Making an appointment before you bring an admission to our facility is vital to the recovery of your wild animal friend! As much as we wish that our facility could be staffed 24/7, our volunteers are only on-premise from 10:00 AM until 10:00 PM at the latest; our office is staffed from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM Monday through Friday. For the safety of every animal, and to improve our ability to administer care in a timely fashion, no wildlife admissions should ever be “dropped off” at our door.

 

Animals that are “dropped off” without our knowledge are susceptible to:

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• Inclement weather: Rain, snow, extreme cold, or extreme heat and consequent dehydration.

• Predation: A wounded animal in a box easily becomes a target for hungry predators.

• Premature release: The animal could escape before we ever found it and had a chance to help.

• Being accidentally ignored: Even if there are volunteers on-premise, they might overlook a small box or carrier. These few minutes, or a few hours can make a difference to a badly wounded animal.

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Always call the Wildlife Works office to let us know that you have an animal admission before you come to our facility. Having someone ready to accept a wounded animal ensures that we can collect accurate information about the circumstances behind its injury and to prepare an appropriate enclosure ahead of time. To best allow us time to prepare, we prefer to receive animal admissions between 11:00 AM and 8:00 PM. Monetary donations made at the time of admission are deeply appreciated to us as a non-profit with no funding or sponsorship.

 

Please also note that Wildlife Works Youngwood is NOT licensed to care for or accept rabies vector species, including raccoons, skunks, bats, coyotes, foxes, or groundhogs. We also do not admit fawns or adult deer. If you find a wounded rabies vector animal, please consult the Pennsylvania Association of Wildlife Rehabilitators via http://pawr.com/.