Gold Country Wildlife Rescue
Phone: (530) 823-7908
Protecting the future of local wildlife in the Sierra Nevada foothills region.
Wildlife911 · California
Wildlife911 California
Use this page to find licensed wildlife rehabilitation contacts in California and the stable state wildlife or veterinary agency reference. This page does not give treatment instructions or replace a licensed rehabilitator.
State wildlife or veterinary agency
California Department of Food and Agriculture — Animal Health Branch
Phone: 916-900-5002
Before you call
For rabies-vector species, bats in a living space, or any wild animal inside a home, contact local animal control first. For most other situations, call two or three rehabilitators because availability varies.
Leave your name and callback number, exact location, species or description, the animal's condition, and any containment steps already taken.
Licensed wildlife rehabilitators
20 active centers currently listed in the public-safe registry for California.
Humboldt Wildlife Care Center
Phone: (707) 822-8839
Wildlife rescue and rehabilitation serving Humboldt County and the North Coast region.
Fresno Wildlife
Phone: (559) 298-3276
All-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to caring for orphaned and injured native wildlife in the Central Valley.
International Bird Rescue
Phone: (707) 207-0380
Hours: Daily 8am–6pm
International Bird Rescue operates two year-round California aquatic bird rescue centers — San Pedro and Fairfield — specializing in seabirds and waterbirds.
WWCC
Phone: (714) 374-5587
Dedicated to the rehabilitation and release of injured and orphaned native wildlife in Orange County.
Pacific Wildlife Project
Phone: (949) 494-4322
Grassroots non-profit 501(c)(3) dedicated to providing the best possible care to injured and abandoned wildlife in South Orange County.
California Wildlife Center
Phone: (310) 458-9453
Protecting California's native wildlife through rescue, rehabilitation, education, and research.
Pacific Wildlife Care
Phone: (805) 543-9453
Serving wildlife in San Luis Obispo County since 1984 through rescue, rehabilitation, and education.
Napa Wildlife Rescue
Phone: (707) 224-4295
Rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing wildlife since 1991 in Napa County.
Ojai Raptor Center
Phone: (805) 649-7174
State and federally permitted 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of raptors in the Ventura County region.
Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue
Phone: (707) 992-0274
Dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife in Sonoma County.
Project Wildlife
Phone: (619) 299-7012
Hours: Daily 10am–4pm
Caring for San Diego's wild animals; the largest wildlife rehabilitation program in Southern California, operated by San Diego Humane Society.
YUWR
Phone: (510) 421-9897
San Francisco's only dedicated urban wildlife rescue and education center.
Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley
Phone: (650) 340-7022
Hours: Daily 9am–6pm
Rescue, rehabilitation, and release of native Silicon Valley wildlife.
WildCare
Phone: (415) 453-1000
Hours: Daily 9am–5pm
WildCare is here to help as human habitation continues to expand into the wild places that surround us, helping people and wildlife increasingly coexist.
Native Animal Rescue
Phone: (831) 462-0726
Wildlife rescue and rehabilitation serving Santa Cruz County.
Bird Rescue Center
Phone: (707) 523-2473
The only wildlife organization in Sonoma County dedicated to all species of native wild birds; rescues, rehabilitates, and releases nearly 3,000 birds annually.
Marine Mammal Center
Phone: (415) 289-SEAL
Hours: Daily 10am–5pm (visitor center)
The Marine Mammal Center advances ocean health through marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation, research, and education.
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care
Phone: (530) 577-2273
Giving mother nature a helping hand by raising and rehabilitating orphaned and injured wildlife so they may be released back to the wild.
Lindsay Wildlife Experience
Phone: (925) 935-1978
Hours: Daily 9am–5pm
Nature museum and wildlife rehabilitation hospital serving the greater San Francisco Bay Area since 1955.
National resources
Animal Help Now
ZIP-code-based national directory of wildlife rehabilitators and animal control.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Federal contact point for migratory bird questions and selected protected-species issues.
National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association
Professional association and standards body for wildlife rehabilitation.