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    Second Chance Wildlife Center

    3.3 (25 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

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    See how healthy and adorable the gosling was. Biggest mistake in my life.

    We had a horrible experience with Second Chance and I definitely DO NOT recommend this place if you want to have a higher and better chance for the poor animals to have a second chance to live. Here is what happened: we hatched a Canada Geese egg when we found it in the middle of the road in our neighborhood. It was amazing to see how the little thing made it to the world and how fast he grew. He brought great joy to my family and became part of the family. Unfortunately, I learnt that they shouldn't be kept by humans and are protected when I was trying to find a forever home for him. I tried some sanctuaries and farms, who recommended that I bring it to a rehabilitation center and Second Chance was a place we found online. I tried to call Second Chance and the staff encouraged me strongly to bring the gosling in but did say he must've imprinted on humans. If that happened, the chance to release it would be little but they would try to keep it with other goslings and teach him how to be a goose. That way, I trusted their expert view and dropped our gosling there on the next day (May 28th). We didn't realize that the worst case scenario was to euthanize the gosling until after we signed the document. We were shocked by this worst case scenario but it was too late. We still hoped for the best as the staff told us that they would try to quarantine our gosling for 24 hours and tried to put him with other goslings. They asked us to check in on May 30th but I couldn't wait that long to figure out the destiny for the poor gosling. I called them the next day and was told that the gosling was gone already!!! They didn't wait to give this poor thing a second chance for more than 24 hours before euthanizing it! I was shocked and very upset about Second Chance. They kept telling me that it is based on the law if the goose is imprinted on a human. I am not arguing what they did was against the law but I have my two points: 1. They didn't even try to give the Second Chance as the whole process took less than 24 hours. This is not the purpose of having it called Second Chance 2. The law supports euthanizing under such a situation but does say if it can't be placed in a nature center. Second Chance didn't even bother to find a place to accommodate the gosling. I actually found a sanctuary where they could keep an imprinted-on-human gosling but it was too late!! Our family is still in deep sorrow after losing the gosling for a week in such an expected way. There is some learning that I want to share to make sure such a mistake wasn't made again. Additionally, it is not a good and correct idea to hatch an egg that belongs to the wild life.

    Est D.

    They are open 7 days a week. Hours vary. Found a bird in the cold on the ground, it needed help. I don't know how long it had been there, but decided to get it help. The local vet could not care for birds, but referred me here. I called and the person on the phone was pleasant. I arrived there not sure what would happen. They never asked for payment, just a form to complete with basic information requested. It's a non- profit and you can choose to donate to help the cause. It's a yellow house on lots of land. Because they treat wild animals, No Dogs (pets) allowed in the place. Makes sense to me. They have several parking spots including those for drop offs. Inside the office they have literature about rescuing wildlife that I found useful.

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