Wildlife // Wildlife Emergencies
Locating a Wildlife Rehabilitator
If you have found an injured or orphaned wild animal, please check out our Wildlife Rescue page before attempting to capture and transport the animal to a wildlife rehabilitator. Many animals do need immediate care, but all too often, well-meaning people with the best of intentions “rescue” young birds and mammals, who, in fact, are perfectly fine and whose parents are probably foraging for food nearby. In most cases, young wild animals should be left alone. However, if you’ve reviewed the Wildlife Rescue page and have determined that the animal does need human intervention and care, please contact your local animal control bureau or state wildlife agency for a list of wildlife rehabilitators in your area.
You can also locate wildlife rehabilitators by clicking on the link to the National Wildlife Rehabilitation Association’s (NWRA) “Finding a Rehabilitator” page. This site will take you through several methods that you can use to locate licensed wildlife rehabilitators in your city and state. You can also contact the NWRA Central Office at 320-259-4086.
Another organization that can help you locate wildlife rehabilitators is the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council. You can visit its Web site at www.wildlife-international.org.
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