Center for Wildlife in York celebrates 40 years of helping sick and injured animals

MAINE PUBLIC • March 5, 2026

The Center for Wildlife opened 40 years ago in York, and operated out of a trailer with no running water. Today, its new facility in Cape Neddick treats 2500 sick and injured creatures a year, with plans to handle a thousand more after an 11-year, $11 million expansion is completed. CFW Executive Director Kristen Lamb said each of the animals they treat is a barometer for their species and ecosystems, and their injuries reflect the impacts of our choices in consumption and commercial and residential housing development.