenawald, Justine Magsig, Bessie Williams, Tyler Zahel, Mary Foster, Kevin Meyer, Marjorie Speer, Ramona Barrett, Wayne Leslie, Tim Ahner, Patricia Shiltz, Richard Hughes, Paulette Keegan, Clifford Anthony, Ellenore Sutter, Ed Cross and Harold Cooley.

WE ARE DEEPLY SADDENED AT THE LOSS OF THESE BACK TO THE WILD SUPPORTERS

BACK TO THE WILD ACTIVITIES IN 2010

AND SINCE THE BEGINNING !

WHAT HAPPENED . . . . . . . . . . . . IN 2010 SINCE 1990

Total # of rescued wild animals 2,500 + 39,000 +

Total # of animals returned to the wild 1,500 + 24,720 +

Total # of Bald Eagles admitted to center 5 48

Total # of miles to rescue injured wildlife 23,000 + 393,000 +

Total # of telephone calls 15,024 255,000 +

Total # of cages built to house injured wildlife 3 90

Total # of Eagle Scout Projects completed at BTTW 1 20

Total # of College Students completing unpaid internships 5 149

Total # of full-time and part-time paid staff 7 23

Total # of educational programs given 544 7,500

Total # of children and adults attending programs 70,000 + 956,000 +

Total # of training conferences and seminars attended 3 51

Total # of freezers and refrigerators in operation 9 15

MOST RECENT HIGHLIGHTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

A spacious Songbird Aviary, located in a natural wooded area - 2009
New 50 ft. Raptor Flight Cage - 2010
New Mammal Rehabilitation Enclosures in woods - 2010
A Handicap Woodland Walkway leading to Songbird Exhibit and Wildflowers - 2009
An insulated Winter Quarters to Wetland's Exhibit - 2010 Eagle Scout Project
Animal Barn roof reshingled and ceiling and walls insulated - 2009
A Wetland's Facility for Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, Loons, Grebes and Waterfowl - 2007
Extension to Clinic area for Recovering Wildlife and new Staff and Storage Area - 2008
New Barn for Lumber Storage and Workshop Area - 2008
Handicap Accessible Restroom - 2008
Handicap Walkways (with inscribed pavers) to Amphitheater, Wetlands Exhibits, Eagle and Songbird Exhibits.
100 ft. Extension Wing to existing Eagle Flight Cage - 2007
Indoor Viewing Room overlooking Outdoor Exhibits and Gardens - 2008
Ten new Picnic Tables to seat students during Field Trip lunch hours - 2008
New BACK TO THE WILD Sign at road - 2008
Addition of Two new Parking Lots to accommodate Busses and Visitors - 2008
Purchase of a Cargo Van to transport animals to programs - 2008
Purchased a second Cargo Van to transport additional animals and staff - 2010
Large Bird Feeding Station in Butterfly/Hummingbird Garden - 2008
Received Six Bequests (see page 6)
Endowment Fund set up through the Sandusky/Erie Co. Community Foundation - 2007

CAN YOU HELP?

BACK TO THE WILD is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization which receives no funding from state or federal agencies or tax monies of any kind. We are completely self-funded and depend solely on volunteers and support from private individuals and community organizations. Please consider lending your support in any way you wish, to allow BACK TO THE WILD to continue its work. Your tax-deductible donation can help in many ways and would be gratefully appreciated. You may choose that your donation be used to directly cover the food and medical care of injured wildlife here at the center, take part in our animal adoption program, or donate specific items on our wish list. There is also a constant need to purchase materials for new cages or to repair existing ones.

BACK TO THE WILD is truly grateful for your support. We are willing to do the work, but cannot continue to operate this rapidly growing center without your continued financial and volunteer support! Please visit us to see the work being done here or attend our OPEN HOUSE and FUND-RAISERS! Be sure to visit our website for updates!

Go to a Donation Form

BACK TO THE WILD IS HONORED TO HAVE BEEN VISITED BY THESE SPECIAL GUESTS

U.S. ASTRONAUT DONALD A. THOMAS (MISSION SPECIALIST) OF HOUSTON, TEXAS
OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE ~ JENNIFER BRUNNER AND HUSBAND, RICK BRUNNER
Visit http://www.sos.state.oh.us/ and view the video made as a result of her visit on YouTube!
OHIO ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE ~ MIKE RANKIN AND WIFE, RUTH RANKIN
OHIO STATE REPRESENTATIVE ~ FRED DEERING AND WIFE, MARGARET DEERING
U.S. CONGRESSWOMAN ~ MARCY KAPTUR
U.S. SENATOR ~ LARRY MUMPER
LEE PETERSON AND WIFE COURTNEY ~ SON OF ROGER TORY PETERSON an American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator
KENN KAUFMAN AND WIFE, KIM KAUFMAN (Author/Illustrator of many WILDLIFE FIELD GUIDES and NATURAL HISTORY BIRD BOOKS)
WIL CLAY ~ CHILDRENS BOOKS (Author and Illustrator)
DICK GODDARD ~ METEOROLOGIST OF CHANNEL 8 NEWS (BACK TO THE WILD is featured in the month of MAY in Dick's 2010 Weather Calendar!)
ANIMAL PLANET'S "DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM"
DAVE GRAHAM ~ CHIEF OF THE OHIO DIVISION OF WILDLIFE
OUR MOST UNEXPECTED GUESTS ~ TWO MONKS FROM TIBET!

A MEMORABLE MOMENT . . .

IN LOVING MEMORY OF RON PEARSON

BACK TO THE WILD was deeply saddened to lose a long-time dear friend and supporter on February 25th, 2010. We met Ron through his wife Laura, who brought an injured Screech Owl to our center many years ago. That day, I met the most compassionate, caring, spiritual, and giving woman I had ever known. Laura was emotional about the little owl's outcome and filled with excitement when we were able to release the owl back into its natural habitat in the woods behind their home! This all started an amazing friendship with Ron and Laura's entire family! Their children, Kim and her husband Bob, and Paul and his wife Kathy, and grandchildren Collin, Aiden and Ryan love to visit the center. They have done so much to promote our work in so many ways through the years. The Pearson family has all been a very wonderful part of BACK TO THE WILD!

The Bald Eagles at our center have always held a special place in Ron and Laura's hearts. When Laura decided to plan a memorial service in celebration of Ron's life on June 18th, their 50th wedding anniversary, I knew that things happen for a reason. On February 15th, we had rescued an injured Bald Eagle very near Ron and Laura's home. At that time, Ron's illness had worsened and he was hospitalized soon after. When Ron passed away, Laura and I remarked on the symbolism that the eagle had come into this picture somehow. I realized, that after several months of rehabilitation, this was the same time the Eagle was going to be ready for release. It just made perfect sense. I asked Laura if she would like the eagle released in memory of Ron, very near where it had been found injured. She was thrilled with joy and we both knew it was meant to be. On June 18th, family and friends of the Pearson family came from many states, to celebrate his life. Before the service, they assembled in an open, grassy field, surrounded by acres of woods and a nearby river. Together, Laura and I lofted a very anxious Bald Eagle into the air and returned him back to the wild ~ in loving memory of Ron. It was a most memorable moment for me as a wildlife rehabilitator and reminds me how humbled and honored I am to be able to experience this unparalleled gift of nature. Ten days later, Laura was driving down the main road from her house, when two Bald Eagles flying very close together, flew right over her car, so near, she could hardly believe it! There was no doubt ~ she and I just knew the eagle had reunited with his mate! It had to be more than just a coincidence. It seemed complete.

When an injured animal arrives at BACK TO THE WILD.

On a typical spring or summer day, visitors arrive hourly, bearing bundles of fur, feathers or scales, tucked away in boxes, buckets, bags and blouses! Our incubators and clinic overflow each day with bunnies, squirrels, chipmunks, opossums, skunks, fox kits, songbirds, ducklings, herons, egrets, hawks, owls, turtles and more. These caring people are very happy to find us ready and willing to offer them a solution to their wildlife crisis! After stabilizing the wildlife patient, the staff offers each visitor a tour of our facilities to help them understand our mission. We do not charge for the wildling they delivered to us or for the tour we provide. Thankfully, there are those who offer to leave a donation to help care for their rescued wildling, but most do not leave anything. It is not unusual to take in over 30 animals in one day and find less than $3.00 to $5.00 in our donation box at the end of the day!

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

EXPENSES YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF . . .

Pumping, pressure-washing and disinfecting 9,000 gal. wetlands pond every six weeks $400

Handicap Restroom and portable restroom maintenance (holding tank pumped) $200/mo

Communication System - phones, land line, wireless, security alarm, computer $500/mo

Gas, mileage for rescues; trips to off-site educational presentations - 21,000 miles/year $100/mo

Van used for rescues and educational programs $450/mo

9 freezers, two incubators, heat lamps, filtration system $700/mo

Insurance costs - liability and fire $312/mo

Required pre-exposure rabies vaccine for staff of 7 handling rabies vector mammals $4,200

Clinic supplies: medicine, pine and aspen bedding, wildlife formulas and diets $300/mo

80,000 Mealworms each month, plus crickets, night crawlers, fruit and vegetables $500/mo

5,000 frozen mice, rats and chicks for hawks, owls, eagles, herons, bobcats and fox $750/mo

Monthly trip to Michigan for truckload of rodents to feed wildlife $250.00/mo

ARE YOU ASTONISHED AT OUR EXPENSES?! WE ARE ~ EVERY DAY !

PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!

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BACK TO THE WILD® Non-Profit Status

BACK TO THE WILD®, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation that operates a wildlife rehabilitation center in northwest Ohio. Its primary mission is to rehabilitate and ultimately release into their natural habitat, injured, orphaned and displaced wildlife. BACK TO THE WILD® presents educational programs to schools, youth groups, and community organizations.
For further information, contact Mona Rutger at 419-684-9539 or e-mail mona@backtothewild.com.

Donate by mailing a check.

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I would like to support the efforts of BACK TO THE WILD !

Enclosed is my tax-deductible donation in the amount of $______________

I WOULD LIKE MY DONATION TO BE USED IN THE FOLLOWING WAY:

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Food & medical care of wildlife at the center _______

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Take part in our animal adoption program _______

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Supply an item on our wish list _______

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Construction & maintenance of new cages _______

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Utilities, vehicle and other operating costs _______

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Printing costs for literature _______

Please make checks payable to: BACK TO THE WILD

MAIL TO:
MONA RUTGER, DIRECTOR

P. O. BOX 423

CASTALIA, OHIO 44824

WITH SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT !

THANKS SO MUCH FOR HELPING US HELP WILDLIFE ! ! !

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