New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife provides a list of all registered and licensed wildlife rehabilitation facilities for the entire state of New Jersey; which is the same info listed below.
**Due to COVID-19, wildlife rehabilitation facilities may be operating with limited volunteers and/or limited capacity for wildlife intake. It is important that you speak to someone at a facility before bringing an animal there. Appointments may be required. Temporary changes to the list have been noted below.
It is illegal to possess wildlife in New Jersey without a permit. Injured, orphaned, or ill wildlife must be taken directly to a permitted wildlife rehabilitator and cannot be kept or cared for by any individual who does not possess a valid NJ wildlife rehabilitation permit. Please refer to the following list of permitted wildlife rehabilitators sorted by county for 2023.
Atlantic County
Peggy & Suzanne Fenton, Wildlife Aid, 155 Asbury Rd., Egg Harbor Twp., NJ 08234
609-927-0538
Mammals: Rodents (chipmunks, squirrels, etc.), minks, skunks, rabbits, opossums, raccoons, foxes, coyotes
Burlington County
Lori Swanson, Michael O’Malley, Heather Evans Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge, 6 Sawmill Rd., Medford, NJ 08055 856-983-3329
Mammals: Rodents (chipmunks, squirrels, etc.), minks, skunks, rabbits, opossums, raccoons, foxes, coyotes, deer
Birds: Raptors, seabirds, waterfowl, waders, shorebirds, gulls, terns, skimmers, passerines, aerial insectivores, upland gamebirds
Crystal Shaw, Shaw Wildlife, Southampton, NJ 08055. 609-618-6948
Mammals: skunks & bats
Gloucester County
Victoria Schmidt, Angelique Gorham, 115 Heritage Rd., Barnsboro, NJ 08080 856-207-7026 & 856-217-5957
Mammals: Rodents (chipmunks, squirrels, etc.), minks, skunks, rabbits, opossums, raccoons
Birds: Waterfowl only (ducks, geese, swans, seaducks)
Hunterdon County
Jacqueline Kashmer, NJ Bat Sanctuary, 26 Kappus Rd., Milford, NJ 08848 908-200-1040
Mammals: Bats only
Tracy Leaver, Heather Freeman, Melissa Anahory, Alison MacGregor, Woodlands Wildlife Refuge, PO Box 5046, Clinton, NJ 08807 908-730-8300
Mammals: Rodents (chipmunks, squirrels, etc.), minks, skunks, rabbits, opossums, raccoons, bats, beavers, otters, foxes, coyotes, bobcats, bears
Reptiles & Amphibians: Turtles, snakes, salamanders, frogs, toads
Mercer County
Diane Nickerson, Jane Rakos-Yates, Nicole Golden, Mercer County Wildlife Center, 1748 River Rd. (Rt. 29), Titusville, NJ 08560 609-303-0552
Mammals: Rodents (chipmunks, squirrels, etc.), minks, skunks, rabbits, opossums, raccoons, bats, beavers, foxes, coyotes, deer
Birds: Raptors, seabirds, waterfowl, waders, shorebirds, gulls, terns, skimmers, passerines, aerial insectivores, upland gamebirds
Reptiles & Amphibians: Turtles, snakes, salamanders, frogs, toads
Hannah Suthers, Songbirds at Home, 4 View Point Dr., Hopewell, NJ 08525-2112
609-466-1871
Birds: Passerines, aerial insectivores, upland gamebirds
Monmouth County
Melissa Jacobs, 71 Lincoln Ave., Neptune City, NJ 07753 732-775-5157 or 877-472-8945
Mammals: Rodents (chipmunks, squirrels, etc.), minks, skunks, rabbits, opossums, raccoons
Jean Parker, Garden State Wildlife Center, PO Box 424, Howell, NJ 07731 732-908-2345
Mammals: Rodents (chipmunks, squirrels, etc.), minks, skunks, rabbits, opossums, raccoons
Morris County
Anthony Desimone, 7 Edgehill Ave., Morristown, NJ 07968 201-709-0934
Mammals: Raccoons only
Christopher Soucy, The Raptor Trust, 1390 White Bridge Rd., Millington, NJ 07946
908-647-2353
Birds: Raptors, waterfowl, waders, shorebirds, gulls, terns, skimmers, passerines, aerial insectivores, upland game birds
Deborah DeRosa, 37 Pine Ave., Madison, NJ 07940 973-769-6830
Mammals: Rodents (chipmunks, squirrels, etc.), skunks, opossums, raccoons.
Ocean County
Donald Bonica, Toms River Avian Care, 1916 Kenilworth Ct., Toms River, NJ 08753
732-255-9270
Birds: Raptors, seabirds, waterfowl, waders, shorebirds, gulls, terns, skimmers, passerines, aerial insectivores, upland gamebirds
Passaic County
Dolores Garbowski, Lysa DeLaurentis, Sally Halloran. Wildlife Freedom Inc., 781 Ringwood Ave., Wanaque, NJ 07465. 973-839-4597
Mammals: Rodents (chipmunks, squirrels, etc.), minks, skunks, rabbits, opossums, raccoons, beavers, otters, foxes, coyotes, deer
Nancy Warner, The Last Resort Wildlife Refuge, Hewitt, NJ 07421. 973-506-4353
Mammals: Rodents (chipmunks, squirrels, etc.), minks, skunks, rabbits, opossums, beaver, otter, porcupine, raccoons, foxes, coyotes
Sussex County
Giselle Chazotte-Smisko, Avian Wildlife Center, 146 Neilson Rd., Wantage, NJ 07461
973-702-1957
Birds: Raptors, waterfowl, waders, gulls, terns, skimmers, passerines, aerial insectivores, upland game birds