Forever Wild Wildlife Rescue operates under the supervision of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Veterinarian Dr. Tammy Eichmann of Countryside Veterinary Service (located in Canyonville and Myrtle Creek). We presently consist of four licensed wildlife rehabilitators — with experience ranging up to 24 years— and six sub-permittees. We are licensed to rehabilitate birds, raptors and mammals. We have a support team that staffs a Hotline, which receives calls of injured or orphaned wildlife and arranges for their placement. Others serve as a recovery team, where they rescue and transport wildlife to waiting rehabilitators. We also have members who serve at educational events, engage in fundraising activities and construct wildlife pens.

Forever Wild is a non-profit dedicated to the rehabilitation and the return to the wild of injured and orphaned wildlife in the beautiful Umpqua Watershed.

Forever Wild Wildlife Rescue is a non-profit that relies on donations to cover its expenses. Donated funds help pay for medicine and medical supplies, flight cages, animal feed, vet bills, and various administrative costs and other expenses related to the wildlife rehabilitation work. Forever Wild has no buildings, rent or salaries as the group is operated entirely by volunteers.

The mission and purpose of Forever Wild Wildlife Rescue is: to rescue and rehabilitate injured and orphaned native wildlife; to equip rehabilitators with the appropriate and necessary resources and facilities; to teach and train new rehabilitators and volunteers; to research and learn new methods of treatment and care; to financially support veterinarian services for animals in serious need of such care; to educate the community about interactions with wildlife; and ultimately, to return rehabilitated wildlife in a wild condition to their native habitat.

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For a week now this poor Canada Goose has been dragging a broken wing, with infection already present in the ulcerated bone.. We aren't allowed to rehabilitate Geese and Ducks at the moment due to the...

A very hard week for this injured goose

For a week now this poor Canada Goose has been dragging a broken wing, with infection already present in the ulcerated bone.. We aren't allowed to rehabilitate Geese and Ducks at the moment due to the Avain Flu, but we are allowed to humanely put down a suffering wild animal. 
The problem is that there is a jurisdictional issue because he was on federal property at the VA, so we weren't allowed to go on site and put him to sleep without permission from the right channels. Calls were going on daily between DC Dispatch and the VA Police, trying to navigate an unclear bureaucratic path. Finally permission was granted and we were able to put him out of his misery. We never could have done it without Ryan Finlay and Abraham Finlay. Abraham runs faster than a goose, and was able to net him. Its so sad to see a beautiful creature like this die, but not as sad as seeing them suffer. RIP goose, and endless thanks to the Finlays for a great job. We are also grateful to Roseburg Dispatch and the VA Police for all their ongoing efforts to get help for this goose.

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A very hard week for this injured goose