Newhouse Wildlife Rescue

12/25/2025

Brought our educational beaver, Nibi, inside to get a quick picture of her by the Christmas tree. It didn’t exactly work out as planned.

12/24/2025

My heart ❤️❤️❤️

Our goal has always been to give the wildlife in our care the best possible chance of survival. This can be incredibly difficult as many of them come to us on the brink of death.

I have had my eyes on this $7000 incubator for years now. I hate having to put sick/injured coyotes in our other incubators, as they barely fit. Even the foxes are a bit cramped. This life saving piece of equipment will give us the ability to give the larger animals we care for the very best chance of survival: from heat to oxygen, humidity and more! Our amazing blood donor, Ruby is also in the picture. ❤️

This was only possible due to your generosity.
We are forever grateful. There simply are no words….

Merry Christmas!!!! 🥰🎄🎁🙏

12/20/2025

Hi there! Just letting you all know, we will be closed this weekend. Don’t worry, everyone is OK. We will open again on Tuesday and will be open Christmas Eve and Christmas Day for emergencies.

Happy Holidays 🎄🎁❤️

12/19/2025

Make no mistake.

No, we aren’t friends.
No, he doesn’t like me.

It’s a game. A game that is temporarily paused.

We didn’t make the rules. Mother Nature did.

We’ve called a temporary truce because someone cheated in a game whose rules were set long before either of us existed.

His meals were poisoned.

That compromised his immune system and made him vulnerable to a parasite that nearly killed him.

Poisoning mice and rats was never part of nature’s design. Coyotes, foxes, weasels, owls, hawks - they were her solution. They are Mother natures’ means of keeping rodents in check.

Make no mistake, if the muzzle came off, I would be bitten. This isn’t a fairy tale. We aren’t meant to be friends.

But for now, he is defeated.
He was almost dead when he was found. Not because he lost fair and square…but because we did something to offset the balance.

Our species cheated in mother nature’s game and this is us making it right.

We’ll restore the balance. And when he’s healed, the game will begin again. We’ll pretend we don’t know each other. That we aren’t friends.

But both of us understanding this simple truth:
This is what Mother Nature intended and neither of us is evil.

We each serve a purpose on this planet. Our purpose should never include poisoning the very earth which gives us all life….

12/18/2025

We are all teary eyed here after saying good bye to Boots…

We received him when he was found as an orphan - likely abandoned because his parents knew something was wrong with him. Boots is unreleasable as he has no sense of smell and his jaw is very misaligned. He would slowly starve to death if left in the wild.

He is the first unreleasable fox our team has ever experienced and it allowed us to the rare opportunity to get close to him. We usually keep our distance to keep the animals here wild. This was a whole new experience and one that will forever stay in my heart. It makes it twice as hard to say good bye.

He is off to start his new chapter at Drumlin Farm, where he can help all their visitors to fall in love with foxes and learn more about them. He will become an ambassador for his species.

We will miss you Boots. We are forever grateful to have been a stepping stone in your journey. To be privileged enough to see behind the curtain of an animal that is so misunderstood is a gift I will treasure forever. We know you are meant for great things. You will be forever in our hearts. ❤️

12/18/2025

Update on the Chelmsford coyote found barely responsive and severely hypothermic. Our friends at Berkshire Wildlife Services are working their magic on him. 🥰

The young male coyote rescued by Newhouse Wildlife Rescue is making steady progres! His mange is being treated, and new hair is starting to grow in. He is steadily gaining weight, and much more active and alert. Because of his emaciation, we have been slowly introducing solid food back into his system, and he will stay with us until spring, in a heated environment as it will take that long for his coat to regrow. At that point, he will be released back where he came from into familiar surroundings. If you would like to make a tax deductible donation towards his care, or the care of any of the other animals, we are overwintering. 100% of your donation goes towards the cost of feeding housing, veterinary care and vaccinations, and we appreciate your support!!

12/18/2025

One human hit him and kept on driving…
Where that human failed, others would step up. Wilmington Police department and Animal control would step in to make sure he was properly contained and brought to us for immediate care.
Dr. Vasilakis would rush over on her day off to give him a full exam and come up with a treatment plan for him. Once more stable, he would make the trip to Cape Ann Wildlife, Inc for further care and full rehabilitation. It took a village. Where one person failed, many others came together to right the wrong. He is expected to make a full recovery. Before and after pictures below ❤️

12/15/2025

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! 🦊

Wildlife Rehab Disclaimer:

This fox is unreleasable.
This fox is vaccinated.
This human is vaccinated.
This interaction is legal, permitted, and supervised.
Please do not try to make friends with wild foxes.

12/15/2025

Our indoor cat, Chester, is living his best life. 🥰
In my home he is safe from cars, viruses, coyotes, fights with other cats, etc.

With him in my house, our song bird population and other local wildlife are safe from his curious paws. I know domestic cats aren’t indigenous to this area and what they do to our local wildlife isn’t what nature intended.

It doesn’t make Chester the bad guy. It just means he belongs here….with me….and apparently as a Christmas ornament….. 😂

We would love to see pictures of your indoor cats in the comments 😊

Happy Holidays 🎄🎁

12/11/2025

BEFORE & AFTER - Hope had been with us for over 6 months being treated for a plethora of issues. She was an older fox and we were surprised she pulled through. We imagined she must be lonely, but she wasn't quite ready for release.

In the coming weeks we would receive three orphaned fox kits. Each found in a different town. Each had lost its parents. We put the three kits together so they could bond with each other. We put them in the enclosure next to Hope so they could see an adult fox.

Day after Day, the kits would try to dig under their enclosure to get to Hope and she would try to dig under hers to get to them. I wanted to combine them, but I feared she might her them. She was much larger than they were. I decided to place a muzzle on her and let the babies in her enclosure. I watched for signs of aggression once they were in with her. She showed no such signs. So I removed her muzzle and held my breath - hopeful I had made the right decision.

Hope immediately adopted the kits. Over the next three months she would teach them to fear people, to dig and to hunt. She would teach all the kits how to be foxes. They worked together and we loved watching from afar.

Finally the day came when all were old enough and well enough for release - and they were all set free together. Not a single one of them was related by blood but together they truly were an incredible little family.

12/11/2025

Interested in or know anyone interested in becoming a wildlife rehabilitator? The world could certainly use more! Look in the comments section for the link to sign up for the class we recommend to prepare you! It’s virtual so you can take it from anywhere. 🥰

12/10/2025

On this , it is our wish that our wild carnivores be able to eat unpoisoned food. That they be able to help control the rodent population without falling victim to all the poisons we put in them. It seems like a very basic thing to ask for…