Wildlife In Need Center's Fiscal Year 2025 Admissions

Top 10 Mammals Total
Eastern Cottontail 528
Virginia Opossum 226
Eastern Gray Squirrel 219
Raccoon 94
Red Squirrel 38
Deer Mouse 34
Eastern Chipmunk 24
White-footed Mouse 24
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 12
Woodchuck! 12
Top 10 Birds Total
House Sparrow 135
American Robin 93
Mourning Dove 93
House Finch 47
Mallard 44
Canada Goose 41
Northern Cardinal 33
Great Horned Owl 31
Wild Turkey 26
Red-tailed Hawk 22
Top 10 Herps Total
Common Snapping Turtle 294
Painted Turtle 58
Midland Painted Turtle 42
Northern Map Turtle 19
Western Painted Turtle 9
Gray Treefrog 8
American Bullfrog 5
Common Garter Snake 4
American Toad 3
Eastern Tiger Salamander 3
Top 10 Cities
Waukesha 437
Oconomowoc 383
Brookfield 161
Menomonee Falls 147
Watertown 121
Dousman 103
Pewaukee 96
New Berlin 85
Hartland 83
Fort Atkinson 70
Animals admitted by month
April 273
May 626
June 414
July 337
August 435
September 162
October 85
November 42
December 40
January 31
February 32
March 75
Total 2552

Fiscal Year 2025 Admissions totaled 2,552 animals representing 108 species from 87 cities in 16 counties

  • 855 birds of 74 species
  • 454 herps of 16 species
  • 1,243 mammals of 18 species

Total Patient Days: 57,707
Education Programs Presented: 96
People Reached at Education Programs: 383,799
Volunteer Hours: 24,742.21 WINC Volunteers rock!!

Busiest Day
6/5/2024
American Robin 1
Common Snapping Turtle 40
Mallard 1
Painted Turtle 4
Total 46
from 5 cities in 2 counties