{"id":10693,"date":"2018-06-11T09:30:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T09:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=10693"},"modified":"2019-06-11T15:35:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T15:35:33","slug":"indiana-dnr-shares-how-to-handle-wild-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/indiana-dnr-shares-how-to-handle-wild-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana DNR Shares How to Handle Wild Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you care about wild animals, let them be wild. Most young wild animals you encounter are not orphaned. What may seem like an abandoned animal is normal behavior for most wildlife, to avoid predators. Picking up a wild animal you think is orphaned or abandoned is unnecessary and can be harmful to the animal or you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;padding: 0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/deer.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10769 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/deer-333x500.jpg\" alt=\"Deer\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>If yo<\/strong><strong>u find a wild animal that is truly abandoned, sick or injured, here is what you can do:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leave it alone, in its natural environment. Don\u2019t turn wildlife into pets.<\/li>\n<li>Call a licensed wild animal rehabilitator who is trained in caring for wild animals.<\/li>\n<li>If the animal is sick or severely injured, call a licensed veterinarian.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Resources:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/fishwild\/files\/fw-Mammals_Of_Indiana.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mammals of Indiana<\/a>, J.O. Whitker and R.E. Mumford<br \/>\n<a title=\"Common Indiana Mammals, FNR-413-W\" href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-413-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Common Indiana Mammals<\/a>, The Nature of Teaching, The Education Store-Purdue Extension&#8217;s resource center<br \/>\n<a title=\"Indiana DNR Orphaned and Injured Animals\" href=\"http:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/fishwild\/5492.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orphaned and Injured Animals<\/a>, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/4933.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MyDNR Indiana&#8217;s Outdoor News<\/a>, Indiana Department of Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you care about wild animals, let them be wild. Most young wild animals you encounter are not orphaned. What may seem like an abandoned animal is normal behavior for most wildlife, to avoid predators. Picking up a wild animal you think is orphaned or abandoned is unnecessary and can be harmful to the animal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,44,45,52,54],"tags":[56,390,62,63,619,297,70,72],"class_list":["post-10693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alert","category-gotnatureforkids","category-howto","category-safety","category-wildlife","tag-alert","tag-dnr","tag-got-nature-for-kids","tag-how-to","tag-indiana-department-of-natural-resources","tag-nature-of-teaching","tag-safety","tag-wildlife","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10693"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12560,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10693\/revisions\/12560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}