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Helping Injured Wildlife

These are the people to contact when you find an injured or orphaned wild animal. Locate the closest one to your area and they can help you or at the very least give you emergency care instructions and numbers of rehabilitators closer to your area that are not listed. Please call these people FIRST!

In Northwest Indiana

Indiana, Northwest region, Lake County (Highland)
219-924-5050
Highland Animal Hospital
, licensed rehabilitator on staff

Indiana, Northwest region, Jasper County (Rensselaer)
219-956-3253 or 219-956-2240
Kris Malloch, McAfee Animal Hospital, licensed home wildlife rehabilitator
westwind@netnitco.net
Wildlife Species: Small mammals, deer, reptiles

Indiana, Northwest region, LaPorte County (LaPorte)
219-362-6999 (wildlife hotline)
Laura Nirenberg (Executive Director), Wildlife Orphanage, Inc.
laura@netnitco.net
Wildlife Species: indigenous mammals

Indiana, Northwest region, Porter County (Chesterton)
219-926-2590
Russ Harper, licensed home wildlife rehabilitator
topquark@niia.net
Wildlife Species: small mammals (raccoon, fox, squirrels, woodchucks, etc.)

Indiana, Northwest region, Porter County (Michigan City)
219-879-2526
Becky Bolton, licensed home wildlife rehabilitator
bolton4@direcway.com
Wildlife Species: rabbits,squirrels, raccoons,opossum

Indiana, Northwest region, Porter County (Porter) 219-926-1194
Larry Reed (state emergency coordinator/licensed wildlife rehabilitator), Westchester Animal Clinic
lwreed42@comcast.net
Wildlife Species: we take care of any wildlife

Indiana, Northwest region, Porter County (Valparaiso)
219-201-6088
James Fox, licensed home wildlife rehabilitator, and also work with Moraine Ridge Wildlife Rehab Center
Wildlife Species: all small mammals and reptiles such as foxes, raccoons, squirrels,
opossums, turtles, lizards, etc.

If you are in another region of Indiana or another state, please click on the link below to find other rehabilitators in or near your area.

States A to M
http://www.tc.umn.edu/%7Edevo0028/contactA.htm

States N to W
http://www.tc.umn.edu/%7Edevo0028/contactN.htm

We thank the Wildlife Rehabilitation Information Directory website for the information on this page.