A menagerie of injured and abandoned wild animals
are finding care at Wildlife Rehab Lorena, a federally licensed nonprofit wildlife rehabilitation center in the Waco-area town.
“Our main goal is to help injured and orphaned wildlife back into the wild. We are not here to keep them as pets or show that they are pets, because we want to keep them wild and help with conservation,” Director Rachel Sine said. “These animals are important to the environment.”
More than a dozen types of animals, including opossums, raccoons, a fox, owls, various other birds, deer and more call the regional sanctuary at 697 Monument Trail in Lorena a temporary home. About 60 animals are being rehabilitated at the nonprofit facility in hopes of reintroduction and reintegration into wildlife areas across Central Texas.
“Animals come from all over, but a lot of them come from members from the public stumbling upon something that was orphaned or injured,” Sine said. “Residents will call the game warden, animal shelter or the humane society or various vet clinics, but we get a lot of support and animals from everywhere.”
