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How To Locate a Wildlife Rehabilitator

When you find an injured animal, it is important to know who to contact for information on what to do and where to bring the animal.

Below are links to listings of wildlife rehabilitators/centers by state and country. It is by no means a complete listing of rehabbers, but the individuals and groups listed here will be able to help or refer you to an appropriate person in your area.

If you do not find a specific contact person in your area, call your local Game & Fish Department, Animal Control Officer, Humane Society, or veterinarian. These individuals often will know of local wildlife rehabilitation facilities and can give you their numbers.

U.S. Wildlife Rehabilitator Contacts

TEXAS
TX Wildlife Rehabilitator Directory, Search by County WRR (Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation), San Antontio, TX
Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex Wildlife Rescue, Austin, Texas
The Raccoon Cabin, South TX ARC for Wildlife in East Texas
DeDee Walker, Skunk Rescue, Wise County, TX Rainbow Wildlife Rescue, Stephenville, Central TX
NATIONAL
U.S. States Directory Born to be Wild, Ohio
Wildliferehabber.org, Rehabber Directory, Search by Zip Code Dory & Orphans (Raccoons), North Wisconsin
WILDLIFE ORGANIZATIONS
IWRC Opossum Society
NWF (National Wildlife Federation) Dallas/Fort Worth Wildlife Coalition
INTERNATIONAL
International Contacts  

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If you find a Baby Opossum:

DO NOT try to raise an infant opossum if you do not know what you are doing! It is also illegal in most States! Find a Wildlife Rehabilitator HERE!

Most opossum babies end up orphaned, because their mother was hit by a car (their only real defense is to play dead...) or killed by dogs.

So PLEASE, if you care and you happen to hit an opossum with your car - accidents happen - take a minute and make sure that there are no babies on the animal, because they usually survive a lot within momma's pouch. After all, they are America's only Marsupials.

Opossum Babies
Oprhaned Opossum

If you find a Baby Squirrel:

Baby squirrels sometimes fall out of a nest that has been damaged in a storm or by an aggressive male squirrel.

The squirrel may not be an orphan at all, but may have just fallen from its nest. If one squirrel has fallen from a damaged nest, others may have fallen out as well.

It is recommended that you warm the baby squirrel in your hands or by holding it close to your body and then place it at the base of the tree. Given time, the mother will return and retrieve her baby.

2 orphaned Squirrels

If you find an Baby Rabbit:

Most baby cottontails end up in human care for all the wrong reasons even though the heart of the rescuer was surely in the right spot and their intentions honorable and motives kind.

If you come across a nest of bunnies in the wild and the mother is nowhere in sight, please DO NOT disturb them!

By removing them from the nest you are greatly reducing their chances of survival.

Orphaned Cottontail Rabbits

If you find a Baby Raccoon:

If you find orphaned babies please do not try to feed them. Keep them warm and get them to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator as quickly as possible. Fed incorrectly these little ones can aspirate [inhale formula into their lungs] and die.

Even as they get a little older we still must be careful to match their mother's milk and their diet as it would be in the wild. Their systems are delicate at this age and they do not have the ability to digest many of our foods.

If you do find what you believe to be an orphaned kit, please, don't just snatch it up. We first need to make sure that it is indeed an orphan. Many babies play while mother is sleeping in a tree. Mother is nocturnal, but babies are not.

orphaned raccoon
Orphaned Raccoon

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