About Us

Jane George and Dan Soboleski

Jane George and Dan Soboleski

STAY WILD is a small rehabilitation center in Trumansburg, New York. Jane George (DEC Wildlife Rehabilitation License) and Dan Soboleski care for the animals in their home and in the barns around their home with the help of local volunteers.

We rehabilitate small and large wildlife mammals and orphaned kittens and cats. We do not have a shelter or use cages; all of the kittens and cats are rehabbed in our home or in foster homes. The wildlife is mostly raised in our outer buildings.We work with orphaned neo-natal and juvenile or recovering adult wildlife.

We are working to become a Non-profit Organization and we count on volunteers to help with all aspects. We accept volunteers of all ages to assist with many different aspects of our work. See the Volunteer page for more info.

We rely on donations to care for all the animals. Please consider making a financial donation or see our Support Us page to see our Amazon list or to drop off needed items.

Most kittens and cats in our care are very sick or injured and require extensive care and multiple vet visits to diagnose and treat their individual conditions. Each one is spayed or neutered and fully vaccinated before being adopted into their forever home. Applications for adoption are available on the Adopt page.

The wildlife need much less in the way of medication but often come in with broken limbs and severe malnourishment and dehydration and require species-specific food and milk formula. The juvenile wildlife in our care are raised to the individual ages at which they typically become independent of their parents which can vary from a few weeks up to a year of age.

Stay Wild Certified Volunteers

Jess Proctor

Jess with Stoat, a gray squirrel that she raised and released.

Jess is a New York State certified Class I Wildlife Rehabber. She grew up in Trumansburg, NY and received her B.S. and M.S. in Conservation Biology at SUNY ESF in Syracuse, NY.

Jess works full-time at a conservation non-profit organization, and in her free time volunteers at Stay Wild, helping with both wild and domestic animals.