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    • How To Capture Injured, Ill, or Orphaned Wildlife
    • How To Re-Nest Baby Birds or Make A Replacement Nest
    • Juvenile Birds: Why They Need to Be Left in Their Parents’ Care
    • What to do if You Find a Baby Owl or Hawk
    • Temporary Care Instructions for Wild Animals (Until You Can Reach a Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator)
    • Important Information About Rabies-Vector Species
    • Why Wildlife Should Be Taken to a Certified Rehabilitator
    • Angel Wing: Why Feeding Waterfowl the Wrong Foods Can Cause Permanent Harm
    • What To Do If You Find A Baby Squirrel
    • Baby Fawns and Rabbits: They’re Probably NOT Orphaned
    • Orphaned Squirrels, Raccoons, or Possumns
    • Fawn Information
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    • Avian Flu Information
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    • Juvenile Birds: Why They Need to Be Left in Their Parents’ Care
    • What to do if You Find a Baby Owl or Hawk
    • Temporary Care Instructions for Wild Animals (Until You Can Reach a Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator)
    • Important Information About Rabies-Vector Species
    • Why Wildlife Should Be Taken to a Certified Rehabilitator
    • Angel Wing: Why Feeding Waterfowl the Wrong Foods Can Cause Permanent Harm
    • What To Do If You Find A Baby Squirrel
    • Baby Fawns and Rabbits: They’re Probably NOT Orphaned
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How To Capture Injured, Ill, or Orphaned Wildlife
(California-Specific Guidance)
Finding a wild animal in distress can be alarming, and it’s natural to want to help.
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Avian Flu Information​
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Avian flu is hitting the northstate hard. In the past few weeks, we've gotten dozens of intake forms from people who...
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Temporary Care Instructions for Wild Animals
Finding an injured, ill, or orphaned wild animal can be stressful. While professional care is always the goal...
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Baby Fawns and Rabbits​
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If you find a fawn (baby deer) or a kit (baby rabbit) that is alone and you are worried that it is abandoned - leave it where...​
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Why Wildlife Should Be Taken to a Certified Rehabilitator
When you find an injured, ill, or orphaned wild animal, it’s natural to want to help however you can. Many people...
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Bat Information
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If you have found a bat that appears to be in need of help, do not touch the bat. Bats are rabies vectors. Don't put...
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How To Know If A Wild Animal Needs Help 
Finding a wild animal can be surprising—and often concerning. While our instinct is to help, not every...
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What to do if You Find a Baby Owl or Hawk
Finding a young owl or hawk on the ground can be surprising—and often concerning. These birds of prey...
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What To Do If You Find A Baby Squirrel
Baby squirrels are the mammal most frequently brought to wildlife rehab in our area.  If you find one, below...
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What We Wish the Public Knew
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Please trim trees and greenery in the winter months, and not in the spring when babies are being born!  Baby birds...
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How To Re-Nest Baby Birds or Make A Replacement Nest
Finding baby birds on the ground can be alarming—but in many cases, they don’t need to be rescued...
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Important Information About Rabies-Vector Species
Some wild animals are considered rabies-vector species, meaning they are more likely to carry rabies than others...
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Orphaned Squirrels, Raccoons, or Possumns
If you find a baby squirrel, raccoon, or possum, we want your first thought to be "How can I reunite this baby...
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Bob and Greg Gamette Interview
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Recounting the history of Bidwell Wildlife Rehab wouldn't be complete without outlining the contributions of Marilyn Gamette...
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Juvenile Birds: Why They Need to Be Left in Their Parents’ Care
Each spring and summer, people across our communities find young birds on the ground and worry they’ve...
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Angel Wing: Why Feeding Waterfowl the Wrong Foods...
Seeing ducks and geese at local ponds is a joy for many people, and feeding them can feel like a kind and...
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Fawn Information
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Mother deer leave their babies alone for many hours every day!  Most fawns that are found alone in the...
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About Us
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Bidwell Wildlife Rehabilitation was founded in 1973 by a local vet from Paradise, CA, and several Chico State students...
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P.O. Box 53
Paradise, CA  95967
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