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Wildlife Baby Shower
Saturday and Sunday 11 and 12 June 12- 4PM
(Staggered-ticket event)
Second Chances Wildlife Center
487 Gentry Lane
Mt Washington KY 40047
Baby season is here and we have tons of wildlife babies coming in to our center to care for and rehabilitate to return back to the wild! See what we do behind-the scenes. There will be no touching of animals.
Due to the popularity of this event, we stagger the ticket event times. Each ticket will be good for one 45 minute tour plus cake and lemonade in our education buiding. There are multiple time slots available.
COST: $15 per person to attend the Wildlife Baby Shower. Tickets must be purchased in advance through Eventbrite. All ages welcome, but children must be accompanied at all times by an adult. You wil have the opportunity to tour our medical treatment center so please keep that in mind. It is a quiet setting. There are stairs insde this building.
Kentucky Bat Festival
We have decided to table this event for 2026. It requires so many hours of planning and our team is small. Fundraising IS critical to our ability to save animals and this one is tough to justify. We will spend more time in the fall dedicated to our animals. Look for a bat class offered in October at the center though! AND, so many other smaller scale events listed on our home page. We are making our holiday event bigger with multiple days to attend. We are excited about this and all of our v eats so we can visit with you!
What to expect:
* LIVE music By Dean Heckle
* Silent auction
*Local Brewery
* Food Trucks
* Live BATS
* Educational tables
* Children’s craft
* Bat and SCWC merch for sale
* Vendors
* Popular children’s storybook character, Stellaluna
Turtle Yoga
Enjoy an amazing session of flow yoga while adding the unique opportunity of a tortoise joining you. Apache is the star of our yoga session and he is very social. He will walk around saying hello to each particpant. Bring your mat and water and join us for the most fun yoga you have expereienced! Our certified instructors are fabulous!
This tour is subject to cancellation due to inclement weather conditions. We will notify you in time to make arrangements. We will give you two other dates to choose from to make up for the cancellation.
We apologize for any inconvenience, but all sales for turtle yoga are final.
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January 10
April 4
August 1
November 7
Grab your tickets here.
Pop Up Holiday Hot Chocolate Bar
Kick off the Holiday Season with a unique and fun activity!
Enjoy this VERY AFFORDABLE Christmas themed “Pop-Up Bar” for families.
What to expect:
Meet Mrs Claus
“Holiday armadillo” (Allen) appearance
Candy Cane putt-putt
Jingle Bell toss (beer pong meets corn hole, kids version)
Photo ops
LOTS of decorations with a fun vibe
Free hot chocolate
Series holiday mugs for purchase
Gift shop open for your holiday purchases
Outdoor pavilion with heaters
27 November, 6-8P
28 November 6-8P
29 November 1-3P
Coming soon! Grab your tickets here.
Visitation Rules
Second Chances Wildlife Center is a sanctuary for animals. Your ability to abide by the following rules directly influence our ability – and willingness – to allow visitation. Very few true sanctuaries and rehabilitation facilities are open to visitors. Please do your part to ensure that you, and others, might enjoy this privilege now and in the future!
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- Sorry, no pets or service animals are permitted on our center’s property. This is due to the nature and needs of predatory species on premises.
- Photography IS permitted but see above on restrictions.
- Shirts and shoes must be worn at all times.
- No running or “horseplay”. There is a new park in Mt Washington just a few miles away if you are looking for a great option for outdoor recreation.
- No loud voices as yelling and people making weird animal sounds are very scary to our residents.
- Allow sleeping animals to sleep. Please do not try to wake or tap on any cage.
- Please do not touch any cages or stick fingers in cages. Our animals can bite. And do bite. Our team members do not.
- We do not allow anyone to feed our animals as they are on a very strict diet, all with varied needs. We do, however, accept donations listed on our website wish list. These gifts are tax deductible.