My name is Medora, and I have been a licensed, volunteer wildlife rehabilitator since 2017. Ever since I was a young child, I gravitated towards wildlife and the outdoors. Even into college, my love for studying wildlife and being in the wild resulted with my 1993 college thesis being about a personal winter expedition to find wolves in Minnesota (which we did!). After college, I worked as the Education Director of the Green Mountain Audubon Society and educated over 5,000 school children a year about Vermonts’ ecosytems. During that time, I became interested in medicine, and became an EMT, and later, after leaving Audubon, I went back to school to become a Registered Nurse. In 2017, I was able to cut down to half time as a nurse, and fulfill my childhood dream of helping wild animals and immersing myself in their world. I have two amazing grown children who also love the outdoors.

My home based facility is located on 300 acres in the Green Mountains of Vermont and has a variety of species specific enclosures including a 2 acre enclosure with a pond for coyotes or otters and a 50’ X 100’ raccoon enclosure with natural features.

Each season, I am helped by up to 3 rabies vaccinated volunteer assistants who are invaluable in helping care for the orphaned wildlife at the facility. Since I work half time, on the days I go to work, the volunteers bottle feed, clean cages and do whatever else is needed while I’m gone. I honestly could not do it without them.

My role as rehabilitator is not funded by the State of Vermont. The money I spend on the care, caging and food for the wildlife comes out of my own pocket. Donations have been a huge part of my ability to keep the facility up and running.