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What
To Do If You Find Sick, Injured, or Orphaned Wildlife |
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Rescuing an Animal
Keep the animal quiet and in a warm, dark, well-ventilated box.
Do not allow children to stare at it or handle it. Wild animals
are easily stressed.
NEVER give water or food to a baby bird
or cow's milk to wild mammals
Note where you found the bird or animal
so that it can be returned when it is well.
It is important to get the bird or animal
to a professional wildlife rehabilitator as soon as possible.
Each species requires specialized food and care.
Whom do you call? Where
do you take it?
If you are in north
Florida or south Georgia:
If you find a sick, injured, or truly orphaned bird or animal,
call St. Francis Wildlife at (850) 386-6296, or take it (day
or night) to the Northwood Animal Hospital, 1881 N. Martin Luther
King Blvd., Tallahassee (across the street from the Northwood
Center). Map is below.
- If you live in other
areas:
- You can contact St. Francis Wildlife for
advice, but you may also want to call or visit a Professional
Wildlife Rehabilitator near you:
Your quick thinking and appropriate actions
may help save a wild life!
Specific Rescue Information:
Baby Birds
Birds Colliding
With Windows
Squirrels
Other Mammals
Birds of
Prey
General Rescue Information:
"Would-be
animal rescuers must be cautious"
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