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What to do if you find an injured or sick owl

ORI does not keep any captive owls, and does not provide any raptor or wildlife rehabilitation services. If you find an injured or sick owl, please contact your nearest wildlife or raptor rehabilitation center. 

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Visit the Animal Help Now website to enter your location and find assistance near you or review the resources listed below: 

Find a local wildlife rehabilitation center

National information & resources: â€‹

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Alabama

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

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Alaska

Bird Treatment and Learning Center
Alaska Raptor Center
Alaska WildBird Rehabilitation Center
Alaska Department of Fish and Game

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Arizona

Arizona Game and Fish Department

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Arkansas

Arkansas Fish & Game Commission

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California

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

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Colorado

Colorado Parks & Wildlife

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Connecticut

Department of Energy & Environmental Protection

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Delaware

Tri-State Bird Rescue - located in Newark

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DC

City Wildlife

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Florida

St. Francis Wildlife Association - Leon and Gladsden Counties
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

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Georgia

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

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Hawaii

Hawaii Wildlife Center

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Idaho

Idaho Wildlife Rescue
Idaho Department of Fish and Game

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Illinois

Wildlife Illinois

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Indiana

Indiana Department of Natural Resources

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Iowa

Iowa Department of Natural Resources

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Kansas

Kansas Wildlife, Parks & Tourism - Link is at bottom of the page

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Kentucky

Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources

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Louisiana

Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries - You can filter by species

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Maine

​Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife - Type "bird" in the search bar above the list
Acadia Wildlife Center

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Maryland

Maryland Department of Natural Resources

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Massachusetts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Michigan

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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Minnesota

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

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Mississippi

Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation

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Missouri

Missouri Department of Conservation - Map of regional offices
Missouri Department of Conservation - List of specific counties

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Montana

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks: Injured & Orphaned Wildlife

Montana Raptor Conservation Center (Bozeman area)

Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center (Kalispell area)

Raptors of the Rockies

Wild Skies Raptor Center (Missoula area)

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Nebraska

Nebraska Wildlife Rehab - Omaha area
Wildlife Rescue Team - Lincoln area
​Nebraska Raptor Conservation Alliance - (866)888-7261

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Nevada

Nevada Department of Wildlife
Nevada Audubon

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire Fish and Game

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New Jersey

New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife

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New Mexico

New Mexico raptor rehab hotline - 505-999-7740. Activates a network of volunteers to pick up and/or capture the injured birds and then get it to the best place for that species or injury.
New Mexico Wildlife Center - Espanola, NM  505-753-9505
Santa Fe Raptor Center
Cottonwood Rehab
Desert Willow Wildlife Rehab
Hawks Aloft
Wildlife Rescue Inc. of New Mexico

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New York

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

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North Carolina

Carolina Raptor Center

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North Dakota

Dakota Zoo
North Dakota Game and Fish - Call your local district office​

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Ohio

Ohio Division of Wildlife

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

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Oregon

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Association of Wildlife Rehabilitators
Pennsylvania rehabilitators list - Downloads as a PDF​

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Rhode Island

Wildlife Clinic of Rhode Island
Born to be Wild Nature Center

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South Carolina

Carolina Raptor Center
The Center for Birds of Prey
Wildlife Rehab Group of South Carolina

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South Dakota

​​South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks

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Tennessee

​Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - Scroll down and click "Wildlife Rehabilitator List"

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Texas

Stick House Sanctuary - El Paso, TX (915) 219-2365
​Texas Parks & Wildlife

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Utah

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

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Vermont

Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences

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Virginia

Department of Game & Inland Fisheries

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Washington

​Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife - Scroll Down to “Find a Rehabilitator” and select “County” in the drop down menu

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West Virginia

Three Rivers Avian Center

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

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Wyoming

Teton Raptor Center
Wyoming Game & Fish Department - Call your regional office
​Rocky Mountain Raptor Program​​

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If you are able, please consider making a donation to a wildlife rehabilitation center. They do important- and difficult- work, saving the lives of injured owls and other wildlife. Even a few dollars can make a difference in the life of a rescued raptor.

 

Thank you for helping us support these organizations. 

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