News
Updates at Rocky Springs
Rocky Springs
Joins iGive.com – Help Wildlife When
You Shop Online
Like to shop online? As someone who supports
the many lifesaving efforts of Rocky Springs,
you are in a unique position to help rescued
wildlife each time you make a purchase online.
There are currently over 680 brand name stores
participating – places you actually shop!
Staples, Lands’ End, The Gap, Nordstrom,
Doctors Foster and Smith, The Home Depot are
just a few ...it’s a BIG list!
A percentage of your purchase will be donated
to RSWRC. Do the things you buy cost more?
Never! In fact, through special coupon offers
and sales offered online, you may even pay
less. Now THIS is a win/win deal!
So get shopping! Simply go to iGive.com to register and to learn more. Thanks!
April 15, 2008
2008 Volunteer
Training at Rocky Springs
Saturday, March 29th,
2008, at 10:00am, is one of the very important
events of the year at Rocky Springs Wildlife
Rehabilitation Center – volunteer training.
Would you like to be a part of the life-saving
efforts of RSWRC? Those interested must contact
us via e-mail or call (908-835-9991)
by March 24th for details and to confirm.
Read
more about the importance of volunteering
and how you can make a difference to New
Jersey’s wildlife!
November 27, 2007
Rocky Springs
Has Signed Up with MissionFish
Do you sell on eBay? Then you can help Rocky
Springs whenever you make a sale! RSWRC has
signed up with MissionFish, the opportunity
to receive charitable donations through eBay.
Here’s how it works - If you are a seller,
you can select us and what percentage of each
sale you would like to share with our wildlife.
If the item sells, the seller gets paid by
the buyer and ships the item as always. MissionFish
collects the donation from the seller, pays
the non-profit and provides a tax receipt.
Interested in helping Rocky Springs when you
sell? Read
more here.
This is just another easy way to help the many
recovering animals here at The Center while
you go about having fun on eBay. Thanks again
for supporting our efforts.
September 17, 2007
Spring Newsletter
Now Online!
 Now available for download
is Rocky Springs’ Wild
Things Spring 2007 newsletter, filled with
all kinds of news and information you’ll
want to read about. Learn what inspired RSWRC’s
director, Donna Fox, to found Rocky Springs,
how to report crimes against wildlife, great
RS tees for you and your kids, a volunteer
spotlight, special Wild Things for Kids and
much more! Download
your copy in pdf format here.
And although our newsletter is a free download,
we hope, in expanding your knowledge of all
that it takes to rescue and give new hope to
New Jersey’s wildlife, it will inspire
you to make
a donation to help the Center’s
efforts. It may sound timeworn and you may
hear it often, but it’s no less true – we
can’t do it without you!
Thanks and enjoy Rocky Springs’ Wild
Things!
July 1, 2007
It’s
A Wrap! 2006 at Rocky Springs
 With hundreds of hours clocked by Rocky Springs’ capable
and devoted volunteers, New Jersey’s
wildlife got a second chance once again.
The year 2006 saw 427 animals and birds admitted
and cared for. Of that figure, 201 were mammals.
The most frequently admitted mammals were grey
squirrels (63), cottontails (49), opossum (24),
and fawns (21). We also accepted 3 different
kinds of bats, 14 foxes, 16 raccoons and a
variety of other animals needing care.
The birds - all 226 of them - cover quite a
variety. The largest number was songbirds -
155 of them! But we also had 41 dove patients,
7 Canada geese, 9 ducks, 6 owls, 3 hawks, 2
turkey vultures, 1 turkey, 1 swan and 1 gull.
Direct animal care is one part of what we do,
for in 2006 we also handled over 1,200 phone
calls - 3 times as many as animals admitted!
Answering these calls involves education and
in many cases, assisting concerned residents
remedy the problems themselves where possible,
such as what to do with a nest of bunnies or
birds they found, the squirrel in the attic,
etc.
May 3, 2007
Help Rocky Springs
When You Search Online
 How would you like to help raise funds for
the wildlife at Rocky Springs by doing something
that you already do every day? Do you use a
search engine? Imagine that now, each time
you do a search, a penny will be donated to
RSWRC! Couldn’t be any easier, and those
pennies add up quickly the more people get
involved. And it’s simple ...
GoodSearch is a new, Yahoo-powered search
engine that is committed to helping legitimate
charities each time its supporters search online.
This is Yahoo's unique mission - to donate
half it's revenue per search to the charity
you choose. So consider this - if you choose
Rocky Springs as your charity, and search twice
a day and if 1,000 people were willing to choose
RSWRC, we could earn an estimated $7,300 per
year to help our wildlife! It doesn’t
get any better than that. Next thing you know
we’ll find one of our recovering squirrels
at our computer searching for his own menu!
Please help Rocky Springs’ wildlife
today and make your search engine GoodSearch – you’ll
get the proven, high-quality results of Yahoo
plus be making an easy, painless donation for
the animals! Just
click here to go to Goodsearch,
and type in Rocky Springs Wildlife Rehabilitation
Center in the empty box under the question
`Who do you Goodsearch for?’ and you’re
ready to go. Search on wildlife lovers, search
on!!
April 10, 2007
Second 2007 Volunteer
Training Added at Rocky Springs
Rocky Springs is looking for
more good folks to help care for the wildlife
that is already coming into the Center in increasing
numbers, and has set up an additional training
session on Saturday, April 21st at 10:00 am.
Spring is the busiest time of year at Rocky
Springs and we really need you! Would you like
to be a part of the life-saving efforts of
RSWRC? Please join us for our volunteer training
session on the 21st! Those interested must
contact us
via e-mail or call (908-835-9991)
for details and to confirm.
April 5, 2007
2007
Volunteer Training to Begin at Rocky Springs
 Saturday, March 31st, is one of the very important
events of the year at Rocky Springs Wildlife
Rehabilitation Center – volunteer training.
Would you like to be a part of the life-saving
efforts of RSWRC? Those interested must contact
us via
e-mail or call (908-835-9991) for details and
to confirm.
Read
more about the importance of volunteering and
how you can make a difference to New Jersey’s
wildlife!
February 10, 2007
The Year of the Fox
 2006
was a foxy year indeed, with Rocky Springs
handling a record number of foxes. Ten fox
kits found their way to RSWRC for help. Parasites,
injuries by cars, or their moms having been
killed are just some of the reasons for their
admissions.
One of our most rewarding achievements was
that of one kit who came to us just 10 weeks
old. It was obvious that his injuries were
already days old and his condition was poor.
Unable to use his injured front legs, he pushed
himself along with only his hind legs. When
brought to us, his wounds were open and infected,
and he was dehydrated and exhausted.
We proceeded with immediate re-hydration and
began medication for the infection. This treatment,
along with a proper balanced diet, saw the
little one gaining strength daily. With six
weeks of rehabilitation, this fox kit recovered
and was able to be released.
Rocky Springs is happy to report that ALL
TEN foxes were successfully treated and released.
December 15, 2006
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