Wildlife rescue service
The USPCA operates a wildlife rescue service seven days a week from 9.00AM to 6.00PM, with extended hours during the summer months. Please call 028 3025 1000 to speak to an advisor or leave a voicemail which one of our volunteers will pick up. You can also send an email to wildlife@uspca.co.uk and a member of the team will respond ASAP.
Please be mindful that the wildlife rescue team is incredibly busy with many rescue team members volunteering their free time alongside other commitments.
If you need advice out of hours, please refer to our Wildlife Advice and FAQs first.
In the event of a wildlife emergency, please contact the nearest local vet and ask for the vet on call. If the animal’s location or behaviour poses a hazard to the public or to passing vehicles you must inform the PSNI immediately on 101.
A wild animal may require immediate attention when their life is clearly at risk
Some examples include:
- Road traffic casualty
- Obvious extensive open wound
- Unresponsive/unconscious
- Dog or cat attack
- Fox or badger caught in a snare
- Swan covered in oil
- Unresponsive hedgehog out of its nest
- Baby hedgehog with an obvious wound
- Unresponsive/unconscious
- Bird lying on its side