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Agency Name: Piedmont Wildlife Center <br /> Mission Statement: To support native North American wildlife through rehabilitation, education, and scientific <br /> study, with emphasis given to the conservation of wildlife and its habitat in North Carolina. <br /> Orange County Outside Agency Funding: 2087-08' $20.000 3008-09' �2O.ODO <br /> Executive/Program Director: Gail Abrams Website: vmwvv.piednnonhmi|d|ifecentecorg <br /> MAJOR SERVICES <br /> ~ Veterinary care and wildlife rehabilitation <br /> • Education • <br /> OUTCOME MEASURES <br /> FY 05-06 FY 06-07 FY 07-08 FY 08-09 <br /> Actual Actual Actual Projected <br /> # of injured, sick or orphaned native wildlife <br /> taken in for' rehabilitation or transferred to 2.404/4796• 2,444/50% 1,922/5096 2.000/50% <br /> home rehabilitators/% of animals released <br /> # of volunteers trained/#home rehabbers 187/na 211/60 175/55 200/45 <br /> trained <br /> #of citizens and children taught about wildlife 7,688 23.052 22.720 47.000 <br /> % animal cases where cause of illness is n/a 6.796 7.896 8.60/0 <br /> determined from lab diagnostics <br /> \ / <br /> FY 2007-08 OUTCOMES <br /> Proposed Program Objective Status Actual Results <br /> We received less animals than <br /> Receive sick, injured or orphaned 2006-07. which shows that our <br /> native wildlife to our wildlife hospital education programs are working <br /> Exceeds Expectations <br /> and release at least 45% i n a healthy and fewer baby animals are being <br /> condition brought to the hoopita1/5096 were <br /> released or transfered for release <br /> Trained 156 volunteers, 7 interns & <br /> Train 150 volunteers & 25 home Exceeds Expectations 12 vet students for hospital, admin <br /> rehabbers education support, trained <br /> 55 potential home rehabilitators. <br /> An increase in the number of <br /> week-long education programs <br /> greatly increased our education <br /> fiQureo, which are now being <br /> Talk to and/or teach 5.565 individuals Exceeds Expectations calculated in # of hours of <br /> about wildlife issues <br /> education time. Logged in 7,451 <br /> calls asking for assistance and had <br /> 17,244 hits to our website help <br /> pages. <br /> 77 <br />