December, 2014 – Wild for Wildlife

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South Florida Wildlife Center

Wild for Wildlife

Sunday, December 7, 2014 

WHO: South Florida Wildlife Center

Sherry Schlueter, executive director for the South Florida Wildlife Center and Michael King, managing director for Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa. Photo: Capehart.
Sherry Schlueter, executive director for the South Florida Wildlife Center and Michael King, managing director for Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa. Photo: Capehart.

WHAT: Wild for Wildlife, hosted by Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa, will benefit the South Florida Wildlife Center (SFWC), an affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States. The cocktail reception will feature lavish vegan cuisine, a silent auction and wildlife photography of patients from the SFWC, taken by acclaimed photographer Aaron Ansarov, whose work has been published in National Geographic and Smithsonian magazines.

WHEN: Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 5 p.m.

WHERE: Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa, Manalapan

WHY: The SouthFloridaWildlifeCenter is one of the largest wildlife hospitals, trauma centers and rehabilitation facilities in the nation. In its 45th year of protecting wildlife through rescue, rehabilitation and education, the center provides emergency rescue services, diagnostics, surgical and other veterinary treatment, recovery habitats, nursery rearing, and expert rehabilitative care to about 255 different species, 365 days a year. The SouthFloridaWildlifeCenter admits more than 12,000 injured, orphaned or imperiled animals annually, with the goal of returning every rehabilitated native animal back to nature to live wild and free.

HOW MUCH: $200 per person

GENERAL INFO: More information may be obtained by calling Cynthia Barstad at 954-524-4302 ext. 25 or [email protected], or visit www.southfloridawildlifecenter.org