Founded in 1977 as a small, home-based, all-volunteer organization, the Alabama Wildlife Center is now Alabama’s oldest and largest wildlife rehabilitation facility and annually receives over 2,000 birds from more than 100 different species. AWC is a nonprofit organization whose dual mission is to provide medical and rehabilitative care for Alabama’s injured and orphaned native birds in order to permit their return to the wild, and to educate people in order to heighten awareness and appreciation of Alabama’s native wildlife. The Center's primary services are a native wild bird rehabilitation clinic, a public wildlife help line, and a variety of educational programs. Visitors are welcome to tour the Center and experience the fascinating details of wildlife rehabilitation. Since its inception, well over 50,000 native Alabama wild animals have been helped because of the efforts of the Alabama Wildlife Center. The organization has been in continuous service 365 days a year for over 30 years.