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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We aren’t holding out a lot of hope for this baby Gray Squirrel. She came in late last night. Some people had found her many days ago next to a dead sibling. They tried to raise her, but she wasn’t ea...

Fragile Baby Gray

We aren’t holding out a lot of hope for this baby Gray Squirrel. She came in late last night. Some people had found her many days ago next to a dead sibling. They tried to raise her, but she wasn’t eating. It appears she has a probable fracture to the lower jaw and face that make it painful for her to suckle. She is seriously dehydrated, very thin, and snorting out old curdled milk from her lungs. The only way she can swallow is by a tiny dropper slipped back into her mouth, and fed very slowly. She is having fluids and electrolytes injected regularly to try to re-hydrate her, and is on antibiotics. If we can keep her alive we’ll get her to our vet on Monday to see if the jaw will work correctly. Because they grow continuously, if squirrel teeth don’t line up correctly, they won’t wear down and overgrowth the wrong direction can be fatal to the squirrel. We so appreciate people who try to help these helpless ones, but they are much trickier than raising puppies and kittens, and they can go downhill fast. Please, if you or anyone you know finds orphaned wildlife, call us quickly, it can make all the difference between life and death for these babies.


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Fragile Baby Gray