The Center for Animal Research and Education (CARE) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to education, research, rescue, and long-term care for exotic animals. Located in Bridgeport, TX, CARE currently provides a permanent home to over 50 animals including mountain lions, African lions, tigers, black and spotted leopards, bobcats, ring-tailed lemurs, llamas, and a coati.
The animals at CARE have come from a wide variety of places. Some of the animals were bred to be exotic pets or used for entertainment. Others were retired from zoos or taken in from other facilities that could no longer care for them. They each have their unique story, but regardless of where they came from, they are all given tremendous love and world-class husbandry here at CARE.
While caring for the animals already here is our first priority, we always are open to take in animals in need whenever we can. In addition to rescue and animal care, we are dedicated to advocating animal welfare through education, and conducting minimally-invasive research with the aims of improving living conditions for captive animal populations world-wide.
CARE relies entirely on support from the public, no funding is received from any government agency. The tireless devotion of our largely volunteer staff to the welfare of these animals is the foundation on which the center was built. It is the organization’s volunteers and donors who hold the hope and promise for the future of the magnificent creatures that depend on CARE not just to survive, but to thrive.
245 County Road 3422
Bridgeport, Texas
(940) 683-8115 or [email protected]
carerescuetexas.com
