Myrtle Beach Wildlife Rescue Center

We need your help! 

 Every day calls pour in asking for help with native baby birds, Canada geese, and turtles with cracked shells just to find that we aren’t able to help. It’s not because we don’t want to, but our center does not have the required state or federal permits to rehab these species. We are constantly told that the permitted centers that can legally rehab these animals will not take them. Our hearts are broken but our hands are tied when it comes to taking in certain state/federally protected species, if caught we face huge fines, jail time and being banned from being able to obtain permits in the future. Any birds that The Center for Birds of Prey accepts, we can help with because their staff does not turn birds away and always happy to help, the birds are quickly transported to their medical clinic. Our agreement with law enforcement over the years has always been that we will only keep animals that we are legally allowed to have and will only take in state/federally protected animals if centers with permits to rehab will take them. They trust that we will get the animals where they need to go and I do not want to break that trust, it would risk the future of our center. In order for us to get permits to help those that are currently turned away by many, we need land to build the required enclosures for each specific species. With being a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, it’s outlined in the paperwork that we are not allowed to rent land so our options are limited without raising funds to purchase property. We want to be able to help more so we are starting a fundraiser to be able to purchase land to build these enclosures so we don’t have to say no to the animals other centers won’t take. All animal lives matter and they deserve to be helped like all the others. Please consider donating to our center, together we can save more lives ❤️‍