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.

You're support is greatly appreciated!

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Becky Bass

Baby mammals are already out there this year.
Nothing is cuter, but that can be a trap for people, especially soft-hearted folks.
Please know if you find a baby mammal that we sometimes are able to ...

Baby Season

Baby mammals are already out there this year.
Nothing is cuter, but that can be a trap for people, especially soft-hearted folks.
Please know if you find a baby mammal that we sometimes are able to reunite them with their parents. Without parents, it’s very hard for these animals to learn survival skills. They have very specialized diets, and without the proper diet their bones and joints may not form correctly. They also can tame very easily as babies, and tameness means almost certain death if they are ever released.
So what happens if they don’t get released? 
Some people think baby wildlife can make good pets; but healthy wild animals are never happy in captivity. They can’t be vaccinated for rabies, or see a vet for anything without a permit, and they will lose their baby-innocence and be capable of biting and injuring people when they mature and the “call of the wild” sets into them. They want to be free, to be wild, and to raise their own young.
If you are a kind-hearted person, you will want what’s best for the baby, and that is a wild life; always. If you do find a wild baby, call us at 541-459-4023 and let us help get that animal back to its family, or help it grow up to be whom its meant to be.

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Baby Season