BADO HBC - #244
🦉- Barred Owl - HBC (hit by car)
SANDY, OR
OCCRA Wildlife Transport #244
🚑 - Thank you #vOCCRAnteers Margie and Abe for responding yesterday. This barred owl (BADO) was still flightless after 72 hours and the Good Samaritans that found the patient weren’t able to bring them in for treatment at the @wildlifecarecenter .
🏥 - Thank you Bird Alliance of Oregon Wildlife Solutions Counselors for calling us for assistance. Good luck friend!
#occra #wildlifetransport #wildliferescue #wildlifeofinstagram #barredowl #bado #wildlifevolunteer #oregonwildlife #oregonowl #barredowlsofinstagram
Tony's Garden Center does it again!! They have donated all their pumpkins after Halloween to the pumpkin drive. Which is now being lead by Feasts For Beasts ! PLEASE FOLLOW THEM! Heather is awesome and has big plans to help save food waste and feed farm animals. She needs VOLUNTEERS! For drop sights and deliveries!
Tony's Garden Center does it again!! They have donated all their pumpkins after Halloween to the pumpkin drive. Which is now being lead by Feasts For Beasts ! PLEASE FOLLOW THEM! Heather is awesome and has big plans to help save food waste and feed farm animals. She needs VOLUNTEERS! For drop sights and deliveries!
Yesterdays callout: Wildlife transport #238
Injured Red-tailed hawk (RTHA) in Newberg OR. The resident did not have means of transportation, but helped us out by covering the patient with a box before our arrival so we could quickly contain and get them to immediate care.
Thank you #vOCCRAnteer @kaicameli for responding and the long drive to the patient, then the @wildlifecarecenter and back home. 🙏 and thank you to the resident for calling @birdallianceoforegon out of concern for the raptor. It takes a village!
If you’re interested in being part of our village, please apply using the link in our bio 🙏🙌🦅✨
#redtailedhawk #oregonraptors #occra #wildlifetransport #wildliferescue #wildlifevolunteer #voccranteers #I #oregonwildlife #raptorrescue #newbergwildlife
🛟 - 10/27/24 GBH Rescue - Sandy River
OCCRA Wildlife capture / transport #237
Thank you #voccranteers @happygrn @lexiangela Dante and Margie! And for the local residents who helped us access the patient.
Thank you @birdallianceoforegon for the call and @wildlifecarecenter for the patient intake, good luck beautiful friend.
#occra #wildliferescue #wildlifetransport #wildlifevolunteer #voccranteer #oregonwildlife #greatblueheron #gbh #heronsofinstagram #sandyriver @sandywatershed @thesandyriverreview @cityofsandyoregon
Making transport bins for new volunteers with my little helpers, Poncho and Maddy. Each carrier costs 15 dollars, and the contents about 200 dollars. This is the majority of where your donations end up! Raptor gloves, hi-vis vests, uniform items, vehicle magnets, face shields, and more. Thank you for your support!
We’ve been busy with transports but don’t share every callout. As sometimes there isn’t a good opportunity to take videos. Animal and volunteer safety is our primary focus, but we will be sharing when we can! We always need more volunteers, especially in the outlying areas of the watershed district. Columbia, Clackamas, Marion, Washington and Yamhill County residents , hit us up! (Multnomah too, we can always use ya!).
Here at OCCRA, we specialize in doing wildlife rescue and transportation. When working with wildlife, there are many things to keep in mind, but two of the most important are that wild animals are not pets and that it is very easy for them to become stressed. Wild animals view humans as large, dangerous predators, unlike pets that see humans as a source of companionship and protection. While a pet dog may like to be stroked when it’s nervous and hide against a human if it’s injured, a wild animal has no concept of humans as meaning safety. That’s one reason why it’s extremely important to minimize contact with a wild animal as much as possible during a rescue and once it is recovering in the care of a professional.
We don’t like to shame good Samaritans because we know how much they care about the animals they find. But we think it’s important to show examples of how not to handle injured and frightened wildlife alongside examples of how our trained volunteers do it. Interacting with wildlife safely is not something that comes naturally, even to people who have worked with domestic animals for their entire lives. Although it’s tempting to try to provide comfort by stroking the animal or even kissing it, wildlife doesn’t understand that your intentions are good, only that a large predator is constantly touching them. Stress can be very dangerous for any wild animal, but injured animals are more susceptible than most to shock and even death from stressful handling. Wild animals can also carry zoonotic diseases that wildlife rehabilitators and rescues are vaccinated against or can take proper precautions for as well as having natural “weapons” like talons and teeth they’ll use in self-defense, making it almost as dangerous for the person handling them as it is for the animal themselves.
-Fern : OCCRA Conservation, Education and Outreach Lead
THE GREAT PUMPKIN DRIVE - FEASTS FOR BEASTS
🎃 THE PUMPKIN DRIVE IS ALIVE ! 🎃
✨ The stars have aligned and a local magical human is creating a new program COINED Feasts For Beasts to keep the drive alive and expand the mission!! ✨
PLEASE FOLLOW their page for more details as they come, they will be looking for volunteers for “drop off points” and deliveries across several counties.
Wilbur’s special day!
Thank you to @aloha_angels_dog_rescue for rescuing him and many other animals from the property. ✨✨ they still have a mastiff / corso female adult brindle if anyone interested please reach out to them!
Wilbur’s new home is basically Pig Disneyland and we couldn’t be more happy for him. His new family is wonderful and we were happy to be part of his story for a tiny moment. Happy Trails sweet boy!
Thank you so much to #voccranteers René, Gary, Senia, Stephanie, Ariel -and Kiffi for today!
ANNOUNCEMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT: OCCRA is streamlining our mission to WILDLIFE only.
💫 - It is with heavy but excited hearts we announce OCCRA is responding to our last farm animal transport this weekend. Beginning October 1st, OCCRA is a wildlife only organization.
🦅- We know there is never a good time to stop helping farm animals, we all love all species of animals, and have enjoyed fulfilling a gap in transport for ALL. However, as an organization that AT IT'S CORE MISSION, was to help wildlife, and how inundated we have become with wildlife transport demand, our board has chosen to streamline the mission.
💥- This comes with PROS and CONS. The confusion about "what all we do" will be quite a bit easier to follow now. And we will be able to grow and help SO MANY MORE wild animals and with goals to expand throughout the state. However, it leaves a gap in farm transport.
🐖 - If you or anyone you know is interested in taking over the GREAT PUMPKIN DRIVE, and / or the gap in services for farm rescue transports please send them our way. We have built in policies, waivers and leg work that took several years that we can share with someone who wants to start a group to do just this thing! Why reinvent the wheel when we have the gears in place for you already?
❤️- FYI, OCCRA contractors will still be covering animal control domestic emergencies 1700-0800 every night in Multnomah County until April, 2027. This is a paid contract which is separate from our volunteer responses and mission.
**If you have any questions, PLEASE don't hesitate to reach out, and THANK YOU for your ongoing support. We will continue to do everything to work for our community with even more focus and drive than ever before.
#OCCRA #oregonwildlife #wildlifevolunteers #wildlifetransport #wildliferescue
Transport #229 - Crow SE PDX
Transport #229 - SE PDX
On Sunday, we received a call from a Good Samaritan reporting they witnessed a crow colliding with a drone and falling to concrete, suffering a wing injury. We took the patient to @dovelewispdx for overnight care where they will go to @wildlifecarecenter if viable for rehab.
❤️🩹 - a friendly PSA about wildlife care below:
It’s important for us to offer educational notes on some of our callouts. Although we never want to make someone feel guilty for trying to help an animal, as we all know sometimes we as well meaning humans can accidentally do harm. As a policy, we do not use wire cages for holding or transporting birds. They can cause significant injury to their feathers and potentially permanently injure vital flight feathers. Wild birds are not used to being confined so they often become panicked when contained and can harm themselves in an attempt to escape. Cardboard boxes and rigid plastic with air holes and a soft towel on the bottom are our “go-tos” for containing wildlife safely.
It can also be very dangerous to try to feed or water a wild animal. When at all possible, keep the animal in a quiet and dark room in a contained box (cardboard is quite breathable, you’d be surprised!) away from other animals until you can get the animal to a professional rehabilitator. Again, feeding or watering can do beyond repair damage to a patient, which can be devastating when the efforts were made in an attempt to help.
Please also ensure that you reach out to wildlife rehabbers as soon as you’ve contained the animal. Not only is it illegal to keep wild birds as pets or care for them without proper licensing, it often causes far more harm than good—improper diet or forced drinking can lead to bone diseases, aspiration, and unintended poisoning, and habituation can make it impossible for an animal to be returned to the wild.
Thank you for listening! We know how much you care about wildlife. We’re here to help you make
