CLAWS Board of Directors

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CLAWS is a totally volunteer run organization. No member of the board or staff is compensated for their time or efforts.

Executive Director - Kindra Mammone

Kindra has spent a lifetime working with wild and exotic species as well as horses and other domestic animals. Thanks mostly to her father and grandfather, she spent the majority of her life living with raccoons, skunks and other native species as pets. She has over 20 years of experience rehabilitating wildlife and has worked with several exotic animal rescues and sanctuaries, working in fundraising and direct animal care. Prior to moving to North Carolina, she specialized in rabies vector species and bear rehabilitation. She has also had the opportunity to teach several classes on rehabilitation of these species and has collaborated on a document for the USDA on keeping raccoons safely and happily in captivity. She still collaborates with rehabilitators across the country on the safe rehabilitation of these species. Once coming to North Carolina and realizing that it is not legal to rehabilitate these species here, she set out to volunteer at other organizations, working with young tigers and "smaller cats", such as servals, caracals and ocelots as well as other lesser known species of carnivores. She now rehabilitates small mammals and is one of very few individuals in North Carolina licensed to rehabilitate fawn. Kindra has also helped to facilitate rescues of several bears over the last few years.

Our Board of Directors consists of the following people:

President - Amy Sindermann

Amy volunteered at the New England Aquarium in Boston for 5+ years, working with the Harbor Seal rescue and rehab program, as well as providing other general marine mammal care. While working towards her biology degree at UMAss Boston, she worked with local research teams studying whales and gathering and processing data. She currently shares her home with 3 cats, 3 dogs and 2 chinchillas, 2 children and a husband. The dogs and cats are all rescue animals.

Vice President - Tim Badstein

Tim has been working as a veterinary technician at Triangle Veterinary Hospital for over 10 years. For the past 2 years, he has been one of the animals' here at CLAWS main vet techs! He is an amazing animal dentist! He's excited to work with any species we have here, which makes him a wonderful addition to our team! When it came time to vote at elections, all of the animals voted yes! Tim will hopefully be starting vet school soon and we all believe he will make a fantastic veterinarian!

Secretary - Lori Widener

Lori is CLAWS’s neo-natal and large predator specialist. She has 14 years experience in the animal conservation non-profit world. This experience covers all aspects of running such an organization: from animal care (including critical and supportive care for the sick or injured) and volunteer coordination, to office administration and fundraising, and everything in between! She had the great privilege of working with and being trained by one of North Carolina’s leading tiger/big cat experts until his untimely death (from cancer, not a tiger). She was also the onsite “night watchman” for the preserve. Lori has extensive experience raising babies (who are required to have four legs, a tail, and must be covered in fur!). Her “children” include one white tiger; a snow leopard; 27 binturongs; numerous caracals, servals, and ocelots; and several domestic puppies and kittens.

Treasurer - Vincent Mammone

Vinny has been working with animals since 1991. He volunteered at a sanctuary for 7 years working with species from kinkajous to binturongs to large cats. He helped with cage construction, neonatal care, feeding and whatever else was asked of him. He is a licensed small mammal and deer rehabilitator and has been helping Kindra rehabilitate many different species for several years. He lives with and cares for all of the animals here at CLAWS, Inc. He also builds all of our enclosures, habitats and fencing. You may also see Vinny at our programs from time to time.

Director - Chuck Miller, DVM

Dr. Miller has been practicing with Triangle Veterinary Hospital in Durham since graduating from the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1992. Before becoming a veterinarian, Dr. Miller was a respiratory therapist at Duke University Medical Center for thirteen years. He enjoys cycling, running, and various outdoor activities. He has been working with CLAWS, taking amazing care of our animals, mostly our rehabs, for the past year and has been invaluable in this effort. He is married to Dr. Jennifer Swanson, an emergency medicine physician and they share their farm home with two dogs, two cats, two horses, and a donkey.

Jr. Volunteer Coordinator - Kasha Mammone

Kasha has spent her entire life living with and helping raise exotic and wild animals. She is sub-permitted to rehabilitate fawn, rehabilitates most of our opossums and is our Jr. Volunteer Coordinator. Kasha is hoping one day to be a veterinarian.

CLAWS, Inc. a Non-profit Corporation

Contact Information

Location: CLAWS, Inc is located just outside of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.; We are happy to do programs anywhere within an hour and a half radius of our location.

Credentials: You may see our permits on our permit page.

Electronic mail: General Information: mrsclaws@nc-claws.org; Phone Number: 919-619-0776 (please do not call after 6PM unless it is an emergency)

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CLAWS, Inc. carries full liability insurance. We have never had an incident.
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