Barn Swallow

These six-week-old orphaned barn swallows will be released back to the wild soon!

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Wild Animal Rehabilitation and Rescue - Center for Wildlife in Cape Neddick (York), Maine

Rescuing sick, injured and orphaned wild animals

Welcome to The Center for Wildlife in Cape Neddick, Maine. For more than twenty years, our wildlife rehabilitation facility, its staff and volunteers have provided care for sick and injured wildlife until they can be released back into the wild.

The Center's mission also extends to providing information and education to the general public - raising awareness of the many wonderful wild species that live among us and a heightened sensitivity to the impacts we humans have on their lives.

Today, the Center treats over 1500 animals a year and is one of the largest rehabilitators in New England.

 

Please don’t rescue unless rescuing is needed!

If you think you've found a wild animal in need of help, get it out of immediate danger, then call us at (207) 361-1400 before taking further action! This is especially important with babies and juvenile animals.

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Often what appears to be an orphan is actually a healthy baby whose mom is just out of sight. So if you accidentally bother a nest - whether you go to clean out your shed and scare mom off, or uncover the babies as you are gardening - don't assume they need to be rescued! Give us a call, and we can share some tricks for helping reunite babies with mom. It is always our goal to only intervene when absolutely necessary. There are many ways you can help us give this year's babies the best chance for survival. For example, we ask people to delay tree work and limb cutting until October, to avoid felling nests along with the limbs. But if you need to do it earlier, please keep an eye out for babies. And if you find some, call CFW before rescuing them: we may be able to figure out a way to help mom find them.



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