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The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center says it has lost another bald eagle taken into its care to lead poisoning. The eagle, ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — This weekend, the Wildlife Warriors for the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center hosted its annual ‘baby shower’ to fundraise and stockpile supplies ahead of ‘baby season.’ “A lot ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WRIC) — A third bald eagle has been admitted to Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center in less than two weeks, with the most recent rescue requiring a staff member to cross a creek to bring ...

A bald eagle known as Maggie died from lead poisoning Monday morning after she was found too weak to fly beneath her nest of ...

The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center will release the first Merlin falcon ever successfully raised in a rehabilitation setting in Virginia on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 4:30 p.m. The release will take ...

A bald eagle found injured in Franklin County, and successfully rehabbed at the Wildlife Center of Virginia, is going to be returned to the wild this week. The public is invited to attend and ...

A power line dangling from an overpass on Interstate 64 in Chesapeake put lives on the line, with a cable striking several cars. One of those whose car was struck spoke with 10 On Your Side. Old ...

CHARLES CITY COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — About a month ago, Chickahominy Wildlife admitted an opossum with extensive injuries into the Wildlife Center of Virginia. The opossum suffered two fractures in her ...

WAYNESBORO, Va. (WRIC) — The Wildlife Center of Virginia has announced the name of its new male opossum that has joined its ambassador team after an “overwhelming” amount of voting responses. On ...

The man found the copperhead snake in the laundry room located next to his bedroom at a Chester, Va., apartment building Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Unfortunately, Virginia House Bill 2025 (“Wildlife Corridors or Crossings”) and House Bill 2059 (“Virginia’s Great Outdoors Act”) were tabled early in the legislative session by the House ...