In 2001, Jessica Palmer founded Wild-n-Wooly, a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to the rehabilitation of wildlife. In 2009, Palmer received one of the highest compliments a wildlife rehabilitation, a personal invitation to practice he craft in a new state. Formerly licensed by the state of Florida and by the federal government's Migratory Bird Pemit office to provide specialized care for wild animals, we were asked to open our doors in New Mexico.

At Wild-n-Wooly, we treat sick, injured or wounded animals and return them to the wild. Often duties include caring for infants until they are old enough to fend for themselves, and sometimes, those babies return for a "bit of a snack," as the grackle does shown above.

We treat all kinds of animals, just go to our Critters' Corner page and click on some of the pictures. Our success rate is 80% with 8 out of 10 animals successfully returned to the wild. Below you can see one of our more recent releases . . .

This year seems to have been a bad year for New Mexico's American Kestrel and Barn Owl populations. Besides a fox, the first admits were all kestrels -- for a total of 8 juveniles. One with a broken wing was transfered to THE WILDLIFE CENTER in Espanola for surgery, while the remaining seven were released. For a few days they came to beg food, but eventually they realized they belonged in the wild. They can still be seen flitting through the trees in the adjacent pecan groves.

Barn owls have had a worse time. A recent storm resulted into the injury of 5 fledglings. The two located to the right were photographed immediately after they had been moved into a flying cage pending release. At this time, it would appear that they found the prospect of release a little daunting.