I Found an animal, Now what?
Please carefully read the information below and Contact our Wildlife Hotline at (707) 526-9453
Animal Drop Off: Seven days a week 9 AM - 5:30 PM
Please contact our Wildlife Hotline prior to arrival.
403 Mecham Rd, Petaluma, CA 94952
Wildlife Hotline Hours: 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM
If you are calling after hours, please leave a message.
If you know what animal you have, click on one of the below links.
If you do not know what you have, call our office for help.
- We are permitted through the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the US Department of Argiculture and the US Department of Fish and Wildlife to treat most wild mammals.
- We also rehabilitate raptors: hawks, owls, and eagles.
- We will stabilize waterbirds and gulls and transfer them to International Bird Rescue when stable.
- We treat doves, pigeons, and crows as well. All juvenile crows go to Santa Rosa Bird Rescue. In the summer, please call to confirm the age of crows as it can be hard to spot the difference.
- We do not take songbirds (sparrows, woodpeckers, finches, swallows, etc.).
- We do not take turkeys.
- We do not take deer.
- We do not take mice, voles, gophers, or rats.
- Any questions about which animal you have, please call.
Need Rescue Assistance?
If you are not able to contain and transport an animal into care safely, please call our Wildlife Hotline.
For a rescue to be dispatched the finders must keep eyes on the animal until rescue personnel arrive.
Please note that wildlife rescues take time and vary in difficulty depending on the condition of the animal and it's ability to flee.
Helpful information
Wildlife Hotline FAQs
Wildlife Hotline FAQs
Wildlife Hotline FAQs
Mammal
Wildlife Hotline FAQs
Wildlife Hotline FAQs
Baby Mammal
Wildlife Hotline FAQs
Raptors, Doves, corvids
Raptors, Doves, corvids
Songbirds (any small species)
Raptors, Doves, corvids
Songbirds (any small species)
Songbirds (any small species)
Songbirds (any small species)
Waterbirds
Songbirds (any small species)
Songbirds (any small species)
Animal Update Requests
Are you looking for the status of a rescued animal currently in care at Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue? Our team is happy to provide updates as the animal grows or heals in our care. Wildlife patient updates are provided over the phone by designated SCWR staff. To submit an update request, please call our office at 707-992-0274 or fill out the contact form here.
Please note that we always respond to these requests by phone and depending on the number of patients we currently have in care, it may take several days for us to get back to you.
Please respect our limited time by submitting update requests no more than once a week and by providing the intake number with the request. If you were not provided an intake number, please provide the finders name, the date of intake and the species of the animal in our care.
Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue is a 501c3 designated nonprofit. Please consider donating to the rescued animal's care here.
