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US Wild Animal Rescue Database: Animal Help Now
International Wildlife Rescues: RescueShelter.com
Australia Rescue Help: WIRES
Germany-Austria-Switzerland-Italy Wild Bird Rescue: wildvogelhilfe.org
If you find an injured owl:
Note your exact location so the owl can be released back where it came from. Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitation specialist to get correct advice and immediate assistance.
Minimize stress for the owl. If you can catch it, toss a towel or sweater over it and get it in a cardboard box or pet carrier. It should have room to be comfortable but not so much it can panic and injure itself. If you can’t catch it, keep people and animals away until help can come.
Do not give food or water! If you feed them the wrong thing or give them water improperly, you can accidentally kill them. It can also cause problems if they require anesthesia once help arrives, complicating procedures and costing valuable time.
If it is a baby owl, and it looks safe and uninjured, leave it be. Time on the ground is part of their growing up. They can fly to some extent and climb trees. If animals or people are nearby, put it up on a branch so it’s safe. If it’s injured, follow the above advice.
For more detailed help, see the OwlPages Rescue page.
This is a picture I took of a chaco owl. This was at the Carolina Raptor Center in North Carolina.
This might be the best raptor rescue I've been to. They had a lot of birds, not just from North America, and it was very clean and quiet when I was there. Nice gift shop too.
This looks like a really nice center. Wish I had something cool like this near me.
It can be a bit of a challenge to find places, they all seem to be called something different. Animal rehab, sanctuary, refuge, etc. A lot are small and aren't really set up or funded enough to have visitors, but any place with a wildlife population is going to have a place for recovering animals or ones that can't be set free again.
There's one 15 minutes from me I've driven past for years I didn't know about because the sign is so darn small. They have an open house twice a year though so I still by to see all their critters.
And cities should have at least a small zoo. It's not as up close, but even small places can surprise you with what they have.
I just keep my eyes out when I travel to see if I can find something along the way. Most of these places aren't big enough to kill more than an hour at so it doesn't make sense to plan a trip to most of them. If you're passing through an area that's mostly forested, just Google animal rehabs/etc and you'll find them. I saw a sturgeon/caviar farm the other day on YouTube that I wish I knew about before and Facebook and r/Superbowl have names of places if you check comments.
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