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Community
Involvement
In
addition to our rehabilitation efforts, approximately 50 educational programs
are presented each year to area schools, Scout groups and civic organizations.
At the present time, the Center has permits to retain seven non-releasable
raptors as 'wildlife ambassadors' for wildlife education, including a Red-tailed
hawk, Peregrine falcon, American Kestrel, Common Barn Owl, Eastern screech
owl, Great horned owl and a Golden eagle. We charge a nominal fee for our
presentations.
The
Wildlife Center is also actively involved with other agencies within the
community: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, the United States Fish
& Wildlife Service, city agencies namely Lubbock Animal Services and
the Parks and Recreation Department, and the Llano Estacado Audubon Society.
Since November of 1998, articles on area species and other wildlife topics appear in the Sunday edition of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. All
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