Sponsor your favorite resident bird at A Place Called Hope! Sponsors will receive a Certificate of Adoption. A Place Called Hope is a 501 c 3 non profit organization run entirely by volunteers along with donations of time, supplies and money from our supporters. If you would like to learn more about how you can help, please send us an email at hope4raptors@yahoo.com.
One of our goals at A Place Called Hope, Inc. is to teach the public how to protect and respect wildlife, in particular Raptors. We are encouraged by peoples reactions to our programs and their own personal stories about the Birds of Prey they have encountered. We are thrilled to share these birds with so many people who truly care and want to learn more.
One of our goals at A Place Called Hope, Inc. is to teach the public how to protect and respect wildlife, in particular Raptors. We are encouraged by peoples reactions to our programs and their own personal stories about the Birds of Prey they have encountered. We are thrilled to share these birds with so many people who truly care and want to learn more.
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Video begins at 0:43 seconds. A Place Called Hope is a Rehabilitation and Education Center for Birds of Prey. Our goal is to heal injured, orphaned, or ill birds and return them to the wild where they belong. Federal permits allow us to house and work with the birds that can not be returned to their natural world provided we share them through educational presentations.
Wildlife Rehabilitation is very important for all wildlife species. We want to take this opportunity to thank all of the Rehabilitators who devotedly work endless hours to cure, mend and heal so many of our worlds wildlife. This is a full time labor of love and each and every one of you make an incredible difference!
We are located on an ideal property in Killingworth nestled away on almost 10 acres. The perfect setting for our new and improved Facility as well as additional Aviaries including two suitable for Bald Eagles. This parcel is private and a river runs through it! The birds are in their glory. But most importantly, there is room to grow.
This riveting film is about a young Eagle who became entangled in fishing line. The eagle was inevitably trapped in a dead tree, sixty feet off the ground, hanging over the Connecticut River. The film takes you on a four week journey leading up to the dangerous rescue. The entire film was recorded with three separate cameras as it took place, including the audio from a Go-Pro.
With a $100 donation, sponsors will receive a Certificate of Adoption with sponsors name, a Photograph of bird chosen, the Bird's personal story of survival and some general information about the Bird's particular species. Donations are tax deductible and help us to care for the many Birds at our Facility.
Reviews (16)
John James
Nov 14, 2021
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Be very wary of this place. I honestly do not know what their agenda is. What I do know is that a friend tagged me in a post to this page about snowy owls and that since then I have had 2 nasty PMs sent to me threatening my life because I "dared" to walk on a beach where a snowy owl was spotted at some point.
Get a clue and realize that most… people go into nature to get away from aholes and do not want or need backlash for doing so. I am not an idiot with a giant camera chasing around a random bird. I am a person walking on the beach collecting some driftwood for a project that saw a snowy
Get a clue and realize that most… people go into nature to get away from aholes and do not want or need backlash for doing so. I am not an idiot with a giant camera chasing around a random bird. I am a person walking on the beach collecting some driftwood for a project that saw a snowy
Marian Gryzlo
Aug 10, 2021
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My daughter and I went to visit an owl she sponsored for my birthday. It was an incredible experience to see how these birds are being taken care of for rehabilitation and eventual release if they can… survive.Our guide told us personal stories about each bird. We learned so much and I have such admiration for the nonprofit, all-volunteer organization.
Adam Dalton
Jul 18, 2021
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Valerie Workman
May 04, 2021
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Pete Walencewicz
Nov 29, 2020
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Scott Quine
Nov 11, 2020
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I was there as a transporter bringing an injured Peregrine Falcon from the Bridgeport Animal Control Officer Jen to be rehabilitated by A Place Called Hope, an excellent Raptor Rehabilitation facility. It is not open to the public other than tours by appointment. They operate 100% on donations with no support by Federal, State or Local governments. 2020 saw almost 900 Raptors/Birds of Prey pass through their care and custody.
Aykurt Kalican
Sep 12, 2020
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Tracy Martin Shepley
May 15, 2020
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Austin Shepley
May 05, 2020
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Jan Blencowe
Apr 15, 2020
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Dedicated, knowledgeable, amazing team of raptor rescuers, rehabilitators and educators. Doing amazing work. Make a donation if you possibly can, every penny goes to helping, healing, housing and feeding the birds. This team has performed so many truly heroic rescues and releases. Their motto, Birds are best raised by birds, and they have healed and released so many to freedom and reunited many mated pairs and young with their parents. They are an inspiration.
Sherry Kollar
Apr 04, 2020
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A. Scott Dean
Jan 09, 2020
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Today we met Christine doing a release of a Canadian goose at North Farms Reservoir in Wallingford. It was our first live view of a release into the wild. We will promote the center as best we can as we are very limited in donation money. Great experience and a very nice lady. We expect to attend some programs soon.
Jamie O'Brien
Sep 17, 2019
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We had a tree cut down in our yard on Monday. Neither myself or the person cutting down our tree knew that there was a birds nest in the tree. When the tree came down, all 4 babies fell out of the nest. Luckily, all 4 babies were okay. I called and spoke to a very nice lady. I didn't get her name. She instructed me what to do with the nest, the babies, what to put them in and what type of birds they were. They were songbirds. Unfortunately, I didn't have any Tupperware, but i used one of my daughters baskets. So, I put the nest and the babies in the basket. I placed the basket on a hook that was
Dorina Ademi
Jul 03, 2019
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I wish everyone had A place called hope in their state! Christine and Todd are absolutely amazing and everyone that volunteers and works with them! YOU can tell how much they care about the wildlife! We had a peregrine falcon (baby) that noone was willing to help, but Christine and Todd showed up within 45 minutes :) If you have time, please volunteer and help as much as possible, or if not please consider donating to an amazing cause. We need our wildlife! Thank you A Place Called Hope!
Kai Avocado
Jan 09, 2019
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Elise D.
Nov 05, 2017
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AMAZING place! We had a volunteer get together for another rescue that I work with at this place this past weekend. I am truly inspired by the work that these people do. First of all, they have hand made all the enclosures. It is a husband and wife that own the property and they have built this facility - by hand. The enclosures are clean, spacious and each animal seems well tended to. My 15 year old daughter who I had to drag to this kicking and screaming said it was the highlight of her weekend. The volunteers that take you around are clearly committed to their work and provide a thorough understanding
