Corrie is a Wildlife Rehabilitator in the PAWS Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. She began volunteering in 1997, and has either volunteered or worked at the wildlife center ever since.

Corrie spent about a year and a half working as a veterinary assistant, both at PAWS and at a private clinic, which is where she received much of her medical training. However, there is no degree for Wildlife Rehabilitation – most of her skills were taught as a Volunteer at the Wildlife Department.

Corrie’s daily duties include conducting exams on new animals admitted and doing basic first aid or medical care when necessary. She figures out diets and whether or not an animal needs to receive supplemental feeding via a tube inserted down the throat and into the stomach. Humane euthanasia is performed when an animal has an injury or a condition that is not treatable. The animals’ cages are always checked to make sure all the animals have proper "furniture" and are doing well. Corrie also feeds and cleans the animals that are considered too sensitive to be handled by volunteers. Other duties include taking x-rays, assisting the veterinarians in procedures and surgeries, doing blood and fecal analyses, supervising the volunteer shifts and answering questions from the Public regarding animal-human conflicts.

Corrie says that there are two things she likes best about PAWS, "The first is the people, not just in the Wildlife Department, but in all of PAWS. I’ve never worked with such a wonderful, compassionate group of people as I do here. All of us share the same vision and goals, and it is a phenomenal feeling to have. The second thing I like best is releasing a rehabilitated animal back into nature, knowing that it has survived its injuries, the stress of being captive, and is now free to be the wild creature it was intended to be."

Corrie says that every single animal and moment at the wildlife center is interesting to her. "Standing in the baby bird aviary, holding up a branch full of berries and watching the cedar waxwings zoom past, snatching berries off the branch as they fly. Watching wild adult birds (robins, flickers, etc) feed their babies onsite – and then seeing the same parents trying to feed our aviaries babies through the cage. Seeing the joy of Juvenile waterfowl when they are introduced to deep pools for the first time, watching them dive and swim and bathe. Experiencing the amused frustration of a raptor that is smart enough to pull the medicine out of the food in which it is hidden before eating the food. Crying at the beauty of an animal being itself for the first time upon release."