Who We Are

Mission
Wildlife Inc. Education and Rehabilitation Center’s mission is to Preserve and Protect native wildlife through education & rehabilitation.

Capabilities
Wildlife Inc, a 501 c 3 non-profit organization, operates out of two locations. Our headquarters and wildlife rehabilitation clinic is located in Bradenton Beach in the home and property of the Rehabilitator. It is not open to the public due to regulatory restrictions protecting injured and orphaned animals. This wildlife “hospital” is a fully equipped clinic with incubators and cages needed to house, feed and rehabilitate wildlife. We have professional staff and volunteers who manage the feeding and care of the thousands of animals each year. Our ultimate goal is to release Native wildlife back into the wild. We also receive calls from the public about injured animals and send trained staff out to assist and transport wildlife to our facility when necessary. This is currently a “free” service to the public and is supported, like all of our other services, through generous charitable donations. Due to new Regulations, we have outgrown our location and a search for 5-10 acres has just begun.

Accomplishments and Distinctions

  • Founded in 1988, we have served the community, continuously, for several decades through raising awareness of and rehabilitating over 3,000 wild animals each year. We are a community focused non-profit organization and rely on the support and charitable contributions from individual donors and private foundations.
  • Wildlife Inc. Education and Rehabilitation Center is a licensed wildlife rehabilitation facility serving ALL Florida Native species, operating under Federal and State permits, USDA permits, Solicitation permit from the Dept. of Agriculture.
  • Wildlife Inc. also adheres to the Wildlife Rehabilitators Code of Ethics, developed jointly by NWRA and FWRA.
  • Recently recognized by One Green Planet as one of the top Wildlife Rehabilitation Centers in the US.
  • Wildlife Inc., Education & Rehabilitation Center received the 2016 Best of Bradenton Beach Award.
  • Gail and Ed Straight, our founders, received the 2014 Sun Persons of the year from the Anna Maria Island Sun newspaper.
  • On February 23rd, 2021, Manatee County proclaimed March 3rd to be Wildlife Inc Day.

Media Interaction
The wildlife experts at Wildlife Inc. are available for media interviews and to answer questions. We welcome on site interviews at our Bradenton Beach facility. We offer tours, answer questions and allow filming as requested.

Media Contact person at Wildlife Inc.:
Ed Straight
941-720-3339
edjstraight@juno.com