About Us
Our Story
Working under a state of Mississippi wildlife rehabilitation permit, Something Wild saves native wildlife, with a special focus on the North American Beaver. We provide the extensive, long-term, and specialized care this keystone species requires. Our 35-acre Beaver Sanctuary in rural Hancock County serves as a safe haven for orphaned infant beavers and injured adults. They receive the care they need to thrive before being released on the property. In addition to rehabilitation, under the direction of MSU’s Assistant Research Professor Dr. Holley Muraco, the beavers contribute to research including behavior, physiology, veterinary care, and ecology. We currently have outdoor animal enclosures to meet the needs of four beavers under our care.
Understanding is Key to Adequate Protection
Research-focused care
Something Wild aims to make up for the lack of research done on North American beaver by taking part in initiatives to help better understand beaver physiology and behavior. This is done to help foster human-beaver coexistence for the sake of both species. Beavers both help support healthy ecosystems and have much to teach humans about environmental engineering. If you are a researcher that wants to be involved in furthering humanity’s understanding of the North American beaver please us email at [email protected]
The Beaver Sanctuary
Our Outreach
Something Wild aims to educate and inform more people about the value of North American Beavers for our environment. We try to capture on our YouTube and Instagram channels how amazing these animals are by simply showing how they live their everyday. Our YouTube channel has over 79 thousand subscriber and has had over 36 million total views. Something Wild and our beloved Tulip the beaver have been the subject of numerous news pieces and we hope we are able to change people’s perception of this often stigmatized animal that is, unfortunately, still considered a nuisance animal in our home state of Mississippi.
Board of Directors
Holley Muraco,
CEO
Deanna Rowland,
CFO
Mike Muraco,
Director of Operations
Kyle Poole,
Director
The Beaver Sanctuary Project
The Beaver Sanctuary Project has three phases to ensure each beaver receives the specialized
care they need. The following describes our short and long-term phases, goals and objectives.
Phase 1.
Located within a reinforced perimeter fence, there are two 8×20 cages
with wire tops and bottoms and a 400-gallon metal pool with a drain. These enclosures provide a safe and secure place for young or injured beavers to grow and become healthy. We are currently expanding after a successful fundraiser and are broadening the space directed to caring for rescue beavers
Phase 2.
We converted ~5 acres of overgrown scrub brush and pines into a soft release site for beavers preparing for release. We have a soft release site that is close to the barn for observation and to continue daily feeding and care. We are in the process of building a 0.5 acre pond and fence it in with reinforced goat fencing.
Phase 3.
We have a ~ 3-acre pond surrounded by wetlands and forests to serve as the release location. We aim to have the release site be a demonstration site to show how non-lethal beaver mitigation practices can be effective, including a dock, small cabin, and trails. Beaver observation site. Objectives. We need to do some restoration around the pond and are raising funds.
