What are the facilities like at the Mercer County Wildlife Center?
A. Our current facilities include a small lab and some indoor space where we house animals that are undergoing treatment. We also have a number of outdoor cages that house the animals that are being conditioned for release back into the wild. Our new building will provide us with additional hospital space and a new public education area. This new facility will allow us to provide complete onsite veterinary care for wild animals, including surgeries, radiology, and isolation. The new facility will greatly improve our ability to provide emergency care and will enable us to quarantine ailing animals more effectively to prevent the spread of disease. In addition, the new facility will eventually accommodate public areas where members of the community can learn more about local wildlife, and it will allow us to present education programs for small groups. Raising awareness about local species has always been a core part of the Center’s mission. Now we will have the opportunity to share even
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