Facility Building

WildCare currently operates at the Director’s home and property. On average, 2,600 people bring 3,600 animals into WildCare’s admission room—the Director’s porch—annually. Babies and injured animals must stay inside, out of the weather, until they are stable. They may be housed inside anywhere from a few days to several months. Orphaned babies are housed in the nursery, which is a 300-square-foot room in the Director’s garage. For several months in the spring and summer, 300 baby birds and mammals live in bassinets in the nursery. The nursery is the noisiest and most crowded area at WildCare. Due to the lack of space, baby cottontails are in the same room with bobcat cubs and owl babies. Although WildCare’s staff and volunteers do the best that they can to make sure that the animals are comfortable, this provides additional stress.

WildCare prepares and stores food in the remaining space of the Director’s garage. This 460-square-foot space is crowded with freezers, refrigerators, food storage, and laundry facilities. It is one of two areas with running hot and cold water and is the primary location for all dish washing and general cleaning. This area is not climate-controlled, so the staff and volunteers not only have to deal with the daily chores but also with making sure that the water line doesn’t freeze in winter. Keeping cool in the summer is also a concern.

WildCare needs a facility building where the public has access. They want to see the babies as they are being cared for but without disturbing them. We need to make everyone feel that they have brought that one animal that they found to the best possible facility where it will receive the best chance for surviving out in the wild.

WildCare is networking with other rehabilitation facilities around the country to determine the best possible floor plan to meet the needs of the public, the staff and volunteers, and most importantly, the animals.

Budget for 5,000-square-foot Facility Building

$ 2,000 Floor plan and estimate for 5,000-square foot facility building

$96,000 Estimate for grading, fill, concrete, metal building, insulation, doors and windows

$96.000 Estimate for the interior walls, plumbing, and finish work

Total: $ 194,000 Compete Facility Building