Conservancy of Southwest Florida

06/17/2026

This young red-tailed hawk was rescued after being found on the ground. Its nest was blown and destroyed by a storm. This is also the first young red-tailed hawk we have admitted since 2024.

Once medically cleared by our vet, we were able to renest the animal using a basket and reunite the family. Please call 239-262-2273 for wildlife assistance.

Wildlife Baby Shower: https://conservancy.org/babyshower/

06/17/2026

Wildlife Baby Shower! Please donate and help our smallest patients: https://conservancy.org/babyshower/

06/17/2026

In its most recent season from November 2025 to April 2026, the Conservancy removed 177 invasive pythons weighing a combined 8,080 pounds from a 200-square-mile area of Southwest Florida, setting a new record for the team, which began its tracking and removal program in 2013.

This year’s average female weighed 95 pounds and carried an average of 70 eggs. But the largest weighed an astonishing 153 pounds and was 17 feet long.

Read on: https://www.usatoday.com/story/pets-animals/wildlife/2026/06/16/burmese-pythons-captured-everglades-florida/90581196007/

Learn more about our Burmese python research and removal efforts: https://conservancy.org/our-work/science/

A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade.

06/17/2026

Our Baby Shower runs until June 21. Our Wildlife Hospital Amazon Wishlist contains items that we need on a day-to-day basis and especially during our busy baby season.

Whether you donate, volunteer, intern, or purchase an item, your support means the world to us as we couldn’t rescue, rehab and release native wildlife without you.

See other items on our list: https://conservancy.org/babyshower/

06/16/2026

From around the country, these interns share something in common - love for wildlife. 💙

What is your favorite baby animal? Click this link to support our wildlife hospital during baby season: https://conservancy.org/babyshower/

06/15/2026

Over 100 baby animals a week, over 50 opossum joeys this baby season, bunnies, squirrels, and many song birds, our wildlife hospital is working hard everyday to rehab and release as many as possible back into the wild! 👏🏻💙

With your support, we can continue our work. Your donations thus far are already helping us with our daily operations and the animals in need.

Donate to the Wildlife Hospital: https://conservancy.org/babyshower/

Please be sure to check your lawn for nests before mowing, check your branches before trimming, slow down for wildlife crossings and call us at 239-262-2273 for animal assistance.

06/15/2026

Wildlife Baby Shower: https://conservancy.org/babyshower/

06/14/2026

Three peas in a pod… or in this case, 3 nestling mockingbirds on a branch. 🪾

You may think that these 3 birds are siblings, but each of them came in on different days for different reasons. Once stable, our wildlife rehab staff put them together in an incubator to rest and enjoy each other’s company. Many of our hospital’s songbird species are combined if possible so they can help teach one another to eat, fly, and ultimately grow up before being released back into the wild.

We need your help! During this time of the year, we are admitting over 100 baby animals a week. We have many ways you can support our hospital by using this link: https://conservancy.org/babyshower/

06/14/2026

06/12/2026

We’re excited to share that voting is now open for the Naples Daily News Best of Naples Community’s Choice Awards—and we need your support to help the Conservancy continue to grow its impact and inspire our community.

Southwest Florida residents have nominated us in the following categories:
🏆 Best Non-Profit
🏆 Best Tourist Attraction
🏆 Best Fundraising Event (Magic Under the Mangroves)
🏆 Best Local Event (Earth Day)
🏆 Summer Camp (kids programming)

Vote for us here: https://naplesnews.gannettcontests.com/2026-Naples-Communitys-Choice-Awards/