Guide · Tennessee Rules
Found a Baby Animal? What to Do (and Not Do)
Baby animals look helpless, but their mothers are often nearby. Picking one up can do more harm than good.
Call us today615-357-7797Baby animals look helpless, but their mothers are often nearby. Picking one up can do more harm than good.
Fawns and rabbits
A fawn alone in tall grass is usually fine, because the mother comes back a few times a day. Baby rabbits in a nest are cared for at dawn and dusk.
Birds
Fledglings hopping on the ground are learning to fly and their parents are watching. Leave them unless they are in danger.
When to call
If an animal is injured, in danger, cold and crying for hours or its mother is dead, call us or a licensed wildlife rehabilitator.
In This Guide
Animals Mentioned
Call TWRA FirstPredators and Large
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
Strip landscaping, and collisions are a real danger on Tennessee roads.
Humane ExclusionYard and Garden
Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
Sylvilagus floridanus
Strip gardens and girdle young shrubs, and nests are easy to disturb by mistake.
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