Executive Summary
Wildlife Response, Inc. (WRI) was organized in 1992 to meet the increasing need for care of wildlife in the Hampton Roads area. Local permitted wildlife rehabilitators, veterinarians, and other individuals laid the foundation for what WRI is today. Since these humble beginnings, WRI has quietly grown into a solid organization, committed to the community, continuing to grow in its membership and vision.

Skills/Experience

• WRI’s volunteer base includes trained veterinary professionals and dedicated volunteers from all walks of life. WRI member rehabilitators are permitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia and by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The combined experience of our permitted wildlife rehabilitators exceeds ninety years.
• WRI’s Board Members and volunteers have presented classes for rehabilitators during its  Annual Training Seminar as well as through other local, regional, and national seminars.
• WRI provides help, education, and facilities for non-member rehabilitators as well , and wildlife has been transferred to professional facilities as distant as the world renowned Raptor Center of Minnesota at the University of Minnesota.

Services Provided

• WRI serves an area that includes the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area with a population of an estimated 2 million residents. 
• Native species from hummingbirds to vultures, shrews to deer are taken in and cared for by our dedicated team of state and federally permitted wildlife rehabilitators.
• WRI volunteers have rehabilitated over an estimated 23,000 wild birds, mammals, and reptiles over the last nineteen years. 
• Volunteers field an average of 11,500 calls a year from our 24 hour Hotline Service.  Questions are answered, wild babies are reunited with their parents, and wildlife in need finds its way to rehabilitators in a timely fashion.
• WRI offers the latest training and technical information for our members and other permitted rehabilitators. Our Annual Seminar is open to any permitted wildlife rehabilitator in Virginia and other States.
• WRI visits local schools and scout troops and educates thousands of our children about wildlife.
• Tens of thousands of people across the southeastern portion of Virginia have received information about coexisting with wildlife when we attend functions such as the Eastern Shore Wildlife Festival, Earth Days in Newport News, and other festivals and events.
• WRI routinely assists various government agencies when requested and as needed. 
• WRI also provides help and advice in handling wildlife matters to police departments of various jurisdictions;  Animal Control agencies of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Newport News, and Hampton; local humane organizations; veterinary facilities, and a host of other businesses.

Management Team

WRI is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Wildlife Response, Inc. is not a government agency, but an entity surviving solely on the support of the public and its volunteers.  The organization is governed by an all-volunteer Board of Directors that meets monthly; members serve five-year terms. Our 2011 board members include wildlife rehabilitators, business owners, medical and veterinary professionals.

Other
Wildlife Response, Inc. is a member of the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council and the National Wildlife Rehabilitation Association.