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<p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><font size="4" class="">May 4, 2017<o:p class=""></o:p></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><font size="4" class="">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p class=""></o:p></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><font size="4" class="">For information
contact:<o:p class=""></o:p></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i class=""><font size="4" class="">Zak Mertz<o:p class=""></o:p></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" class="">Executive Director<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" class="">Cape Wildlife Center<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" class="">E: <a href="mailto:zmertz56@gmail.com" class="">zmertz56@gmail.com</a><o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" class="">M: 617.835.6845<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 23px;" class="">Cape Wildlife Center (CWC) Receives
Major Grant from Orenda Wildlife Land Trust</span><font size="4" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" class=""><b class="">(Barnstable, Cape Cod,
Mass.)</b> – The Cape Wildlife Center (CWC) today announced it has received a
$35,000 grant from the Orenda Wildlife Land Trust to continue its mission to provide
veterinary and rehabilitation care to sick, injured and orphaned wildlife at
its 4.5-acre campus along Route 6A in Barnstable.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" class="">“This gift represents not only a belief in the work that our
hospital staff is already doing on behalf of wildlife, but it endorses the
goodwill and education we will deliver to our shared community as we grow this
organization,” said Zak Mertz, executive director of the CWC. “Cape Wildlife
Center is not out of the woods yet, this is still an emergency situation. Every
day we struggle to raise enough money to provide humane veterinary care to
patients with nowhere else to turn. Orenda’s support is extremely heartening,
and has already helped care for over 200 animals this year. We are incredibly
grateful,” Mertz added.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" class="">“Together, we will protect our shared wild legacy,” said Barbara
U. Birdsey, founder of the Cape Wildlife Center, the Orenda Wildlife Land Trust
and The Pegasus Foundation which manages the CWC.</font><span style="font-size: large;" class=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" class="">Founded in 1986, the mission of the Orenda Wildlife Land
Trust (<a href="http://orendalandtrust.org" class="">orendalandtrust.org</a>) is to protect and preserve open space sanctuaries
for wildlife on Cape Cod and throughout Massachusetts. Over 330 acres in 14
wildlife sanctuaries are currently managed by Orenda, which takes its name from
the Native American phrase meaning “protected place” by the Seneca nation.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" class="">“Orenda is committed to protecting not only the land, but
the wildlife which calls these wild fields, meadows and forests home,” added
Daniel Morast, vice-president of Orenda.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" class="">Last fall, The Humane Society of the United States (The
HSUS) announced plans to close the Cape Wildlife Center, citing a tight budget
and the need to navigate resources into its larger rehabilitation facility in south
Florida. The Pegasus Foundation, a leader in national animal welfare concerns,
and the New England Wildlife Center in South Weymouth, immediately proposed a
plan and financial support, with the cooperation of The HSUS, to keep the
Center running for at least a year. Friends of Cape Wildlife, a Cape-based and newly-formed
non-profit, also provides some financial support and some 50 trained volunteers
to help the facility function, all under the management of The Pegasus
Foundation. </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><font size="4" class="">About the Cape
Wildlife Center<o:p class=""></o:p></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" class="">The <b class="">Cape Wildlife
Center</b> is <b class="">Cape Cod’s only veterinary
facility </b>for over 2,000 sick, injured and orphaned birds and animals which
are treated every year. In addition to caring for these patients, the CWC works
to educate the general public, resource managers and decision-makers about
environmental conservation. To learn more, visit <a href="http://capecodwildlifecenter.org" class="">capecodwildlifecenter.org</a>. Call
the Wildlife Hotline at 508-362-0111, and follow CWC on Facebook. <o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" class=""><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Through a strategy of engaged philanthropy, <b class="">The Pegasus Foundation</b>
(<a href="http://pegasusfoundation.org" class="">pegasusfoundation.org</a>) serves as a catalyst to help non-profit organizations
achieve their potential by forming partnerships, leveraging resources, and
educating the public. The Pegasus Foundation seeks to inspire collaborations by
organizing conferences and meetings, and facilitating communications. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
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