PENDER COUNTY — A decades-old wildlife education center is closing its doors in Pender County.
The Cape Fear Raptor Center’s Education Team will be dissolving its program after serving the area since 2012. The all-volunteer organization was impacted greatly by the effects of Covid-19. The center saw a drastic decrease in both volunteer numbers and donations.
As a result, the raptor ambassadors permitted by the Cape Fear Raptor Center will be transferred to other area raptor educators holding permits with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that offer similar educational services.
Cape Fear Raptor Center’s Rehabilitation Department will continue to help injured raptors in the area through surgical and medical support of other USFWS permitted raptor rehabilitators throughout the East Coast. Dr. Joni Shrimp will continue to provide services for the rehab department through Rocky Point Animal Hospital.
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