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Found a Baby Mammal
Now What ?

How to Rescue
Baby Mammals

The Association to Rescue Kritters
is a non-profit organization dedicated to
the rescue, rehabilitation, and release
of orphaned, injured, and displaced wildlife.
We are located in Maple Valley,
between Houghton Lake and St. Helen, Michigan / USA

We are available for direct help in Clare, Crawford, Gladwin, Missaukee, Ogemaw, and Roscommon Counties. ( Map )

Please Note:

One thing you can do to help wildlife babies is to restrain your pets when you know young unprotected wildlife is in the neighborhood.
Please ask your neighbors to do the same.

Sometime animals who come in close contact with civilization can become pests. For example: raccoons get into the trash, skunks under the porch, or squirrels in the attic. The A.R.K. does not handle nuisance situations such as these. You can call us, though, for information and advice when you have an animal nuisance problem.

Rehabilitation organizations in Michigan, by law, can not handle skunks or bats. These animals often bite and can be very dangerous. They are the major carriers of rabies in the wild. Please do not handle them.

Except for baby opossums, wild animal babies are not constantly watched by their parents like human babies, but are left alone for extended periods while the parent forages for food. When people do not understand this, they are tempted to remove the wild animal babies from their natural homes in order to save the young bird or animal. Though well intentioned, this action can actually put the wildlife babies at peril since they require exacting diets and care that is difficult to give.

The Association to Rescue Kritters receives hundreds of calls each year from people needing advice about animals they have encountered; and receives many baby birds and mammals, most of whom should have been left alone. In most cases, wild animals babies should be left alone.

This informational website provides you with the answers to the most common questions that we receive. Please, add us to your "Favorites" list, where we will be handy the next time you have a wildlife question ! And, please, feel free to call The ARK with any questions you might have --- that's why we're here !

Note: Do not use e-mail for emergency animal care messages as it may not be checked daily. Please leave a telephone message for more urgent needs.

The Association to Rescue Kritters relies on
community support and participation to continue its mission.
If you would like, in any way,
to help give Michigan's wildlife a second chance;
please contact us at:
phone: 989.389.3305

We would be very happy to hear from you.

Volunteers are always welcome and needed for all the many tasks required to maintain The ARK. The addition of your particular skill to our volunteer list would be most appreciated.
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The ARK relies solely on donations from friends like you.
As our volunteers are unpaid, 100% of the donations received go to the caring and feeding of the wild birds and animals and maintaining the ARK facilities. Your support is urgently needed now to continue the ARK mission. By making a tax deductible gift, you will enable the ARK volunteers to assist the birds and animals that are in need.

If you would like to make a donation you can:
Mail your check to The ARK, payable to:
"The Association to Rescue Kritters"
Receipts are available upon request.

Wildlife Links

Michigan:

> Chippewa Nature Center

> DNR

> Howell Nature Center

> Wildlife Rehab Contacts

> WildlifeCare.Org

Other:

> Hawk Creek

> More Links .......

Thank You for visiting our website
and sharing in our appreciation of Michigan's wildlife.

The ARK is a non-profit organization as determined by the Internal Revenue Code under Section 501c(3).
It relies on community support to continue its important work.
Your tax-deductible contribution is welcomed and needed !
Donors may deduct contributions as provided for in the Internal Revenue Code.

Note: Do not use e-mail for emergency animal care messages as it may not be checked daily.
Please leave a telephone message for more urgent needs.