WEEMS—A Weems resident is launching an organization to rescue and rehab injured wildlife in the Northern Neck. An organizational meeting for prospective volunteers will be held 7 p.m. Thursday, October 26, at the Lancaster Community Library, 16 Town Centre Drive, Kilmarnock.
Kimberly Manthy, who has spent decades rescuing and rehabilitating wild animals in Virginia, other states and other countries, is establishing Wildlife911NN, a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center on her property in Weems, to replace a center that recently closed in Warsaw, according to a press release issued by the organization.
“With the closing of the Warsaw wildlife rescue center, right now the closest center to the Northern Neck is in Waynesboro, five hours away….
