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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. Birds' broken bones must be set properly asap.
Never handle foxes, bats, raccoons or any mammals that could carry rabies, even babies. Call us. Florida's squirrels, opossums and rabbits are not known to carry rabies.
Whom do you call? Where
do you take it?
If you find a sick, injured, or truly orphaned bird or animal,
call St. Francis Wildlife at 850.627.4151, or take it to us.
If you are in north
Florida or south Georgia
1. Take it to St. Francis Wildlife's rehabilitation center. We are located approximately four miles west of Havana, Florida and 16 miles north of the intersection of I-10/US-27.
DIRECTIONS TO ST. FRANCIS WILDLIFE
(5580 Salem Rd., Quincy, Florida)
Take SR-27 to Havana, Florida. Turn west on SR-12, towards Quincy.There is a Shell gas station and a Capital City Bank at this intersection. Go west approx. 1/2 mile. Turn right (north) on Salem Road /Rt. 159. There is a B.P. gas station and a NAPA auto parts store at the intersection. Travel approx. 4 miles on Salem Road /Rt. 159. After crossing the second bridge, you will see a St. Francis Wildlife sign on the right. Drive through the gate and up the road until it ends at the wildlife hospital.
Do not use online directions from GoogleMaps or MapQuest to our street address (or enter it into your GPS device). They show the incorrect location for our address!
OR
2. Take it to the Northwood Animal Hospital, 1881 N. Martin Luther
King Blvd., Tallahassee (across the street from the Northwood
Center). Map is below.
If you are able to, it would greatly help our staff if you could take sick, injured or orphaned wildlife to our center near Havana, Florida.
- 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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