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Sign up for a Shelter Credit Card
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Join us for a Fundraising Event
Make your Property a Release Site
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Get Involved
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Sponsor An Animal
Take Flight Capital Campaign
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squirrel babyMembership and Donations

Join us! The West Sound Wildife Shelter needs your assistance to continue protecting and rehabilitating the wildlife of Kitsap County.

Any donations are greatly appreciated, whether they are of money or in-kind. Below are our one-year membership levels.

Membership levels

Dollar Amount Donor Level Our Gift to You
$25 Friend of Wildlife newsletter
$100 Supporter of Wildlife newsletter; WSWS gift
$250 Patron of Wildlife newsletter; WSWS gift
$500 Defender of Wildlife newsletter; WSWS gift; Blue Heron club
$1000 Champion of Wildlife newsletter; WSWS gift; Blue Heron club

one call for allDonate or become a member online through our secure donations system. If you prefer not to donate online, you can call us at 206-855-9057 or send us a check, payable to West Sound Wildlife Shelter, 7501 NE Dolphin Drive, Bainbridge Island WA 98110. Thank you!

Become a member!


Sign Up for a Shelter Credit Card

WSWS Capital One credit cardYou can make donations to West Sound Wildlife at no cost to yourself by using a Wildlife Shelter credit card from Capital One.  Capital One will donate 1% of every purchase you make to the Shelter.  And the Shelter gets $50 after your initial purchase with the card as well as other donations. 

The cards feature photos of past Shelter patients (you can choose from three designs).  Take a look and learn more....




ducklingWish List

You can help injured wildlife and give them a second chance at freedom by donating much needed items listed below. Collecting items in your community is also a great project for kids, groups, classrooms and clubs and a simple, fun and rewarding way to help wildlife. Donations are tax deductible.

For questions contact Mike Pratt at mike@westsoundwildlife.org or 206-7855-9057.

General Animal Care
Supplies
Gift Cards (to hardware & feed stores, pet stores)
Tools of all sorts (hand & power)
Ensure (vanilla)
Baby food (chicken & chicken)
Esbilac (puppy milk replacer) - powder
KMR (kitten milk replacer) – powder
Dawn liquid detergent (original)
Laundry detergent
Liquid hand soap
Towels (hand & bath size) & sheets
Duct tape, masking tape
Cable ties
Toilet paper
Paper towels
killdeerPackaged pine or corn cob shavings
Bird baths
Ceramic bowls
Kiddy pools
Chlorhexidine Disinfectant
Comforters

Rescue & Rehabilitation Equipment
Video surveillance equipment
Heating pads (non automatic shut-off)
Disposable gloves & dust masks
Cotton balls
Bandage items (Vet wrap, gauze pads/ wrap)
Floor air dryers
Have-a-heart live traps
Weather alert radio

Caging
Chain-link dog kennels
Fiberglass shelter/vet caging units
Corrugated clear plastic roofing

Educational Programs
Wildlife books for Shelter library


eagle in flightMake Your Property into a Wildlife Release Site

Is your property great wildlife habitat?

Complete the Release Site form (download a pdf or word document) and send it in to the address on the page or to mike@westsoundwildlife.org. If your property looks like a good match for some of our releasable patients, we'll be in touch. Thank you!




2010 calendarBuy a Calendar

Our 2011 calendars make great gifts! The calendar features photos of some of our recent patients, including the three baby bald eagles featured in our Patient Stories.

You can buy one online or call Elsa at 206-855-9057 x5 for more details.


Get Involved

Sign up for the vacation of a lifetime with

Vocation Vacations
During this dream-job holiday, you will be able to:
•Assist the Director of Wildlife Services with giving medical treatments to wild animals
•Prepare the daily diets for wild animals in the hospital
• Clean and maintain enclosures used to house rehabilitating wild animals
• Build natural habitats in enclosures that will house rehabilitating animals
• Organize the equipment that is used in the hospital's daily activities
• Hand-feed baby animals including mammals and birds (this activity generally happens in the spring and early summer only)
• Assist the rehabilitation staff with office duties related to volunteer organization and management
• Learn about wildlife rehabilitation techniques
• Participate in the management and training of live educational birds, including the shelter's great horned owl

Learn more by downloading the PDF or Word document information sheet, or contact Kol Medina.


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