Bears, bobcats, oh my: Wildlife center takes shape near Snohomish
CLEARVIEW — The Progressive Animal Welfare Society, or PAWS, is nearing completion of a 4,600-square-foot wildlife hospital that will care for injured and orphaned wild animals.
PAWS cares for about 150 species a year: bats, beavers, black bears, bobcats, chipmunks, muskrats, raccoons, squirrels, songbirds and raptors.
The $18 million hospital is the first piece of a new and larger wildlife center to replace an existing wildlife facility in Lynnwood. Located on 25 acres off Highway 9 in the Clearview area south of Snohomish, the new center has been years in the making. It could be operational by the end of the year.
“We really need room to grow,” PAWS CEO Heidi Wills Yamada said.
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