Have you found a wild animal when you passed by a forest area? If youre able to catch it, bring it to the nearest rescue center and if you would like care for it, secure a permit first. Caring for native wildlife is very important, so here are some of the common native wildlife species that you can take care of:
1. Cottontail Rabbit these rabbits give food to their young at night. At daytime, the female rabbit cant be found in the nest. In 7 days time, baby rabbits can already open their eyes and after 14-21 days, they can live alone. When the eyes of the baby rabbit is already open, you dont need to handle it all the time. Heres a fact: rabbits are better left in the wild because they dont like humans much.
2. Raccoons and Squirrels these wild animals rescue their offspring especially when lost. They have several nests so that just in case a nest is destroyed, they can easily transfer to another nest. Dont intervene with the mother, especially the raccoon because they are rabies carriers. They are also popular for being distempered and they have roundworms which can be transmitted to humans.
3. Virginia Opossum – these are marsupials and so the...