Established on October 17 last year on five acres of land on the southern part of the campus, the WRC is a safe sanctuary for various types of critically endangered wildlife species of the country. It began its journey with the objective of helping the threatened wildlife to survive and breed naturally and normally. It is also working on wildlife conservation, breeding, genetics and habitat.

M.Sc, M.Phil and Ph.D students of the Department of Zoology are using the site as a field laboratory. To provide the animals with natural atmosphere, around 500 fruit and 150 flower trees have been planted at the centre.

The WRC, the lone establishment of its kind in the country, has already sheltered three endangered species of mammals, fifty species of birds, ten species of reptiles and four species of amphibians and the students have already started their research on them. The WRC also includes an aviary which is 15 feet high and 30 feet in length. It houses endangered species of birds like the otter, 'hilly moyna', titir and local rabbits.

Dr Moostafa Feeroz, chairman of zoology department of JU and associate professors Dr Sajeda Begum, Dr Mofijul Kabir and a lecturer of the department Ali Reza had established the centre with their own initiative and without any financial or technical help from the university authorities or the Government.

Although our country is small in size, it is blessed with a great variety of wildlife and is historically a very important transitional zone for animal migration from South Asia to Southeast Asia. The number of forests in our country is declining by the day with the ever-increasing rate of population, it has seriously affected the habitat of wildlife, forcing them out of forests and into an insecure and vulnerable environment. The WRC is working with a goal to protect the wildlife from a traumatised existence and give it back its normal habitat.