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US Wild Animal Rescue Database: Animal Help Now
International Wildlife Rescues: RescueShelter.com
Australia Rescue Help: WIRES
Germany-Austria-Switzerland-Italy Wild Bird Rescue: wildvogelhilfe.org
If you find an injured owl:
Note your exact location so the owl can be released back where it came from. Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitation specialist to get correct advice and immediate assistance.
Minimize stress for the owl. If you can catch it, toss a towel or sweater over it and get it in a cardboard box or pet carrier. It should have room to be comfortable but not so much it can panic and injure itself. If you can’t catch it, keep people and animals away until help can come.
Do not give food or water! If you feed them the wrong thing or give them water improperly, you can accidentally kill them. It can also cause problems if they require anesthesia once help arrives, complicating procedures and costing valuable time.
If it is a baby owl, and it looks safe and uninjured, leave it be. Time on the ground is part of their growing up. They can fly to some extent and climb trees. If animals or people are nearby, put it up on a branch so it’s safe. If it’s injured, follow the above advice.
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Is there a list of 'federally licensed rehabilitation centers' somewhere? I'm just thinking if I found an injured owl I wouldn't really know what to do.
For the US, the best resource I've found is Animal Help Now.
They recommend the International Wildlife Rehab Council for the rest of the world and WIRES for Australia. Sorry, Australia, I couldn't think of a better way to phrase that, I'm not feeling well today. I count you as part of the rest of the world!
It's a tough job keeping up to date info. Many of these places are remote for the animals' sake, or even 1 or 2 person operations out of a home and aren't public per se. AHN recommends if there isn't a quick contact, to contact a vet to see if they can stabilize an animal until a proper person can be contacted.
I also look on the individual states' Game Commission sites for lists of licensed rehabbers, though the quality of those results naturally varies by state.
This link has some handy flowcharts on what to do if you find a X and think something is wrong with it.
Thank you!
Of course! I've been meaning to get something put in the sidebar for this at some point.