{"id":28392,"date":"2024-03-28T13:12:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T17:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=28392"},"modified":"2025-08-05T08:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:35:51","slug":"how-to-interact-with-young-wildlife-this-spring-mydnr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/how-to-interact-with-young-wildlife-this-spring-mydnr\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Interact with Young Wildlife This Spring, MyDNR"},"content":{"rendered":"

MyDNR,<\/a> Indiana’s Outdoor Newsletter<\/em>: As spring has sprung, so has new wildlife. It may be tempting to cuddle cute, young wildlife, but it\u2019s important to always assess the situation from a safe distance.\"foxes\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Young wildlife\u2019s best chance of survival is with their mother, and your support can often unintentionally harm wildlife if that support is not needed. If young wildlife have fallen out of a den or nest, you can return them to their home and then leave the area. It is common for a mother to leave her young for long periods of time to forage for her and her young, so don\u2019t linger around wildlife or their homes too long. Doing this can dissuade a mother from returning or alert predators to the young.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re uncertain whether wildlife need assistance, contact a wildlife rehabilitator before picking up wildlife. If wildlife truly need assistance, they must be turned over to a permitted wildlife rehabilitator within 24 hours. Find a list of permitted wildlife rehabilitators on our\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To learn more, please visit DNR: Fish & Wildlife Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To subscribe to the newsletter visit MyDNR Email Newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Resources:
\n<\/strong>Designing Hardwood Tree Plantings for Wildlife<\/a> \u2013 The Education Store
\nID That Tree<\/a> \u2013 YouTube Playlist
\nForest Management for Reptiles and Amphibians: A Technical Guide for the Midwest<\/a>, The Education Store
\nAsk the Expert: Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment – Birds and Salamander Research<\/a>, Purdue Extension – FNR
\nA Template for Your Wildlife Habitat Management Plan<\/a>, The Education Store
\nManaging Your Woods for White-Tailed Deer<\/a>, The Education Store
\nWoodland Stewardship for Landowners<\/a>, Playlist, Purdue Extension \u2013 FNR YouTube channel
\nCreating a Wildlife Habitat Management Plan for Landowners<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension’s resource center
\nA Template for Your Wildlife Habitat Management Plan<\/a>, The Education Store
\nBirds and Residential Window Strikes: Tips for Prevention<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center
\nManaging Woodlands for Birds Video<\/a>, Purdue Extension-Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR) YouTube Channel
\nDeveloping a Wildlife Habitat Management Plan<\/a>, The Education Store
\nThe Nature of Teaching<\/a>, YouTube channel
\nNature of Teaching: Common Mammals of Indiana<\/a>, The Education Store
\nSubscribe to Purdue Extension-Forestry & Natural Resources YouTube Channel<\/a>, Wildlife Playlist<\/p>\n

Indiana Department of Natural Resources<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MyDNR, Indiana’s Outdoor Newsletter: As spring has sprung, so has new wildlife. It may be tempting to cuddle cute, young wildlife, but it\u2019s important to always assess the situation from a safe distance. Young wildlife\u2019s best chance of survival is with their mother, and your support can often unintentionally harm wildlife if that support is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,45,52,54,622],"tags":[451,619,1484,425,72],"class_list":["post-28392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forestry","category-howto","category-safety","category-wildlife","category-woodlands","tag-idnr","tag-indiana-department-of-natural-resources","tag-mydnr-email-newsletter","tag-spring","tag-wildlife","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 11:59:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28392","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\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28392"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35791,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28392\/revisions\/35791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}