Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation
CWORI works with local and federal agencies to rescue and rehabilitate native wildlife, particularly sea turtles and birds.
CWORI formally took over the animal rehabilitation work that they had been collaborating on with Coral World Ocean Park in 2024. Over the years, we have responded to hundreds of injured, sick, or stranded wildlife. Our rescue and rehabilitation team includes veterinarians, veterinary technicians, rehabilitation specialists, and volunteers.
At CWORI, we partner closely with the Sea Turtle Assistance and Rescue (STAR) to support Sea Turtle rehabilitation across the territory.
Click here to learn about our most recent successful turtle rehabilitation story.
We also support the rescue and rehabilitation of native birds throughout St. Thomas and St. John. If you see distressed or injured wildlife, please call us at (340) 725-1556.
Animals in rehabilitation are overseen directly day to day by our Rehabilitation Manager who provides their daily care, therapy, and nutritional requirements. When needed, outside diagnostics are performed with local veterinarians as well as local physicians! Our Rehabilitation Manager also functions as our animal emergency first responder and fields reports of injured, sick, or stranded wildlife all over the island.
We have also assisted animals on other islands as well, including the British Virgin Islands. Our goal is reintroduction to the wild; however, we have found appropriate homes in those instances when re-introduction is not possible. We are committed to conservation of our marine and terrestrial wildlife. Both short and long-term rehabilitation is expensive, time-consuming, and often exhausting, but our rehabilitation team is dedicated to ensuring the welfare of our rehabilitation animals.
A few years ago we released a mature female loggerhead turtle affectionately named Mahogany.
After her release from St. Croix, USVI, Mahogany traveled south to the coastal areas of Guyana. Though her tracker is no longer actively transmitting, click the link below to see her journey.
We are committed to the conservation of our marine and terrestrial wildlife. Both short and long-term rehabilitation are expensive, time-consuming, and often exhausting. Our rehabilitation program relies on public donations.
We can not continue to do this incredible and meaningful work without your support.
If you would like to make a donation,
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