Can I help Wild Things?? YES!!
Ways to help Wildlife & Donations to Wild Things Sanctuary
WTS is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit public charity, all donations are tax deductible
Please help the Wild Things!
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There are lots of ways to help wild things!
The best way to help wildlife is to
educate yourself about the wild things that surround you and your home.
Make sure that you do the best you can to protect them and to live together peacefully.
Some ideas...
* Drive carefully and be alert for animals. Remember that animals don’t mean to run in front of your car, but sometimes they are so scared that they get disorientated and run in the wrong direction trying to get away. Just imagine of you were in their paws and a giant loud monster was flying towards you, I bet humans wouldn’t do half as well as most wildlife trying to get out of the way!
* Watch your pets when they go outdoors. Dogs and cats don’t know that “playing” with a turtle or flying squirrel can harm and kill those animals! See the “Cats & Wildlife” page for more information.
* Think about using biodegradable cleaning products and toiletries so that whatever gets washed down your drain doesn’t end up poisoning the groundwater and the wildlife that depends on it. There have been more and more findings that animal populations that rely on water supplies near places that wash a lot of waste or medications down drains are in poor health.
* Also, switch to an animal friendly anti-freeze for your car or truck. Many animals like the taste of antifreeze and will readily consume it when given the opportunity. However, antifreeze, even in the smallest amounts, can be deadly: as many as 88% of animal encounters with the toxin will end in fatality. There is a less toxic alternative to the ethylene glycol-based antifreeze that is most commonly used. Pet-friendly antifreeze is propylene glycol-based and is now available at many retail outlets. It has anti-corrosive properties, is biodegradable, and is recyclable, making propylene-based antifreeze a better choice for the safety of pets and wildlife, personal health, vehicle engine protection, and for the environment. Try Prestone LowTox and Sierra AntiFreeze brands.
* Turn your property into an official Wildlife Sanctuary. Even a city apartment balcony can hold a bird feeder or butterfly garden. If you have a sincere desire to help wild animals by enhancing habitat on your property and committing to humane approaches for resolving conflicts with wildlife, join the HSUS Urban Wildlife Sanctuary Program. You'll get lots of ideas on how to make your property the best it can be for our fellow creatures. OIf you want to turn your property into an official wildlife sanctuary, take a look at the HSUS Wildlife Land Trust Program.
* Find out about your local wildlife rehabilitators and see if they need any help and donations. You can find a list of rehabilitators in your area on several directory websites, e.g.:
The Wildlife Rehabilitation Information Directory
Wildlife Rehabber.org
Wildlife Rehabber
Southeastern Outdoors
Wildlife International
New York Wildlife Rehabilitation Council
Remember that the animals were here before humans moved in, and they don’t mean to be a nuisance, but sometimes they don’t have other options! For example, deer used to have unlimited acres to graze, but with human settlement, these acres have become less and less, so they can’t help it if they help themselves to some delicious garden shrubs! If this bothers you then learn about plants that deer avoid and plant these in your gardens, or put guards around your plantings to protect them from hungry deer!
Read the Living with Wildlife page to find animal friendly solutions.
Can I help Wild Things Sanctuary?
YES, all donations are very welcome!! As a registered 501(c)3 public charity, all donations are tax-deductible.
Financial donations can be made online by pressing the "Donate" button below, and also through through my www.hairlesscrusader.com website, which has a link to PAYPAL.You can also donate via CROWDRISE, a social-networking fundraising site.
Alternatively, you can send donations to:
Wild Things Sanctuary
PO Box 713
Ithaca, NY 14851
Make out cheques to "Wild Things Sanctuary"
Donations made easy! Click here and you will go to the Wild Things Sanctuary PayPal site where you can pay with a credit card or directly from your bank account.
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baby bird: $1/day for 30 days
baby rabbit or squirrel: $2/day for 40 days
baby skunk or opossum: $3/day for 100 days
baby fox, coyote or raccoon: $4/day for 120 days
If you want to donate items or food to Wild Things, and wonder what we need, please see below for our Wish List!
You don't have to donate money to Wild Things to help raise funds...you can also donate & buy services and products via GoodInKind. You offer a service or product (e.g., dance lessons, babysitting, carpentry), someone purchases your offer....and the money goes to Wild Things! | 
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You can also help WTS every time you search the web or shop online by using the iGive search engine. Click on the icon on the right to get started! |
A fun way to raise money for Wild Things! Started by Edward Norton and other celebrities, Crowdrise enables anyone to start a fun fundraiser of any size for Wild Things. By tapping into social networks, it creates viral fundraising campaigns and has raised millions of dollars so far!
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Do you need some great products like shade grown coffee? organic toiletries? Reusable bags? Solar flashlight? Shower timers?!
Greenraising has fantastic products and 25% of all sale profits are given to charities. If you sign up to follow Wild Things Sanctuary, 25% of all profits generated by your purchases will go to WTS! |  |
Coats for Cubs
The Humane Society of the United States used to have a program called "Coats for Cubs." Old fur coats were sent to in to them, and the HSUS distributed the furs to wildlife rehabiltators all over the US.
Many wild things patients, especially the baby orphans, have cuddled up in old furs and been comforted in the absence of a nice soft furry mama. See pictures below. Wild Things still accepts furs and you can send them to WTS directly. Please get in touch if you are interested and have a fur that you would like to donate to a baby animal! email: wildthingssanctuary@gmail.com phone: (607) 200 4100 If you would like to see that old fur put to a good use, give it back to the animals! | 
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Wish List
Supplies are also very welcome and you can donate them too!
Here’s a list of some things that I need/can always use more of:
* Blankets, towels, sheets & fleece (the latter makes excellent blankets)
* Cages, pet carriers & aquariums (especially big ones)
* Heating pads (the ones that don't automatically turn-off) and heat lamps
* First Aid supplies. E.g., bandages & rolls/squares of gauze- the same used for human first aid is great for
animals! Lots of cotton balls are always useful! Hydrogen peroxide, alcohol, Q-tips, Latex gloves, saline
solution for flushing wounds
* Enrichment toys, this can take the form of PCV tubes for squirrels to run through & hide in, old tyres for
raccoons to swing on or dog houses for foxes to den inside! Also, things that you would buy for a pet
guinea pig/hamster/gerbil, like hay-balls, wheels and little hiding-huts, are loved by little mammals!
* Feeding & water dishes, especially nice strudy, heavy ceramic dishes.
* Animal food (birdseed, dog & cat food, mammal food, nuts, etc.). Native nuts in their shell from your
backyard are great (acorns, hickory nuts, walnuts, etc.)! Gamebird food (non-medicatred), Chick starter
(non-medicated), wheatgerm, Goat's milk, Innova Cat & Kitten canned food, Nutri-Cal...
* Applesauce & Baby food, home made or store bought, simple flavors are best (peas, sweet potato, green
beans, carrots, pear, beef, chicken, turkey), also baby rice and oat cereal is great.
* Gift certificates from Chris’s Squirrels and More, carries so many things that every rehabiliitation center
needs!
* Gift certificates for raptor food from Layne Laboratories
* Biodegradable unscented laundry detergent. Lots of laundry is done at WTS!
* Cleaning supplies: paper towels, spongers & scrubbers, kleenex, trash bags (especially large 33gallon+
bags), non-toxic biodegradable cleaners, bleach
* incubators
* Nets
* A playpen or 2- great for young baby fawns
* Scale(s) to weigh the animals (a gram scale up to a kg scale!)
* Antibiotic ointments like Neosporin & Silvadene cream, great things to have around for injured animals
* Expired or unused pet medications
* syringes and needles
* Formula:Fox Valley, Esbilac & KMR powder for baby animal formula, Exact bird food for baby doves
* Teats for nursing babies, & feeding tubes for animals who cannot yet eat on their own. Needed in all
different sizes (from tiny flying squirrel babies to fawns), see
http://www.squirrelstore.com/site/744999/page/511350
* dog & cat food, "rodent chow" and "monkey chow"- you can find monkey "biscuits" at
http://www.squirrelstore.com/site/744999/page/226347
* electrolyte solutions, such as lactated ringers solution (LRS) and pedialyte
* Nest boxes of various sizes. These are used in the animals' cages, enclosures, and are also great to have in
the woods around WTS as it can be hard to find a place to nest, and this way newly released animals will
have places to nest and make into a home.
* flea & tick powder & flea combs
* Have-a-heart traps in various sizes, see; http://www.havahart.com/nuisance/cagetrap_quickguide.asp
* Plastic tubs (for animals to practice bathing & swimming! And for laundry)
* Supplies to build outdoor enclosures…and people wiling to help me do it!
* Stethoscope
* Microscope & slides/slide covers
* Opthalmascope & eye-dye strips
* Volunteers willing to help me build outdoor enclosures & help clear some of the woods in my backyard so
there will be space for these enclosures (the previous owner cut down a lot of trees, but just left them lying
on the ground, so I do need help clearing that up!). I'd also love some help making brush-piles for wildlife
with all the downed trees and branches in the Wild Things woods.
Volunteers interested in working with animals must be prepared to make a committment for at least a
year and help several times/month.
See the Wild Things volunteer page for more information.
