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Wings Rescue Center asks county to expand funding as rescues surge

5505308 · July 29, 2025
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At a July 28 Aransas County Commissioners Court meeting, a presenter for the Wings Rescue Center reported rising intake numbers and asked the court to consider countywide compensation instead of funding limited to areas outside municipal limits.

Wings Rescue Center representative Kaye Adams told the Aransas County Commissioners Court on July 28 that the volunteer-run wildlife rescue and education nonprofit is seeing a sharp rise in bird intakes and is asking the county to expand its compensation to cover the whole county. Adams said the center started in February 2016 and now handles “over 800 to 900 births a year” in Aransas County outside city limits; within Rockport city limits she said the center recorded 740 rescues. She…

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