GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Wildlife Images Rehabilitation and Education Center in Grants Pass is seeing its highest admission number since 2021, a new milestone for the clinic.
As of Oct. 28, the clinic says it has admitted 1,030 animals this year, a big jump from last year’s annual total of 750. As the largest wildlife rehabilitation center in southern Oregon, it takes in injured, orphaned, and native wildlife and rehabilitates them for release back into the wild.
Executive Director Dave Siddon believes this year’s early spring and long, dry summer led to an influx of animals.
“A lot of animals had a second litter during the year, so the numbers increased proportionately,” said Siddon.
He says 55 gray squirrels, 61 ground squirrels, 16 gray foxes and 25 baby raccoons went through the clinic between spring and summer…