Willowbrook Wildlife Center receives state grant

Willowbrook Wildlife Center has secured $4,000 through a grant program administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

The center, operated by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, will use the funds to install a shallow pool drain in a rehabilitation bird enclosure to facilitate the drainage, cleaning, and refilling of the enclosure's water source.

Willowbrook takes in about 10,000 sick, injured, or orphaned wild animals annually.

The Wildlife Preservation Fund offers grants under the Illinois Non-Game Wildlife Protection Act. The legislation provides for a voluntary check-off designation on state income tax return forms, allowing individual taxpayers to make charitable donations to the fund.

Grants help with the maintenance of Illinois wildlife rehabilitation facilities that care for threatened and endangered species.