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Wildlife education comes to life at the Paul C. Kupchok Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. The Center is home to nearly 50 permanently disabled or imprinted raptors and other wildlife. It is licensed by the Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to maintain and rehabilitate birds of prey. Staff treat, rehabilitate and release injured, orphaned or distressed birds. We specialize in hawks, falcons, eagles, owls, and vultures. Songbirds and small mammals also are helped on occasion.
Children learn from a staff of state-licensed wildlife rehabilitators, an environmental educator and animal caretaker. Environmental classes provide opportunities for children to learn and appreciate nature and promote awareness of environmental conservation. Students assist in animal care by preparing diets, cleaning bowls and participating in various aspects of animal medical treatments.
Leir Interns support the program by assisting wildlife classes, working one-on-one with students, learning about wildlife rehabilitation, maintaining the Center and serving as primary caregivers for the animals.
With the completion of an elaborate new habitat built by Green Chimneys’ woodshop students, the Farm Science classroom was able to welcome Brownie into her new home. Brownie previously lived alone in her cage in the farm and wildlife office, but guinea pigs do best in larger environments. The new habitat allows her to live in a herd as she would in the wild, with many places to hide and ways to practice her skills. Brownie has always been a social creature, and she has taken over the guinea pig herd but is a very peaceful leader.