During 1961 the late Horace Quick (1891 - 1966), a local artist and wildlife enthusiast, gave Mallydams Wood to us so that the woodland could benefit wildlife.

To help us carry out Horace’s wishes we built a small wildlife rehabilitation centre and, since the doors opened more than 50 years ago, over 35,000 sick, injured and orphaned wild animals have been treated at the centre.

Take a step back in time in the video below with our very first Mallydams manager, John Goodman, who enjoyed almost 30 years of rehabilitating wildlife at the centre.

The way we rehabilitate wildlife has changed a great deal since those initial days at Mallydams. Find out more about our current wildlife rehabilitation work.