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Injured or Abandoned Wildlife

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

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 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 Webbed Foot Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic accepts songbirds, waterfowl, woodpeckers, and all birds of prey. Please call before dropping off an animal.  

7254 Willow Road

Ambler, PA 19002

Phone: 215-779-0731

 

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.  

107 Twining Bridge Road

Newtown, PA 18940

Phone: 215-968-4963

 

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

 

A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF OUR GENEROUS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION SPONSORS
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Celestial

Abington Bank


Platinum

Abington Township
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission


Gold

Rohm & Haas
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Wal-Mart
Foundation
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Anonymous


Silver

PECO


Visionary

Abington Memorial Hospital
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Steven and Lisa Asplundh
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Baron Rowland Funeral Home and Helweg Funeral Services, Inc.
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Christopher and Julie Carr
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Jay and Pat Eager
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Gearhart SavATree
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Henry and Nancy Geyer
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Barbara Haines
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Highland Hills Nursery
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Jobsite Products, Inc.
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Joe and Michele Kaczalek
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The Lexow Family
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Dede Long
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Norman Marcus
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Kathy Moore
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Saul Ewing LLP
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Ethan and Marcy Simon
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ThinkGreen LLC
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E. Allen Reeves, Inc.
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Rotary Club of Edge Hill
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Wild Bird Center


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Congratulations!

Briar Bush wins "Best of Philly" Award


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