Blue Ridge Wildlife Center
Phone: +1-540-837-9000
Hours: unknown
To protect and conserve native wildlife by integrating veterinary medicine, rehabilitation, public education, professional training, and research.
Wildlife911 · Virginia
Wildlife911 Virginia
Use this page to find licensed wildlife rehabilitation contacts in Virginia and the stable state wildlife or veterinary agency reference. This page does not give treatment instructions or replace a licensed rehabilitator.
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The Virginia route includes Wildlife911 species guidance, dispatcher content, and Virginia-specific law and referral notes in addition to the directory data below.
State wildlife or veterinary agency
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services — Office of Veterinary Services
Phone: 804.786.2483
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
7 active centers currently listed in the public-safe registry for Virginia.
Wildlife Rescue League
Phone: +1-703-440-0800
Hours: 9:00am - 7:00pm daily (Apr–Oct); 9:00am - 5:00pm (Nov–Mar)
Non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to providing care for sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife with the intent of releasing them back into their native habitat. Serves Northern Virginia and surrounding counties.
Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center
Phone: +1-540-798-9836
Hours: unknown
Conserving Virginia's wildlife through rehabilitation and release while teaching care and respect of native species. One of only 3 wildlife veterinary hospitals in Virginia authorized to treat threatened and endangered species.
Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary
Phone: +1-434-263-4954
Hours: 9:00am - 4:00pm daily, 365 days/year
At Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary, every injured or orphaned wild animal gets the professional, compassionate care it deserves so it can return to the wild. Specializes in caring for clinically healthy orphaned wildlife.
Wildlife Response Inc.
Phone: +1-757-543-7000
Hours: 6:00am - 10:30pm daily
Distinctive 501(c)(3) volunteer organization devoted solely to the care of orphaned, injured, and displaced native wildlife in the Hampton Roads region.
Wildlife Center of Virginia
Phone: +1-540-942-9453
Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm daily; on-call veterinarian after hours
Teaching the world to care about, and care for, wildlife and the environment. Founded 1982; one of the world's premier teaching hospitals for wildlife and conservation medicine.
A.E.R.O.
Phone: +1-703-493-0554
Hours: unknown
501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of orphaned, injured, and sick native Virginia wildlife. Active in Fairfax, Prince William, Fauquier, and Stafford counties.
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.