Have you found an orphaned baby? It is baby season… there will be many baby critters out there trying very hard to survive with nature and us HUMANS. There are many baby squirrels, baby cottontails (wild baby rabbits), raccoons, and fawns (baby deer) which might seem to have been abandoned. Please stop before you make that decision to pick them up! Usually, the situation is okay and the mother has just been scared off by humans or other animals or typically she is off feeding herself. She is probably waiting nearby to continue to care for her babies until you go away! Please resist picking them up! If you truly think they are injured or orphaned, only then – pick them up and intervene. Then you MUST take them to a licensed rehabilitation facility ASAP. Please read the Baby Cottontail Information before you try to make that determination. If you still feel they are in danger, please call a wildlife rehab center.
To find other licensed wildlife rehabilitator in Washington State, please look here.
Wildlife Rehab Centers
PAWS/HOWL Wildlife of Lynnwood
Rehabilitation facility – for the State of Washington
Lynnwood, WA
Phone: (425) 787-2500 Ext. 817
Sarvey Wildlife Center
Rehabilitates injured and orphaned wildlife
Arlington, WA
Phone: (360) 435-4817
South Sound Critter Care
(located on the grounds of Sawyer Lake Veterinary Hospital)
Kent, WA 98042
Phone: (360) 886-8917
Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
Friday Harbor, WA
Phone: (360) 378-5000
Wild Animal Rescue Mission (Raptor & Large Mammal Rescue/Rehab)
Lacey, WA
Phone: (800) 750-3296
Bats Northwest
Lynnwood, WA
Phone: (206) 256-0406
Margaret Lunnum – Happy Valley Bats
Stanwood, WA
Phone (Daytime): (360) 652-7690
Phone (Night): (360) 631-0668