Wildlife911 · New Jersey

Wildlife911 New Jersey

Use this page to find licensed wildlife rehabilitation contacts in New Jersey 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

New Jersey Department of Agriculture — Division of Animal Health

Phone: 609-671-6400

Official agency website

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

5 active centers currently listed in the public-safe registry for New Jersey.

Mercer County Wildlife Center

Lambertville, NJ

  • Birds
  • Mammals
  • Rabies-vector species

Phone: +1-609-303-0552

Hours: 10:00am - 4:00pm daily, by appointment, 365 days/year

State and federally licensed facility that cares for injured, ill, and displaced native wildlife. Provides medical treatment and temporary refuge prior to release. Free services, 365 days/year.

Wildlife intake or help page

Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge

Medford, NJ

  • Birds
  • Mammals
  • Rabies-vector species

Phone: +1-856-983-3329

Hours: 10:00am - 4:00pm daily

171-acre non-profit wildlife refuge, wildlife rehabilitation hospital, and nature center on the edge of the New Jersey Pinelands. Accepts songbirds to fawns; 7,000+ animals treated annually.

Wildlife intake or help page

The Raptor Trust

Millington, NJ

  • Birds

Phone: +1-908-647-2353

Hours: unknown

Premier wild bird rehabilitation center in the United States. Provides free care to injured, sick, or orphaned wild birds, educates about conservation, and provides a humane example. Founded 1982.

Wildlife intake or help page

Woodlands Wildlife Refuge

Pittstown, NJ

  • Mammals
  • Reptiles
  • Amphibians
  • Rabies-vector species

Phone: +1-908-730-8300

Hours: unknown

The care and release of orphaned and injured native wildlife back to their natural habitat. Giving New Jersey's Wildlife a Second Chance Since 1986.

Wildlife intake or help page

The Last Resort Wildlife Refuge

West Milford, NJ

  • Mammals
  • Rabies-vector species

Phone: +1-973-506-4353

Hours: 24/7 hotline

NJ state licensed wildlife rehabilitation facility on 86 acres of protected forest in the Ramapo Mountains. 100% volunteer, 501(c)(3). Rescues, recovers, rehabilitates, and releases orphaned, sick, or injured wild animals.

Wildlife intake or help page

National resources

Animal Help Now

ZIP-code-based national directory of wildlife rehabilitators and animal control.

animalhelpnow.org

US Fish & Wildlife Service

Federal contact point for migratory bird questions and selected protected-species issues.

fws.gov/program/migratory-birds

National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association

Professional association and standards body for wildlife rehabilitation.

nwrawildlife.org