• If an animal is in significantly injured and suffering, please call the City of Ottawa Bylaw at 3-1-1 for rescue or pick-up. You can also bring injured wildlife to the Municipal Animal Shelter within the Ottawa Humane Society, Lost and Found door, 245 West Hunt Club Rd. Call first at 613-725-3166, ext 223 to let them know you will be arriving. (Municipal Animal Shelter hours: Monday to Friday 11am-7pm; Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 11am-4pm; Closed Statutory Holidays)

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• For injured birds, please contact the Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre at (613) 854-2849, or Safe Wings Ottawa.

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• In the event that HHWR has reached capacity, we will direct you to Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, a large rehab centre located just south of Ottawa in North Gower, working with wild mammals and reptiles (including turtles).

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• My Wildlife Rescue is a small rehab for cottontail rabbits based in Osgoode.

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• A list of other wildlife rehabilitation organizations in Ontario can be found at Ontario Wildlife Rescue's website.

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• The Ottawa Carleton Wildlife Centre provides education and offers excellent advice on wildlife issues.

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• Regretfully, our permit with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources prohibits us from taking in animals from Quebec. Here are some Quebec wildlife contacts which we hope can help you:

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• ​SOS Écureuils (https://www.facebook.com/sosecureuils)

• Refuge Sauvage Kayla (https://www.facebook.com/Nathkayla)

• Refuge Lilly (squirrels only) (https://www.facebook.com/refuge.lilly)

• Meet the Keepers (https://meetthekeeper.com/)

• Harmonie Nature (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057804513751)

• Centre Refuge Nymous (https://www.facebook.com/centrerefugenymous)

• Refuge Les Mal-aimes (https://www.facebook.com/relocalisation)

• Earth Studies (https://www.earthstudies.ca/contact)

• Le Nichoir (birds only) (https://lenichoir.org/)

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• When choosing a wildlife removal company, please consider this guide to choosing an ethical and humane wildlife control company. In the Ottawa area, HHWR recommends Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control or That Wildlife Guy.