GilaWildlife
Rescue
Silver City, New 
Mexico
Rehabilitation of All Wildlife
Specializing in Raptors and Mammals
Bald Eagle with lead poisoning - January 2002
Thanks so much to the following donors. We would not have survived without you!
Our Newest Major Donor: Edward Jones Investments - Kevin Thompson and James Edd Hughs - financial advisors| Major Donors | Other Contributors | ||
| Edward Jones Investments | Dr. Russell Kleinman | Public Service Company of New Mexico | |
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| Freeport MacMoRan Copper and Gold | AmBank | Mr. Ed’s Do It Center | |
| Scott Nichols Motors | Sierra Dermatology | ||
| Texas-New Mexico Power Company | Smith Real Estate | ||
| Jay Garard DDS | Silver Health Care | ||
| Allstate Insurance, Simon Ortiz | |||
| Silver City Ophthalmology Associates | Dr. Donald Montoya |
Gila Wildlife Rescue is a private, nonprofit organization that rehabilitates New Mexico wildlife for release into the wild. We care for between 200 and 500 animals each year. Injured, orphaned, and misplaced wildlife are cared for and released. Hawks and owls are our most common patients, but we have cared for many other birds from eagles to hummingbirds, and many mammals including mountain lions, black bears, ringtails, coatimundis, racoons, beaver, foxes, coyotes, bobcats, deer, and javelina.
Gila Wildlife Rescue is one of only two rehabers in New Mexico
that is licensed to care for ALL species of wildlife
Licensed by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
NMDG&F permit # - 65
USFWS permit #PRT-669005
To care for local New Mexico Wildlife that has been injured or orphaned and return them to the wild.
The organization also conducts numerous educational outreach programs throughout Southern NM.
Principle licensees and the
entire
Gila Wildlife Rescue staff
- Dennis Miller and Denise Miller
Home:
44 Oakwood Avenue, Silver City, New Mexico 88061To find our house to deliver injured wildlife, 44 Oakwood Avenue is in Oakwood Estates. Turn off of Hwy 180 West on Oakwood Avenue which is just past the water tanks on the west side of town. 44 Oakwood is about 1/4 of a mile from the turn off on the right side.
Sorry, but we do not allow visitors. The principle function of the facility is to care for wildlife and visitors disturb their rehabilitation. We need to do what is best for the wildlife. Outreach programs are available on request with selected wildlife and slide presentations. Contact us for more details.
Injured animals can also be brought to where Dennis works at Western New Mexico University Biology Department, also in Silver City. The Natural Science Department is located on the corner of 12th and Alabama Streets. His office is room 110, downstairs next to the coke machine. This is a standard place injured wildlife is brought, so animals can be delivered there as well.Web address: http://www.wnmu.edu/GilaWildlifeRescue
Phone numbers: Cell - 505.590.0118
Work (WNMU Biology Dept.) -505.538.6640 or 6227
This is a program that is not funded by either of the agencies that provide it's licensing. The program is run as a public service to our community and state. The average yearly expenditures for the program are over $10,000, and we receive about $5000 in donations from private individuals each year. Any donations would be greatly appreciated and can be sent directly to us by checks made out to Gila Wildlife Rescue and sent to Dennis Miller at the address listed above. Donors can also use "PayPal" with the use of a credit card. Donations are completely tax deductible, due to our not-for-profit status. We thank you very much!
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Dennis Miller has been licensed to care for NM wildlife since 1979. His training initially and continuing education came from Dr. Kathleen Ramsey of The Wildlife Center near Espanola, NM, and Shirley Kendal of Corrales, NM. These rehabilitators have a network that allows each of them to transfer animals back and forth for special care.
He has been a Professor of Biology at Western New Mexico University in Silver City since 1989. His principle duties there are training secondary science teachers, teaching General Biology, Invertebrate Zoology, and Methods of Teaching Science, as well as conducting extensive research on local fish populations. He will be retired as of August 2008 and is starting a biological consulting business called Gila Biological Consulting.
Denise Miller (Dennis' wife) has been invaluable in helping with the program. She has an incredible love of wildlife and is fearless when it comes to handling even large eagles. She has worked in the medical profession for many years and is presently working at Silver Health Care.Their daughter Ashlie is twenty two lives in Silver City and helps with animals when we are out of town. She shares a deep love of wildlife like her mother.
Their son Steven is eighteen years old and has been involved with the wildlife program since he was young.
Other family members include Becki who is twenty five and out of the army and into civilian life. Kirk, who is Thirty works in construction in Ohio is married and has four children. Tanya, 34 is married and works as a nurse in Reno and is has her son Clayton and their daughter Isabella.
Updated 3/5/2008
