Office of Advancement, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Wildlife Medical Clinic

Contact Us

Telephone
217-244-1195
Postal address
1008 Hazelwood Drive, Urbana, IL 61802 (map)
Electronic mail
    General Information: Allison Shobe (wmcchair@gmail.com)
    Sales: Stephanie Schmidt (sschmid5@uiuc.edu)
    Webmaster: Stephen Etter (scetter@uiuc.edu)

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    Thank you for your interest in the Wildlife Medical Clinic. If you have comments, questions, or are interested in contributing to the care of wildlife, fill out the form below and then hit the submit button at the bottom of the page.

    If you have an emergency please seek veterinary medical attention. Emergency services are available 24 hours/day. Drop off injured animals at the front desk or emergency room (after hours) of the University of Illinois Small Animal Clinic.

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Important Info About Rescuing Wildlife

Due to the rabies risk, the WMC is not able to accept bats. If you find a bat that is sick, injured, or orphaned, notify the Department of Public Health in your county for direction. For more information on bats in your home, please consult the CDC website on Rabies and Public Health.

 

When to Resuce:

 

When you know the parents are dead. They usually do not abandon their babies, however they do leave them for several hours while looking for food.

    1. When the animal is injured, weak, thin, very cold or sick.
    2. If the animal is covered with flies or insects.
    3. If the animal is in unavoidable, unnatural danger (not including normal predator-prey interactions).

When NOT to Rescue:

    1. When the parent is nearby.
    2. If the animal is fat, bright eyed, healthy and not in immediate danger.
    3. Don't rescue baby bunnies if their eyes are open unless they are hurt or in danger. They have a better chance on their own than with humans.
    4. Don't rescue completely feathered baby birds that are only "branchers" just learning to fly- unless they are in danger from pets, people, or machinery.

    And remember: It is not true that a wild mother will not take her babies back after they are touched by humans. They will take them back!

Read more advice about handling widlife and about wildlife and the law.

 

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