The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota (WRC) in Roseville, Minn., is a nonprofit, donor-supported organization. We are located in Roseville next to the Harriet Alexander Nature Center. The WRC was established in response to the increased need for medical care of injured, ill and orphaned wildlife. The center has a staff of 14 and over 400 volunteers that care for, rehabilitate and release wildlife. The WRC treats more than 8,500 injured and orphaned wildlife each year.
If you have found a sick, injured or orphaned animal, please read our FAQ's before bringing the animal to the Center.
Our summer hours are: 9am - 8pm Monday through Friday. On Saturdays and Sundays we're open 9am - 6pm. We are open all 365 days of the year. The quickest way to reach us if you have an injured animal is to call 651-486-9453. If you receive our voicemail, please know that it's because we're with another client at that time. Leave your name and a number we may reach you at and we'll promptly return your call.
Checking on the status of an animal you brought to us? There's info on our FAQ's page regarding how to do this.
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We need people who want to help injured wild animals rehabilitate and return to the wild. Volunteers are responsible for the daily feeding and cleaning of the animals in our care and their cages. This is a long-term commitment (min. of 9 months) and does require the rabies vaccine as you'll have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of adult species. Learn more and apply to join our team.
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Every spring the WRC welcomes more than 40 students from across the nation in our internship programs. We have Wildlife Nursery Internships open to students in a variety of animal-related fields, and a technical Vet Tech Externship available to graduating vet tech students. All these internship involve intense, hands-on work with wildlife, and the Mammal and Vet Tech positions both require the rabies pre-exposure vaccine. Apply now - positions fill quickly. Learn more about interning at one of the nation's busiest wildlife medical centers.
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Registration is now open for our seasonal Mammal and Waterfowl Nurseries. To volunteer you must be 18 years old and able to commit to one, regular-scheduled shift each week. Details on the nurseries, including responsibilities and shift times, are listed here along with a Volunteer Application. Drop Tami an email if you have any questions.
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Pelicans: WCCO • KARE 11 • FOX 9
White-nosed Bat Syndrome (East Coast): KARE 11
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Watch WCCO's news video clip of the release of three young Red Fox kits. The kits were released on July 11th after nearly 2 months of rehabilitation. Thanks to Ramin Rahimian of the Star Tribune for this wonderful photo of the release.
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Click here for more details.
A special thanks to All Seasons Wild Bird Store for their ongoing donations of bird food and suet. Their gift saves WRC thousands of dollars each year.
Click here to download the virtual tour. This will download a 1 MB Windows application. Unfortunately, we do not have a virtual tour for Macintosh or other non-Windows users at this time.
Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
2530 Dale St. N.
Roseville, Minnesota 55113
651.486.WILD (9453)
Our total for 2007 was 8,485 patients.