NEWC At a GLance
Founded: 1983
Green building: First-in-the-nation wildlife hospital and education center built to Leadership in Environment and Energy Design (LEED) specifications
Critical services: The ONLY wildlife veterinary hospital in Massachusetts that treats rabies vector species
Number of wild animals who receive veterinary treatment and rehabilitative care since 1983: 120,000
Number of species NEWC can treat at our wildlife hospital and Odd Pet Vet: 400
Sampling of animal species: Raccoons, swans, opossums, squirrels, turtles, owls, snakes, hawks, foxes
Local non-profit organizations NEWC supports with affordable veterinary care for wildlife and exhibit animals:
- Cape Wildlife Center
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary
- MSPCA Nevins Farm
- Museum of Science Boston
- South Shore Natural Science Center
- Local school-based science and nature centers
Colleges and universities represented in our internship program: 120 colleges and universities from around the world
Sampling of colleges and universities:
- Bucknell
- Colby College
- Massasoit Community College
- MIT
- Mt. Ida
- Roxbury Community College
- University of California
- University of Massachusetts
- University of Virginia
- Tufts-Cummings Veterinary School
Number of prison inmate job training graduates: 50
Number of wildlife rehabilitators trained: 100
Massachusetts Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, 2016 Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Energy and Environmental Education: Turn of the Lights and Eat Your Peas, STEM education curriculum
STEM Educational Curricula:
- Clear as Mud
- Turn Out the Lights and Eat Your Peas
- Get the Lead Out
- Animal Care-Based Science
- Real-Time Science: Through the Lens of the Student
Number of students served in our history: More than 25,000 and counting
Annual visitors to the Weezie Nature Center, treehouse, and trails: More than 2,500