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VINS WILDLIFE SERVICES DEPARTMENT
VINS Wildlife Services Department manages the VINS Raptor Exhibits, the VINS Avian Rehabilitation Department and oversees the care and curatorial duties for the living animals at VINS.
VINS Department of Wildlife Services promotes wildlife conservation by creating personal connections to wildlife through avian rehabilitation and wildlife education. Our programs provide people who have wildlife questions or problems or who find injured birds a hands-on opportunity to learn how to co-exist with wildlife and to gain a better understanding for the natural environment.
VINS is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization wholly supported by membership dues, admission and program fees, donations, and grants.
VINS CURITORIAL DIVISION
Click here to view the bios of some of our permanent resident raptors
- acquires and trains educational animals
- maintains state & federal permits
- oversees all policies & procedures for animal handling, training and husbandry
- oversees inventory of salvaged parts used throughout VINS for education
- provides captive management consultation for raptor enclosure design to centers all over the US
- provides hand-on training in husbandry, captive management and animal handling
- provides upkeep of animal facilities and Raptor Center enclosures
- provides daily care, husbandry and enrichment to VINS program & exhibit live animal collection of birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects that include endangered, threatened and species of special concern. VINS non-releasable raptors are inspiring ambassadors of the animal kingdom and the natural world, and as such, they are the very core of VINS educational programs
Cool Facts:
- Maintains over 50 non-releasable birds and other wildlife
- Maintains over 10 state & federal permits
- Provides wildlife information and assistance to over 2000 callers each year
- Raptor Exhibits in Quechee, VT receives over 50,000 visitors per year
Exhibit Birds = 30
Non-releasable birds that are on display to the public. These free lofted birds are not trained to the glove and do not travel. All exhibit birds provide an educational message.
2 Barred Owl, Strix varia
2 Common Barn Owl, Tyto alba
2 Eastern Screech 0wl, Otus asio
2 Great Gray Owl, Strix nebulosa nebulosa
1 Great-horned Owl, Bubo virginianus virginianus
2 Northern Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus
1 Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca
2 Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
1 Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus
1 Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperii
2 Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
2 Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus
2 Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus
1 Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus
2 Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
2 Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura
2 Common Raven, Corvus corax
Program Birds = 15
These non-releasable birds are trained to the glove and are used in programs both onsite and off site. Some program birds are trained as flying birds.
2 Barred Owl, Strix varia
1 Barn Owl, Tyto alba
1 Eastern Screech Owl, Otus asio
2 Great-horned Owl, Bubo virginianus virginianus
2 American Kestrel, Falco sparveius
1 Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
1 Harris Hawk, Parabuteo unicinctus
1 Broad-winged Hawk
3 Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
1 Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura
Other Program Animals = 2
These non-releasable animals are used in programs both onsite and off site.
1 Common boa, Boa constrictor constrictor
1 Wood turtle, Clemmys insculpta
VINS PERMITS
Federal Fish & Wildlife Permits:
Special Purpose Rehabilitation (birds)
Eagle Exhibition
Special Purpose Salvage
Special Purpose Possession
Bird Banding Permit
Vermont Fish & Wildlife Permits:
Endangered & Threatened Species
Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit (for bird species)
Scientific Collection Permit
New York State Permits
Collection and Possession Permit
Endangered/Threatened Species
New Hampshire State Permits
Wildlife Exhibit Permit
Rhode Island State Permit
Wildlife Exhibit Permit
For information about VINS raptors or the Wildlife Services Department, please contact astark@vinsweb.org
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