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#WildlifeWise

We get thousands of calls about baby wildlife every year. Many well-meaning people disturb young animals when their parents are likely nearby. With your help, we can make sure we keep wildlife families together. Follow our advice. Don't create an orphan. Be #WildlifeWise.

How you can be #WildlifeWise

We get called out to help thousands of young wildlife every year. In many cases, they don't need help.

Well-meaning humans can disturb or move a baby wild animal and create a welfare issue, meaning we have to take it to our wildlife hospital.

With your support, we can make sure we only attend to jobs where animals really need us and keep wild families together.

What's more, this means we are able to focus on wild animals with genuine injuries and illnesses!

 

Here's the key steps you should follow if you find any baby wildlife...

 

OBSERVE

Don't get too close to any young wild animals you see. You could scare them and, as they will likely nearby, their parents and siblings.

Instead, maintain a safe distance and observe as much as you can.

WAIT

If there is no sign an animal is sick or injured and there's no immediate threats to it (i.e. is it on a busy road or vulnerable to predators), then do not disturb it.

Instead, leave it be for a few hours and return to check on it again. 

ACT

Once you've waited a while, hopefully a parent has returned and the wee one is fine.

If there's no sign of an adult or no evidence one has visited, give our Animal Helpline a call on 03000 999 999.

 

By following these simple steps, you can be #WildlifeWise.

Let's not create orphans when we don't have to.

 

OBSERVE. WAIT. ACT.

#WILDLIFEWISE

 

Some of the most common wildlife we are contacted about - and what to do when you find one

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Baby birds

Baby birds

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Foxes

Foxes

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Deer in Fishcross

Deer

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Hedgehogs

Hedgehogs

Our work with wildlife in 2019

We cared for over 11,000 wild animals, including:

  • 2,410 pigeons
  • 2,245 hedgehogs
  • 782 gulls
  • 518 ducks
  • 280 bats
  • 184 seals
  • 141 raptors
  • 90 foxes
  • 63 deer
  • 20 badgers
  • 15 otters

And much more!

Find out more about our National Wildlife Rescue Centre

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Wildlife Centre

Help us rescue and rehabilitate wildlife.

We rescue and care for over 10,000 wild animals every single year. With your support, we can help get animals who are born to be wild back to where they belong.

Make a donation today and help us save animals in Scotland.

Donate monthly and become a member of the Scottish SPCA.

Appeal for information after body of dog found inside suitcase in Glasgow

We appealing for information after the body of an emaciated crossbreed was found inside a suitcase near a railway line off Glenmuir Drive, Glasgow on 2 March.

 

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If you wish to report an injured or distressed animal, please call our animal helpline on the number shown above. 

The Scottish SPCA is now using what3words. Download the app to get the unique three word code for your location and make it easier for our team to respond to your call.

As we are only rehoming via our website right now, please don't call us if that's what you are enquiring about, so our helpline team can assist those with animals in urgent need.