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Big donation to help build new hospital for wildlife

Big donation to help build new hospital for wildlife

Lou Rae Whitehead walks through the current surgery room at the Tucson Wildlife Center, which was at one time a horse stall. The current center is to be replaced by the state-of-the-art Sam Goldman Wildlife Hospital. Some 800 animals are treated at the current facility each year.

Big donation to help build new hospital for wildlife

Big donation to help build new hospital for wildlife

These raccoons are among the animals being treated at the Tucson Wildlife Center. Also treated are birds, javelinas, bobcats and coyotes.

Big donation to help build Tucson hospital for wildlife

Big donation to help build Tucson hospital for wildlife

A Tucson animal-rescue organization is breaking ground this morning on what staffers say is Arizona's first state-of-the-art hospital for wildlife.