"Lots of people talk to animals, not to many listen - that's the problem"  Winnie the Pooh
 

An Introduction to All Wildlife Rescue and Education, Inc.

All Wildlife Rescue and Education, Inc. (AWRE) is a non-profit organization devoted to accomplishing two objectives:

1. Rescuing, retrieving, medically evaluating and treating, rehabilitating and releasing the animals back into their natural habitat (when safe for the animal).
   
2. Educating the community, particularly elementary and secondary students, to respect and be aware of the wildlife and their environment.

The first objective is accomplished through a continuing effort by the organization's officers. As individuals, AWRE's officers have been involved in numerous rescues and treatments; from marine birds injured in oil spills to raptors injured in various accidents. The idea for AWRE took shape as the organization's founders realized the increasing demand and unmet need for animal rescue and rehabilitation within the Southland community. Last year alone, two of our current board members were involved in treating and rehabilitating greater than 780 animals.

Realizing this unmet need, AWRE started life in late 1992 as a loose confederation of friends dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of wildlife and the education of our community's children to the wildlife in their region. As individuals with other more necessary responsibilities such as full time jobs however, there was only so much that could be done. However, as a functioning, full-time non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating wildlife, we will be able to greatly leverage our combined talents and abilities towards this end. We look forward to continuing this service on a much greater scale as a non-profit organization.  For case stories illustrating the need for animal rescue\rehabilitation services and how they are being met by AWRE, please see our Case Stories documents.

The second objective of AWRE is to educate the communities we are involved in; from community organizations to civic groups but concentrating on elementary and secondary students. We recognize that if people and communities are made more aware of their environment and the wildlife that lives there, they will be more sensitive to the impact their actions carry. Particularly important in our educational strategy are our non-threatening live animal presentations to elementary and secondary school students. By exposing the children to animals in our custody, like our mascot Archimedes ,we hope to encourage them to fall in love with wildlife. AWRE combines story telling with live animal presentations, and gives teachers many opportunities for lesson planning included but not limited to, pre-presentation research, introduction of issues concerning ecology, geography, zoology, and botany. The ultimate goal being to encourage children to respect and appreciate wildlife and the environment in which they live, thereby growing into adults who will care for their environment and appreciate the wildlife tht lives within it. 

Biographies of AWRE Officers.
CEO Kim Thraen

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February 04, 2013
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