From ARK - Association to Rescue Kritters

There’s no better way to celebrate Dr. Rebecca Vincent-Sturdivant than by sharing a story that highlights exactly why we do what we do.

On January 5th, a tiny Eastern Screech Owl was rescued by the St. Charles Police Department after being hit by a car. He arrived with a badly broken wing, but his spirit was still fighting.

Even on her day off, Dr. V didn’t skip a beat. We headed to our friends at the West Michigan Wildlife Center for immediate surgery, where she placed internal pins to realign and stabilize the bone.

After a month of recovery and “lite PT” with our team, X-rays gave us the best news: he was ready for the pins to come out!

To get him back to peak flight condition, he spent the rest of his time at North Sky Raptor Sanctuary, where he had the space to fly outdoors with other screech owls and rebuild those vital wing muscles.

The best part? After 51 days of hard work and collaboration, this little fighter was returned home to the wild by the very same officer who rescued him.

Thank you to every partner and supporter who makes these “second chances” possible. And a huge Happy Birthday to you, Dr. V-we truly couldn’t do any of this without your talent, dedication, and heart.

  • anon6789OP
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    2 days ago

    There’s too many arc-named rescues. We need some more originality. ARC, ARK, Aark… I think they’re a few more too.

    It’s all capitalized on our sign at the driveway, but it’s regular case everywhere else, so I asked the founder’s daughter and she said it doesn’t stand for anything. We’ve got the ship type of ark in our more classic logo, so I’m assuming the aa- instead of the just the a- in Aark is something from the days of phonebooks maybe?