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Pella Wildlife Company 2010 Calendar
Featuring Wildlife Photos from Ron Huelse
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MidWestOne Bank has been kind enough to donate a cargo van to Pella Wildlife Company for use as a Wildife Rescue Unit, transport our Wildlife Ambassadors and Educational Program equipment. We hope this van will give us many years of service. Look for it on the streets when the new graphics are complete.

Plans For Our Future Facility

Pella Wildlife Company, a Non Profit 501(C)(3) Wildlife Conservation Organization, would like to announce the beginning of development of a Wildlife Education and Wildlife Rehabilitation facility in Marion County next to Pella, IA.

With Lake Red Rock being the largest lake in Iowa, along with lands managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Iowa DNR, and Marion County Conservation Board, those of us on the board of directors as well as others concerned about wildlife conservation recognized the need for a wildlife rehabilitation facility in the Red Rock vicinity to help injured and or abandoned wildlife. This facility would focus on mammals and birds, and assist reptiles and amphibians if the condition warrants.

Along with Wildlife Rehabilitation comes the opportunity for Wildlife Education. The education facility would be a part of the rehab facility and would be used to assist in field studies, classroom studies, and on going conservation efforts. A separate facility would be constructed for the park residence and educational animal facility. This facility would be where animals are imprinted to people and under go behavior management and enrichment programs. These animals would be a part of the traveling educational programs available to schools, libraries, and other conservation minded organizations.

The facility would be sustained through private donations, merchandise sales, and revenue generated by the 220 acre drive through safari When Iowa Was Wild!

The safari will feature extirpated Iowa wildlife such as Musk Ox, Moose, Bison, Pronghorn, Cougar, Bear, Wolves, to name a few as well as recovery birds and animals such a Prairie Chickens, Roughed Grouse, Otters, Bobcat and more.

This project has been embraced by Pella Tourism, and Central College.

Pella Wildlife Company was established in the Fall of 2006. Ron DeArmond, the founder and CEO, has held a USDA class B license for over 25 years. He has also held DNR licenses in Illinois and Iowa. Experienced with mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds, Ron has worked with schools, libraries, US Army Corps of Engineers, DNR, County Conservation Board, private collectors, drive through wildlife parks and zoos. A non profit organization, Pella Wildlife Company was established to focus on three areas of animal welfare.

Education – Pella Wildlife Company is committed to providing schools, libraries, and others with wildlife conservation interest with opportunities to educate young and old on basic animal husbandry, ecosystems, and wildlife from around the world. Hands on opportunities are provided to interact with mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds. Students are able to take the experience home through coloring pages, posters and or actual plants from different ecosystems. Dev DeArmond, a certified substitute teacher oversees our educational programs. Ron DeArmond is the current Vice President of the Association of Professional Wildlife Educators.

Propagation – Pella Wildlife Company is committed to propagate animals for breeder programs, public and private zoos. With over 25 years of experience, Pella Wildlife Company has successfully raised many varieties of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds.

Conservation – Pella Wildlife Company is committed to the reintroduction of wild animals to their natural habitat. Wildlife rehabilitation of native species and research to ensure stable populations for the future. We also work to establish captive breeding programs to prevent extinction and provide quality gene pools.

Wildlife Adventurer's Clubs

What are all these people looking at?

Go to the adventurer's club pages and find out

Meet our Wildlife Ambassadors

Go to our Education Page and see who may be visiting your area soon!

Shadow's Junior

Ambassador Program

Wildlife is to be enjoyed by people of all ages.

In an effort to reach our senior citizens living at

retirement homes and assisited living facilities, Pella Wildlife Company has started our Shadow's Junior

Ambassador Program. This is an opportunuity for children from our wildlife adventurer's clubs to learn

about a wildlife ambassador that will be featured in

our wildlife diversity programs, present the

information learned and answer questions from those

attending. This program is designed to promote

confidence, self -esteem, and community service in our young people. This is also a way to connect our older generations to our younger and enjoy our

wildlife adventures.

Pella Wildlife Company

to begin 1st phase

With the increased demand for wildlife education, Pella Wildlife Company has decided to proceed with the development of a Wildlife Ambassador Training and Education Program Development facility.

This facility will be home to the wildlife ambassadors used in all of our education, Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT), and other community service programs offered by Pella Wildlife Company. This site will also house our

Educational Pack of Wolf Ambassadors. The pack will

be made up of Artic, Tundra, and Timber Wolves. All

three subspecies are related to the wolves that lived

in Iowa at one time from the ice age to settlement.

Today, the timber wolf is on the brink of returning to

Iowa.

This facility will have indoor and outdoor enrichment and behavior management enclosures as well as be a classroom for training those interested in a career in Wildlife Education.

This facility will be licensed by the USDA and open to the public on a limited basis.

(drawing of individual observation station for use by the general public)

Orphaned and Injured Wildlife.

Although it may be tempting to pick them up,

please leave them alone.

If you believe you have an orphaned animal, use the following information.

Pella Wildlife Company
Orphaned Wildlife Care

Birds – If at all possible put them back into the nest. If you must transfer – call the DNR to arrange a pick up time and short term care instructions.

Mammals – Deer, DO NOT TOUCH! Observe for 24 hours then call the DNR DO NOT attempt to pick up. Other small mammals, place back into the nest or den. If you must transfer. Call the DNR to arrange a pick up time and short term care instructions.

It is illegal to posses any wildlife in Iowa without a proper license.
At this time, Marion County does not have a wildlife rehabilitation facility. You may be instructed to place the animal back where you found it and let nature take its course. Help us build a full service wildlife rehabiilitation facility to meet this need.

Pella Wildlife Company and the Iowa State University Wildlife Care Clinic are working together to help injured and orphaned wildife in and around Marion County.
Pella Wildlife Company can transport injured and orphaned wildlife to Ames at no charge. If possible, wildlife will be returned to the area where they were found for release.

Wolves are less than 50 miles from the Iowa Border
Go to the
Wolf Appreciation Week page for details