DEDICATED TO THE CARE OF INJURED AND ORPHANED WILDLIFE IN CONNECTICUT

Nutmeg Acres Wildlife Rehabilitation has provided care to injured or orphaned wildlife in the state since 2002. Our home-based organization assists more than 400 wild patients annually, with the goal of releasing them back into the environment.

FOUND A WILD ANIMAL?

If you have found what you think is an orphaned or injured wild animal in Connecticut, please call or text us at 860-631-7252 before acting so we can assess the situation with you in real time. Not all situations require intervention.

If you found an animal in Massachusetts: Click Here

If you found an animal in Rhode Island: Click Here

Nationwide resource to locate a rehabilitator: Click Here

 PLEASE NOTE THAT​ IN CONNECTICUT

• It is illegal for anyone, including licensed wildlife rehabilitators, to keep a wild animal as a pet. Wild animals may not be kept in homes for any reason unless you are a licensed rehabilitator actively providing temporary medical care and rehabilitation for the purpose of release. Even then, once the animal is healthy and ready, it must be returned to the wild.
• It is illegal to transport animals across state lines. Certain bird species may be transported across state lines only if there is no federally licensed migratory bird rehabilitator available nearby.

• The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection strictly prohibits the rehabilitation of adult raccoons, adult foxes, adult skunks, and adult deer. Additionally, they prohibit the rehabilitation of coyotes, black bears, and bobcats.
  If you need assistance with any of these species, please contact: CT DEEP at 860-424-3011