Wings in the Balance: Keep our Raptors Flying High

North Texas giving season is here again!

And I would love if you would choose to help support Blackland Prairie Raptor Center this year.

I know the field of nonprofits needing public support is packed, and you likely have many causes near and dear to your heart that are in desperate need.

Let me tell you why our organization could use your help now more than ever.

• Hundreds of birds are coming to our Center for treatment each year
• The cost of meat has been steadily on the rise; Carnivores are pricey to feed!
• The space needed to rehabilitate large predators like these birds is massive: flight cages for eagles and hawks are just as big as you think they are! 
• Our dedicated team is ready to meet these challenges, and have been giving 200% of their time and energy to increase outreach and develop programs and resources for the public, but we need some financial runway to keep it up.

Flight Cage Interior. OMG, look at that little guy! Full disclosure, I photoshopped the owl in to scale.
That juvenile great horned owl is almost 2 feet tall!

What happens if y'all don't raise more money for operations??

Folks sometimes ask me why it can be harder to find a rehabilitator who can help species like native birds. The short answer is birds, especially large birds, legally require more infrastructure and permitting to care for than most of Texas's other wildlife. 

You may not know this, but there is no stipend for helping wildlife. The government doesn't offer any assistance, financial or otherwise, to these rescue organizations. Any person or group that has ever accepted a little wild critter from you has taken on 100% of that financial responsibility because of how much they care.

This means that without the generous contributions of people out there like yourself, organizations like Blackland Prairie Raptor Center cease to exist. We would no longer be available to book for your event. We wouldn't be able to come out and educate the children about raptors in your community. We couldn't cultivate native prairie seeds for habitat restoration efforts. And we would no longer be a soft place for that injured owlet to land.

Help to keep us flying high! Please consider donating to Blackland Prairie Raptor Center this North Texas Giving Day.