About Us

City Wildlife protects and advocates for wildlife and wildlife habitat through rehabilitation for release, public education, and community engagement.

Who We Are

City Wildlife was created to address the need for wildlife rescue and rehabilitation in Washington, DC. Over the past several decades, urban development has reduced local wildlife habitat and wild animals have had to adapt to living in close proximity with people. Each year, hundreds of wild animals in DC are unintentionally harmed by people and the urban environment.

Our goals are:

To manage a rescue center to assist sick, orphaned, and injured wild animals and return them to the wild;
To promote the enjoyment of native wildlife and harmonious co-existence with wild animals; and
To protect the District of Columbia’s wild places for animal habitats.

What We Do

Prior to our opening in 2013, there was no wildlife rehabilitation center in Washington, DC. The nearest wildlife rehabilitation center was an hour away and many injured animals in the District were not able to make the journey.

In 2007, City Wildlife founders Anne Lewis and Jim Monsma came together to try and figure out a way to fill this gap in animal care.

Why We Need You

City Wildlife relies upon grants and personal donations to sponsor our work. We need the support of the local and national community to help keep our doors open and fund our education and outreach programs as well as the center itself. We rely heavily on volunteers to help us with Lights Out, Duck Watch, educational outreach, and animal care.