AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – As the new year begins, Wild West Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is looking back on its busiest year on record.
In 2025, the center cared for 3,457 animals — the most it has ever treated in a single year.
Stephanie Brady, executive director of WWWRC, provided a list of the animals most frequently treated:
- Opossum: 551
- Cottontail rabbit: 420
- Mourning/White winged dove: 207
- Raccoon 126
- Squirrel: 122
- Mississippi Kite: 113
Brady says the rising numbers reflect a community that knows when and how to help wildlife…