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Sponsor An Animal

PAWS is home to opossums, screech owls, great-horned owls, barred owls, red-tail hawks, red-shoulder hawks, broad-wing hawks, geese, ducks, squirrels, kestrels, peafowl, pigeons, and vultures, all of whom have suffered physical injuries caused by gunshot wounds, vehicle encounters, and other unknown factors. They live on sanctuary grounds in custom-made cages that allow the animals to hop and flutter throughout their enclosures, even though their injuries keep them from achieving full flight. They are cared for by staff members who provide them with an appropriate diet and monitor their physical limitations. The ultimate goal of PAWS is to allow these magnificent animals to live as close as possible to how nature intended.

The typical patient’s bill can range from $15 to over $200. You can help offset these costs through our Sponsor-An-Animal program. Your annual sponsorship will enable us to purchase food and medicine for the education animal you choose to sponsor. Trained volunteers will work with your animal to ensure it receives the care it so desperately needs. In return, you will receive a sponsorship certificate, biography of your animal’s injury history, and much more! Choose from three sponsorship levels and be part of your animal’s future today!

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Level 1 Sponsor: $30

· Certificate

· Biography

· 4” x 6” Photo

Level 2 Sponsor: $40

· Certificate

· Biography

· 4” x 6” Photo

· Tote Bag

Level 3 Sponsor: $50

· Certificate

· Biography

· 8” x 10” Photo

· Tote Bag

· Public Recognition

Please mail your request for sponsorship to include your full name, address, and phone number. If you would like to sponsor an animal in someone's honor or memory, please submit his/her contact information along with a check made payable to:

Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary
119 Doe Drive
Hubert, NC 28539
Attn: Sponsorship Coordinator

Please view the animal history below when making your sponsorship selection. Thank you for being such an integral solution to your animal’s overall health!


	An adult female Virginia Opossum, Sadie and her two brothers arrived at PAWS on September 19, 2009. All three opossums appeared to be in good health upon arrival; however, as the males grew, Sadie did not. The determination was made that Sadie had signs of Metabolic Bone Disease.

	Gandalf is a gray phase Eastern Screech Owl. He had been brought into the Jacksonville Veterinary Hospital on December 31, 2007 after being hit by a car. His injuries were very extensive and he suffered from multiple fractures in his left wing, as well as left eye trauma. For the first three days, it was questionable if he would survive.

	Ollie is a Great Horned Owl who joined us at Possumwood Acres on May 28, 2008. He had been found on the ground beneath a tall pine tree as a youngster, after falling from his nest near the top of the tree. His parents were trying to still care for him on the ground, but he had a badly broken humerus and would have eventually died if he had not been rescued.

	Hootie is an adult Barred Owl. He came to Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary on March 20, 2009 for evaluation. After he had been hit by a car, there was much concern about his flight and vision. He had left metacarpal fractures and moderate retinal damage in both eyes.

	Kyra is an adult Red Tail Hawk. She was admitted to Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary on May 31, 2008 after being hit by a car. She had an old healed fracture on the right humerus near the wrist. This causes her wing to droop and makes her incapable of flight.

	Risha is an adult Red Shoulder Hawk who came to Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary on April 15, 2009. Anne Mathis brought in Risha for a flight evaluation. The bird had had some old fractures that were believed to have resulted in being hit by a car. There had been a left humerus fracture at the shoulder.

	One-Eyed Jack is an adult male Broad Wing Hawk. He was admitted to Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary on November 24, 2009. He was found during the summer of 2009 in the Jonas Ridge, NC area after being hit by a car and taken to the Blue Ridge Wildlife Institute. Upon arrival at the Institute, it was obvious that Jack would require extensive surgery on his left eye.

	Possumwood Acres welcomes in injured, orphaned, and abandoned ducks and geese, as well as those that were once pets, habituated, and imprinted. People do not consider the amount of work and responsibility that goes into raising a duck before taking it home. Geese are very territorial and protective and they will do what it takes to guard their nests and mates.

	Many of the injured ducks that come to Possumwood Acres were hit by cars, attacked by dogs, abused by people, and on occasion, attacked by snapping turtles. As a result, this can lead to orphaned young who are alone and need care. When this occurs, ducks are brought here to grow and thrive into adulthood.

	This adult female Eastern Gray Squirrel was admitted to Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary on December 16, 2009. She had been found injured in the Jonas Mountain area and taken to the Blue Ridge Wildlife Institute. When admitted there, she showed signs of a front right paw injury. The paw injury healed; however, there was residual nerve damage, and she shows a marked weakness in that paw. This hinders her ability to climb, dig, and hold food to feed herself.

	Kingsley is an adult male American Kestrel. He was admitted to Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary on October 14, 2009 with week-old injuries. These injuries included scrapes, a swollen right elbow, and two right metacarpal fractures. He had been found on the ground and was unable to fly. A thorough physical examination revealed that Kingsley was very thin and had been having trouble hunting due to his injuries.

	Our beautiful Peafowl is the male peacock, Burgaw Blue. He was given to us in the spring of 2009 by a local county resident who raises them and wanted to reduce the size of her group. Burgaw will display his beautiful tail and perform his little shimmy dance for anyone who watches.

	Our homing pigeons arrived in 2007. We adopted a dozen of them after 130 were rescued from a hoarder. They were inbred for many years, and we have slowly worked at adding new birds to provide new genes into the breeding stock. Whenever we get in an injured city pigeon, we release it with ours, and they always stay and join the flock.

	Vinnie is an adult Turkey Vulture. He was admitted to Possumwood Acres on March 28, 2008 after being found on the side of the road. After performing a physical exam, it was concluded he had been rolled over by a car. He was extremely emaciated, lethargic, and had tissue damage all over his body.