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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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NOTE: If you still are not finding a rehabber in your area, try checking on the following sites:
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If you find a Baby Opossum:
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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. |
Oprhaned Opossum
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If you find a Baby Squirrel:
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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. |
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If you find an Baby Rabbit:
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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. |
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If you find a Baby Raccoon:
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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
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