What is Wildlife Rehabilitation?
 

Wildlife rehabilitation is the care of sick, injured and orphaned wild animals with the goal of releasing the animal back into the wild.

 


What is a Wildlife Rehabilitator?
 

Wildlife rehabilitators are volunteers who are trained to care for these animals while they are healing.  They must be state and federally licensed. All animals that rehabilitators care for must be released. No one is allowed to keep any wild animal as a pet. Natural Pet is state and federally licensed to care for injured wildlife and has a special permit to maintain a permanently injured red tailed hawk for educational programs. Wildlife rehabilitators are not paid and do not receive any funding from the government.

 


Why rehabilitate?
 

80% of the injuries sustained by wild animals are directly or indirectly caused by humans. Wild animals are hit by cars, poisoned, shot and attacked by cats and dogs. Because their habitat is being destroyed for land development, interaction with wildlife is becoming inevitable and sometimes fatal. Natural Pet believes our wildlife is a valuable resource and one to be protected and preserved. We are giving wild animals a second chance.

 
 

What does Covenant Wildlife Rehabilitation Believe in?
 

  • Providing a safe, humane environment for wildlife in distress

  • Providing high quality medical and surgical services to wild animals, regardless of species

  • Once health has been restored, releasing the animal into an appropriate environment where it can survive on it’s own

  • Providing humane euthanasia when a wild animal is injured beyond repair and cannot be released

  • Providing educational programs to help others learn about the benefits of preserving native wildlife

 

In 2002, Dr. Becker founded Covenant Wildlife Rehabilitation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to caring for all injured and orphaned wild animals that were brought to us for care. This organization provides care to over 200 wild animals each year and is 100% funded through private donations.

 


How can I help?

 

  • Donate food…call to find out what foods we currently need (fruit, seeds, nuts, worms, bait, fish)

  • Sponsor an animal. You can provide financial support to help care for, feed and house a wild animal during it’s recovery. Please fill out the form below.

  • Donations are tax deductible

Covenant Wildlife Rehabilitation is gearing up for another busy summer of caring for every ill  and orphaned wild animal that passes through our doors. Many of these animals must stay weeks before they are completely healed and ready to be released back into their environment. Covenant spends thousands of dollars on healthy foods, medicine and surgeries to help give animals a second chance. If you are interested in making a tax-deductible donation to help care for these animals, please fill out the information below and include it with your charitable gift.

 

Check one Sponsor level:  
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 		 Great horned owl
Red tailed hawk
Great Blue Heron
Mallard duck
Cardinal
Robin
Sparrow

 		 $200.00/month  ($8.00/day)
$150.00/month  ($6.00/day)
$100.00/month  ($5.00/day)
$  60.00/month  ($3.00/day)
$  50.00/month  ($2.00/day)
$  30.00/month  ($1.00/day)
$  20.00/month  ($0.50/day)

Total:   ______________

 

                                               

Name________________________________Address_____________________________________
 

Phone number_________________________


 

In memory of_________________________________

 

 

 

Please print this form and mail it to: Covenant Wildlife Rehabilitation

                                                       17226 S. Harlem Ave

                                                       Tinley Park, IL 60477