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

Our Little Brown Bat is still feeling a bit sluggish. They don't hunt and digest well until night temps are 50 and above, so he comes in and out of torpor. It wont be very long before he is able to be...

The ups and downs of winter

Our Little Brown Bat is still feeling a bit sluggish. They don't hunt and digest well until night temps are 50 and above, so he comes in and out of torpor. It wont be very long before he is able to be released, as there is increasing insect activity out there. 
When bats are awakened from hibernation in winter and warmed up, they can burn up to a third of their stored calories. If that happens long before the nights are warm enough, they can starve. Because metabolism depends on it, temperatures are manipulated in rehabilitating them during cold months. This boy's weight is monitored every day, and if it drops very much, he is warmed up and fed and stays in a warmed basket until the weight is back up, then he is allowed to go back into torpor. 
Bats are very shy and easily stressed, so I'm certain he will be glad when he is away from people!

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The ups and downs of winter