Blandford Nature Center no longer taking injured wildlife
WALKER, Mich.-- Blandford Nature Center is no longer taking in injured wildlife.
Katie Van Doeselaar, office manager for Blandford Nature Center, says the board of directors decided the center’s rehabilitation program did not further the organizations’ mission. Van Doeselaar says the program has also been consistently losing money over the past four years. When one of the two wildlife staff members resigned to go back to school, Blandford’s board decided it was time to turn away wildlife rescues.
Van Doeselaar says the change is not permanent; the board will reassess the situation in the future. In the meantime, Blandford encourages people with injured wildlife to contact any of the following rehabilitators in West Michigan: