How to Handle Baby Animals Found Alone in the Wild

While out on a wilderness hike, you happen upon a baby animal that appears to have been abandoned by its mother. More often than not, however, baby animals are not really orphaned. The parent may be either off foraging, or observing from a safe distance. Accidents do happen at times, though. If you find obviously vulnerable babies, and you've waited a time for their parents to return but they haven't, you may want to take action to help the young survive.

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RESOURCES:

• "The Wildlife Reference Sheet," Robyn Graboski, L.W.R., state Wildlife Rehabilitator, University of Minnesota
• The Humane Society of the United States