Forever Wild Wildlife Rescue operates under the supervision of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Veterinarian Dr. Tammy Eichmann of Countryside Veterinary Service (located in Canyonville and Myrtle Creek). We presently consist of four licensed wildlife rehabilitators — with experience ranging up to 24 years— and six sub-permittees. We are licensed to rehabilitate birds, raptors and mammals. We have a support team that staffs a Hotline, which receives calls of injured or orphaned wildlife and arranges for their placement. Others serve as a recovery team, where they rescue and transport wildlife to waiting rehabilitators. We also have members who serve at educational events, engage in fundraising activities and construct wildlife pens.

Forever Wild is a non-profit dedicated to the rehabilitation and the return to the wild of injured and orphaned wildlife in the beautiful Umpqua Watershed.

Forever Wild Wildlife Rescue is a non-profit that relies on donations to cover its expenses. Donated funds help pay for medicine and medical supplies, flight cages, animal feed, vet bills, and various administrative costs and other expenses related to the wildlife rehabilitation work. Forever Wild has no buildings, rent or salaries as the group is operated entirely by volunteers.

The mission and purpose of Forever Wild Wildlife Rescue is: to rescue and rehabilitate injured and orphaned native wildlife; to equip rehabilitators with the appropriate and necessary resources and facilities; to teach and train new rehabilitators and volunteers; to research and learn new methods of treatment and care; to financially support veterinarian services for animals in serious need of such care; to educate the community about interactions with wildlife; and ultimately, to return rehabilitated wildlife in a wild condition to their native habitat.

You're support is greatly appreciated!

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In Oregon, we are currently, (and hopefully temporarily), prohibited from rehabilitating bats due to Covid concerns. However, there are some things we can do to help them. This is their natal season, and there will be babies out there, who begin learning to fly at about 3 weeks old. 

If you find a baby on the ground, it will need help. Find a safe way to shade it without making contact, like an umbrella or a basket with good airflow over it, and call us asap at 541-459-4023. If possible, take a picture to send us. 

Bats dehydrate very quickly due to their surface area. Mother bats can't get enough lift to carry a baby off of the ground, so they are helpless. 

We are allowed, with the use of PPE and a long poled device, to lift the baby up into a shady tree, the eaves of a house or some other safe and shady spot. If it is high enough, the mother will come and get it that evening. Bats are amazing mothers and will quickly regather their little ones if they can.

Baby Bat Season