Newhouse Wildlife Rescue

Newhouse Wildlife Rescue We are a non profit wildlife rescue that helps injured and orphaned wildlife in Massachusetts USA.
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10/07/2025

Let me dot my i’s and cross my t’s because my haters are going to be after me for this one 😉

Boots has been with us for seven months now - since he was orphaned at just six weeks old. He was raised with four other foxes who were all recently released after passing their release tests. Boots, however, failed all of his. He did not display normal fear of humans, did not socialize appropriately with other foxes, and struggled with hunting.

Multiple veterinary exams and a CT scan confirmed what we suspected - Boots’ brain didn’t form normally. He also has no sense of smell and a misaligned jaw. His parents likely sensed something was wrong and abandoned him for that reason.

I’m not advocating for the public to interact with foxes. Boots is an unusual case. He is fully vaccinated, including for rabies, and my entire animal care team is also vaccinated. Because red foxes are a rabies vector species, we take these precautions seriously.

Out of 80 foxes we’ve rehabilitated, Boots is the first we’ve ever deemed unreleasable. This rare situation has allowed us to truly get to know him and for him to get to know us. We usually don’t interact with our foxes this way.

Foxes are canids, in the same family as domestic dogs, and it’s easy to see the resemblance once you spend time with them.

Many of the foxes we treat suffer from secondary rodenticide poisoning after eating poisoned rats and mice. We treat countless cases every year. It’s rewarding to be able to show you what these incredible animals can really be like, up close and personal, when they’re not sick or suffering.

We’ve received multiple offers of placement for Boots from respected sanctuaries, as we need his enclosure for incoming sick foxes. We’ll keep everyone updated on his journey as we learn more. ❤️

It was only a year ago that Nibi’s story went global. It’s kind of crazy to think about it. She started as an orphan on ...
10/07/2025

It was only a year ago that Nibi’s story went global. It’s kind of crazy to think about it. She started as an orphan on the side of a busy road. We figured her family were probably in the lodge close by. We tried multiple times to reunite her, with no success. A year later, all the beavers from that lodge would be killed by order of the lake association due to flooding. They wouldn’t answer my emails or phone calls pleading with them to try other options. Had we been successful in reuniting her with them - she would have suffered the same fate. But fate would put Nibi on a different journey…

Since last October, when governor Healey allowed Nibi to be an educational beaver, she has been to many schools , town halls and public events. She has helped people all over Massachusetts and the world to fall in love with beavers and learn all the good they do for the environment. Though we couldn’t save her family, she has saved the lives of countless other beavers through education.

Future public appearances listed in comments!

They can’t tell us what they have been through, but we can tell this guys had it pretty rough lately. He recently sustai...
10/05/2025

They can’t tell us what they have been through, but we can tell this guys had it pretty rough lately. He recently sustained an injury to his front limb and is also dealing with a nasty skin infection. Since skunks use their front limbs to dig in the dirt for insects and he hasn’t been able to use his - he hasn’t had much to eat lately. He is very underweight. The plan is to treat the infection and give the limb some time to heal. Then we have to help him figure out how to dig with what he has left.

I know you are going to ask, so I will go ahead and tell you - yes he sprayed. He was terrified. He didn’t know we were teying to help and that’s his main defense mechanism.

I have a defense mechanism of my own though - I know how to express the glands they use to spray, so I can empty them out. It’s a stinky process, but it renders him unable to spray us for about a week - after which they will have filled back up. This enables our team to tend to him without having to run to the shower and open all the windows afterwards lol.

I’m thankful we can help give this litle guy the second chance he deserves.

Nibi and I had the best time working with the Sudbury Valley Trustees to present to the public about wildlife! Our educa...
10/04/2025

Nibi and I had the best time working with the Sudbury Valley Trustees to present to the public about wildlife! Our educational programs are free and we really enjoy them. At this time we are currently booked through the end of the year!

Next public talk with Nibi Is Tuesday 10/7 from 4pm-5:30 at Billerica Access TV 390 Boston Rd
Billerica, MA 01821
Like all our public talks - It’s free!

We also wanted to give all of you a huge thank you! We surpassed our fundraising goal yesterday and we are so grateful! Your support enables us to save so many animals in need and do these free educational programs! 🙏

Today is the day - Donations are matched! Now up to $8000 in donations will be matched today only!We are not funded by t...
10/03/2025

Today is the day - Donations are matched!
Now up to $8000 in donations will be matched today only!

We are not funded by the state so we need your help to continue to help injured and orphaned wildlife.

Please join us in thanking our generous matchers today!

Lynn Petolicchio

Elizabeth Wadman

Sam Brich

Shun Duz

Time Enterprises

Becca Costello

Touchstone Closing & Escrow, LLC

If I had to sum up what it is we do here, I would say: We take sad stories and turn them into happy endings.Swansea was ...
10/03/2025

If I had to sum up what it is we do here, I would say: We take sad stories and turn them into happy endings.

Swansea was the only one of her siblings to survive after their mom was missing for days. Dad tried to save her, but she was too young and still needed mom’s milk.

Trek was a victim of secondary rodenticide poisoning and mange during his first few weeks of life.

Both of these fox kits had only ever known pain and discomfort. They had only known hunger.

But here they found their second chance and more importantly, they found each other. After months of rehabilitation at the rescue, they were both recently released to enjoy their second chance at a beautiful life. It was incredible to watch these two healthy foxes frolic freely through the fields together after seeing all they had endured. ❤️

Today only, your donations will be MATCHED up to $7000, thanks to some generous donors who will be named in a later post. PLEASE help us to continue turning sad stories into happy endings.

We are not funded by the state and survive only on your donations.

Thank you 🙏

https://newhousewildliferescue.org/support-us

I have waited a while to post about this, but I believe it’s time…This year, we’ve had the joy of releasing so many foxe...
10/02/2025

I have waited a while to post about this, but I believe it’s time…

This year, we’ve had the joy of releasing so many foxes back to the wild—Trek, Swansea, Phoenix, Merrimack, and more. But there was one special fox who couldn’t join them…

💔 Boots.

Boots failed all his release tests. He wasn’t normal socially with other foxes, he didn’t want to hunt, and he didn’t show a natural fear of people.

When Boots first came to us, he was only a few weeks old. He was orphaned, emaciated, dehydrated, full of parasites, and suffering from a large abscess on his head. We treated everything, and on the outside he seemed to fully recover.

But by five months old, it was clear he was different. Determined to get answers, we brought him to MSPCA-Angellfor a full CT scan with Dr. Staudenmaier. The results showed that Boots’ brain didn’t develop normally. This is likely why his parents abandoned him, and why, despite being raised with other foxes who thrived, he just couldn’t pass his release tests.

The good news: Boots has a wonderful quality of life and would make an amazing educational ambassador fox. Unfortunately, he cant stay with us as our single fox enclosure is desperately needed for the many poisoned and mangy foxes we rescue each year. We’ve reached out to the state to discuss his future, but his medical journey has already cost thousands. When I look in his eyes, I know his precious life is worth every penny.

I am excited to announce that tomorrow, every donation will be DOUBLED thanks to generous donors who are matching gifts up to $7,000!

That means double the help for foxes like Boots, and double the impact for the countless wild animals depending on us.

Please consider giving tomorrow so your gift can go twice as far.

Thank you, from all of us at Newhouse Wildlife Rescue - and from Boots. 🙏❤️🙏

Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall. You were a wonderful example for the world of all that empathy and kindness can encompa...
10/02/2025

Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall. You were a wonderful example for the world of all that empathy and kindness can encompass.

Put in a dog waste bag and tossed in the trash - this young opossum was treated as though his life had no value. There w...
09/29/2025

Put in a dog waste bag and tossed in the trash - this young opossum was treated as though his life had no value. There was no way for him to get out of this waste basket and he certainly couldn’t have gotten in it by himself.

Some people are repulsed by opossums and I will never understand why. They do a lot to help the environment through pest control, cleaning dead animals by scavenging, seed dispersal and they are highly resistant to rabies. No other mammal is known to be less likely to have rabies than the opossum.

Lucky for this young marsupial, he was discovered by a kind gentleman. The entire trash bin was brought to us. We fished him out of the dog waste bag and washed all the grossness off of him. Now he is warm and comfy in an incubator.

Where one human failed him, others came together to give him a second chance. ❤️l

I’m embarrassed to say, I am way behind on begging for money…lol.This was our busiest year, by far, and our account is g...
09/29/2025

I’m embarrassed to say, I am way behind on begging for money…lol.

This was our busiest year, by far, and our account is getting pretty low. I am working on doing a “matching” Friday. I’m hoping to find 3-5 generous people or businesses that would be willing to match $1000 donations. Is anyone able to help? We could really use it.

Thank you 🙏

Everyone is asking about this year’s calendars! Forgive me - I am running a bit behind. We want them to be as beautiful ...
09/28/2025

Everyone is asking about this year’s calendars! Forgive me - I am running a bit behind. We want them to be as beautiful as you have come to expect them to be and filled with amazing shots of all the animals you have grown to love.

We expect to have them to be ready by mid October!

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