St. Francis Wildlife, a non-profit organization, was founded in 1977 to provide humane care and rehabilitation for all species of sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife in North Florida and South Georgia. Each year, we receive and care for more than 3,500 animals, from hummingbirds and squirrels to bald eagles and river otters.

Sick, injured, or orphaned wildlife is brought to the Northwood Animal Hospital in Tallahassee. We also respond to rescue calls and calls to help with "nuisance wildlife."

We maintain an office in Tallahassee where animals can be dropped off to us at the Northwood Animal Hospital, 1881 N. Martin Luther King Blvd., Tallahassee (across the street from the Northwood Center). Our own hospital and rehabilitation facility is located on 35 secluded acres of forest, fields and ponds, four miles northwest of Havana in Gadsden County.

Who's who at St. Francis Wildlife?

Squirrel foster care coordinator Barbara Barnett with American kestrel.

Songbird specialist Ginny Densmore with a baby crow.

Education director Sandy Beck and a barred owl present a Wild Classroom program.

Jessica Palmer is our wildlife rehabilitator.

Dean Humphrey is our office manager and volunteer coordinator.

Sandy Beck is our Education Director. Wild Classroom outreach education programs, use permanently disabled birds of prey and reptiles to teach the public about the problems faced by local wildlife and what we all can do to help. She also produces our quarterly newsletter, Wildlife Matters and maintains this web site.

Barbara Barnett coordinates our baby squirrel foster care program and Community Conservation Partnership program.

Ginny Densmore is the manager of our Baby Songbird Room, which keeps her hopping from April to August!

We have several part-time staff members and numerous volunteers who serve as wildlife care givers. They feed, clean, rescue and transport injured animals; do office work; and help with fund-raising, education programs and various special events.

1. Wildlife Rehabilitation

* Our primary goal is to rehabilitate sick, injured, and orphaned native wildlife for eventual return to their natural habitats.

2. Environmental Education

* Instill an appreciation and a respect for all living creatures and the natural environments we share.
* Through action-based programs, promote a life-long stewardship ethic that empowers citizens to preserve what remains of natural Florida.
* Increase students' basic competencies in science and other disciplines.
* Provide an educational resource to the community.