Shaw Wildlife
Mission
Shaw Wildlife is a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Southampton, NJ. We are licensed with NJ Fish and Wildlife for the rehabilitation of most small mammals, but specialize in care for bats and skunks. Our clinic is the only clinic in NJ that provides veterinary care and surgery for bats of all species. Bats who have suffered catastrophic wing injuries and undergo wing amputation surgery are non-releasable. These bats call Shaw Wildlife Sanctuary home and enjoy the remainder of their lives here with our colony of other non-releasable bats. NJ is home to the northern long-eared bat, which as of last year was reclassified by the US Fish and Wildlife Service as "Endangered". With more and more bat species becoming listed as threatened and endangered each year, there is much need to make every effort to save each sick, injured, or orphaned bat that comes to our facility. Shaw Wildlife works closely with Animal Control officers in surrounding counties and willingly takes in bats that these officers respond to that would otherwise be euthanized. This means that the general public is more likely to comply with reporting sick/injured bats if they know they are going to a facility that will try to save them and eliminates the possibility of anyone attempting to rehab the animals themselves, as this is a public health concern because bats are rabies vector species. Any bats brought to Shaw Wildlife that show signs of the rabies virus are transported personally by our Founder/Executive Director, Crystal Shaw, to the state rabies lab for testing. In 2022, we had 3 bats test positive for rabies. Educating the public on the rabies virus, promoting local rabies clinics, and vaccinating every bat we release for rabies are just some of the ways Shaw Wildlife not only helps wildlife but the general public as well.
Shaw Wildlife
Mission
Shaw Wildlife is a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Southampton, NJ. We are licensed with NJ Fish and Wildlife for the rehabilitation of most small mammals, but specialize in care for bats and skunks. Our clinic is the only clinic in NJ that provides veterinary care and surgery for bats of all species. Bats who have suffered catastrophic wing injuries and undergo wing amputation surgery are non-releasable. These bats call Shaw Wildlife Sanctuary home and enjoy the remainder of their lives here with our colony of other non-releasable bats. NJ is home to the northern long-eared bat, which as of last year was reclassified by the US Fish and Wildlife Service as "Endangered". With more and more bat species becoming listed as threatened and endangered each year, there is much need to make every effort to save each sick, injured, or orphaned bat that comes to our facility. Shaw Wildlife works closely with Animal Control officers in surrounding counties and willingly takes in bats that these officers respond to that would otherwise be euthanized. This means that the general public is more likely to comply with reporting sick/injured bats if they know they are going to a facility that will try to save them and eliminates the possibility of anyone attempting to rehab the animals themselves, as this is a public health concern because bats are rabies vector species. Any bats brought to Shaw Wildlife that show signs of the rabies virus are transported personally by our Founder/Executive Director, Crystal Shaw, to the state rabies lab for testing. In 2022, we had 3 bats test positive for rabies. Educating the public on the rabies virus, promoting local rabies clinics, and vaccinating every bat we release for rabies are just some of the ways Shaw Wildlife not only helps wildlife but the general public as well.
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