Alabama Wildlife Center

The Alabama Wildlife Center is Alabama’s oldest and largest wildlife rehabilitation and conservation education center and annually receives almost 2,000 birds from more than 100 different species and provides over 300 conservation education programs every year.

AWC is a nonprofit organization whose dual mission is:

- To provide medical and rehabilitative care for Alabama’s injured and orphaned native birds in order to permit their return to the wild.

- To educate people in order to heighten awareness and appreciation of Alabama’s native wildlife.

Founded in 1977 as a small, home-based, all-volunteer organization, the Alabama Wildlife Center is now Alabama’s largest wildlife rehabilitation center.

Since its inception, well over 50,000 native Alabama wild animals have been helped because of the efforts of the Alabama Wildlife Center. The organization has been in continuous service 365 days a year for over 30 years!

AWC’s Wildlife Help Line provides free advice and information on how to deal with all kinds of wildlife problems and emergencies. It has been in continuous operation 365 days a year since 1981 and receives thousands of calls each year. More than 100,000 Alabamians have been helped over the years!

The Alabama Wildlife Center has five full-time permanent employees who care for the animals, provide educational programming and manage the business affairs of the organization. In addition, AWC relies heavily on its volunteer staff of more than 200 people to carry out its various animal rescue, rehabilitation and public education services.

The Alabama Wildlife Center is a 501(c)(3), 509(a)(1) nonprofit organization and receives no public funds. All current cash income is derived from membership dues, individual donations and corporate and foundation grants. For each dollar contributed, AWC receives approximately two dollars in donated goods and services from individuals, businesses and the State of Alabama.