Injured or Abandoned Wildlife

As much as we would love to personally help injured or abandoned wildlife, Briar Bush is NOT a licensed rescue or rehabilitation facility and therefore legally cannot take these animals.

If you have found injured or abandoned wildlife, click here for some important information BEFORE you approach it!

If you need to contact a rescue/rehabilitation facility...

The Schuylkill Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic is close to Briar Bush and accepts all wildlife except deer. Please call before dropping off an animal.

Port Royal Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19128
Phone: 215-482-8217

The White Flicker Wild Bird Rehabilitation Clinic accepts songbirds, waterfowl, and woodpeckers. Please call before dropping off an animal.  

1460 Dillon Road
Ambler, PA 19002
Phone: 215-643-1263

The Aark Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center has multiple locations which accept different types of wildlife. Please call before dropping off an animal.  

1531 Upper Stump Rd
Chalfont, PA 18914-1715
Phone: 215-249-1938

To find a wildlife rehabilitation facility near you, visit the Pennsylvania Association of Wildlife Rehabilitators website.

Dead Birds

If you have found a dead bird that you suspect was killed by the West Nile virus and would like to report it, please visit Pennsylvania's West Nile Surveillance Program's website and click on "Report A Dead Bird" on the upper right side of the page.

PA State Health Department

Phone: 610-278-5117