Alaska Raptor Center

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What is the Alaska Raptor Center?
- The Alaska Raptor Center was founded in 1980 by two Sitka residents who wanted to help injured raptor birds in Alaska.
How did the Alaska Raptor Center begin?
- It started in a backyard with one injured bald eagle and later moved to a shed on the Sheldon Jackson College campus before settling in 1991 at its current 17-acre space on the Indian River.
What is the mission of the Alaska Raptor Center?
- The center provides medical care and treatment to about 200 injured birds each year, primarily bald eagles, with the goal of rehabilitating and releasing them back into the wild.
What happens to birds that cannot be released?
- Birds that are too severely injured to survive in the wild remain at the center’s Raptors-in-Residence facility, where they are part of an educational program for tourists and schoolchildren.
What educational programs does the center offer?
- The center educates visitors about raptor birds and environmental conservation, helping to raise awareness about protecting Alaska's wildlife.

1000 Raptor Way, Sitka, AK 99835-9302, Phone: 800-643-9425, Map

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