{"id":15035,"date":"2020-09-08T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=15035"},"modified":"2025-07-29T15:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:43:17","slug":"injured-wildlife-and-what-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/injured-wildlife-and-what-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured Wildlife and What to Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/724e649b7c95cc94c5ca724db734d7d8-e1565284411640.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"raccoon\" data-rl_caption=\"raccoon\" title=\"raccoon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12665 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/724e649b7c95cc94c5ca724db734d7d8-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"raccoon close-up\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>May IDNR Wildlife Bulletin Newsletter: Do you know what to do if you find an injured wild animal? The first step is determining if it is actually injured. Clear signs of distress include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bleeding or clear signs of injuries such as bruises, cuts, punctures or broken bones<\/li>\n<li>Looks thin, weak, cold or soaking wet<\/li>\n<li>Signs of diarrhea<\/li>\n<li>Flies, fly eggs, maggots, ticks, lice or fleas have infested the animal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">If a wild animal shows any of these signs and is\u00a0<strong>unable to move or run away effectively<\/strong>, it may be time to\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/fish-and-wildlife\/wildlife-resources\/orphaned-and-injured-animals\/wildlife-rehabilitators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">call a licensed wildlife rehabilitator<\/a><\/u>\u00a0for help. You can find a list of wildlife rehabilitators on\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/fishwild\/5492.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IDNR Orphaned &amp; Injured Animals website<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Please note that the Indiana DNR does not provide services for injured or orphaned wildlife. We rely on licensed wildlife rehabilitators to assist with these situations.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/fishwild\/5492.htm\">Orphaned &amp; Injured Animals<\/a>, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IN DNR)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-578-w.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Resourceful Animal Relationships<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgoGnq-fak7XTijMyab8WElouaTwlUfsN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wildlife<\/a>, Playlist, Purdue Extension \u2013 Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR) YouTube channel<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/video-stop-animals-digging-in-flower-pots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Stop Woodland Animals from Digging in Your Flower Pots<\/a>, Got Nature? Blog with video, Purdue Extension FNR<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/fnr-571-w.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Considerations for Trapping Nuisance Wildlife with Box Traps<\/a>, The Education Store<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indiana Department of Natural Resources<\/a>\u00a0(IN DNR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May IDNR Wildlife Bulletin Newsletter: Do you know what to do if you find an injured wild animal? The first step is determining if it is actually injured. Clear signs of distress include: Bleeding or clear signs of injuries such as bruises, cuts, punctures or broken bones Looks thin, weak, cold or soaking wet Signs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,52,54],"tags":[256,1149,451,1170,557,72],"class_list":["post-15035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howto","category-safety","category-wildlife","tag-fnr","tag-fnr-ext","tag-idnr","tag-orphaned-injured-wildlife","tag-rehabilitators","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\/15035","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\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15035"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33668,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15035\/revisions\/33668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}