Medical Care
Nearly
400 hawks, eagles, owls, falcons and other birds of prey are admitted
to the Center’s Medical Clinic each year – the
majority of
injuries due to some type of human interaction. The professional
medical treatment of injured birds is a source of incomparable
insight into critical environmental issues. The Avian Medical Clinic
provides the most advanced level of care for hundreds of injured or
orphaned birds each year so that each bird has the best possible
chance of being released.
What
we learn from treating injured birds is invaluable in helping us
address the consequences of pressures on our ecosystem.
As
part of our Avian Medical Clinic operation, we have partnered with the
SC
Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service to operate a combined use Avian Medical Clinic / Oiled Bird
Treatment Facility.
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Clinical Director Grace Gasper and
a juvenile American bald eagle.
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