von Arx Wildlife Hospital

***The von Arx Wildlife Hospital is open every day from 8 am to 7 pm - even if the Conservancy of Southwest Florida Nature Center is closed.*** If you have found an injured animal, please call us at 239-272-CARE. Located on the Conservancy of Southwest Florida's campus, more than 4,000 injured, sick, and orphaned native animals are admitted to the von Arx Wildlife Hospital each year. Most of those injuries stem from interactions that involve humans — including car strikes, domestic pet attacks, window collisions, fishing injuries, gunshots, and toxicosis. Caring citizens rescue bobcats, deer, pelicans, herons, gopher tortoises, and many other species of native animals and drop them off at the Conservancy for treatment.