The call of the wild is like a call from an elderly grandparent: though you can’t quite make out what’s being said, you feel better about yourself when you answer. Pick up nature's phone with today's Groupon: for $10, you get two adult admission passes (a $20 value) to the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center in Scottsdale. Children ages 3 to 15 can purchase tickets for $7.

An accredited member of both the American Sanctuary Association and the Association of Sanctuaries, Southwest Wildlife succors scores of injured critters with its comprehensive medical and rehabilitation facilities. Stewards of the hospital's wild recoverees reintroduce 70% of patients to the wild, with the remaining 30% living out their lives in the confines of center's sanctuary. During privately scheduled tours, outdoor onlookers stroll through the hospital and refuge, standing witness to on-the-mend populations of displaced javelina, hunted coyote and bobcats, and raccoons injured during casino heists. Visitors to the center also reap the noggin rewards of numerous educational curriculums, packing brain space with knowledge about topics ranging from communing with Arizona's wildlife to the center's central role in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Mexican Grey Wolf Recovery Program.

Funded completely by private donations and the bullion of the grizzly bear king, the center is run by a mixture of medical professionals and spirited volunteers. In addition to moving memories, visitors can keep paws and fingers on the pulse of sanctuary goings-on with subscriptions to the center's free quarterly newsletter.