Sarvey Wildlife Center

Over the years I have brought many animals that needed help to Sarvey — bunnies, squirrels, hummingbirds, owls, baby geese to name a few. Once they have healed, I have also had they honor to release them back in the wild, usually in the same neighborhood they came from. The staff and volunteers at Sarvey is caring and compassionate and doing the best they can; however, it is a HUGE challenege to provide help to all that need it due to funds. Not only are there vet bills, but food and housing and other basic necessities –from towels to paper towels to gloves and so on. And as we all know, those costs are increasing every year.

Was so impressed at how helpful they were. It was open until 7pm on Labor Day and the only way we were able to bring in the injured, abandoned bird my son insisted we «save». They were happy to take it, let us know the breed, and even followed up with a phone call a few days later to let us know how it was doing (on the road to release). My kids also were able to view some amazing owls, hawks, eagle, and vulture while we were there. So glad to know there is a place such as this. Thank you!

This place is open 7 days a week. I’m grateful that they seemed to do what they could to help, as I certainly don’t have the patience to care for a baby bird my cat injured. They have raptors there I could view with my son, two eagles, three owls, a falcon, hawk & turkey vulture. The staff I interacted with was very kind. I drove 100 miles to deliver this baby bird, and it was my pleasure to do so. Thank you Sarvey for being available.

You know, I debated on whether to leave a review but I’m still bitter over my experience over a month ago. My kids and I discovered four orphaned squirrels in our backyard. Unfortunately, none of the animal shelters in our area were taking in any more baby squirrels. Paws redirected us to Sarvey. When I called Sarvey, they said to go ahead and bring them in after trying to see if the mother squirrel would come back for them. They reassured me that they’d do everything they can for the squirrels. We drove 60 miles to Arlington, left a donation and felt pretty good until I called a few days later and learned that they had euthanized them. When I inquired further, Sarvey said that they were too young, their eyes were closed and they were dehydrated. They made the executive decision to euthanize them all. If my family hadn’t spent the night nurturing them, we would haven’t known better but one of the squirrels clearly had it’s eyes open and was energetically bouncing on the others to wake them. Whether intentional, it sounded like a lie. At least PAWs was honest about the outcome. Looking around the Wildlife Center, we noticed there were quite a few raptors. If I had known we were driving them to their death, I would have left them alone in our backyard. I know Sarvey probably didn’t mean it, but their actions broke my family’s heart.