Wildlife In Need Emergency Response of Pennsylvania

A nonprofit organization

VOLUNTEERS WORKING EVERY DAY FOR PENNSYLVANIA'S WILD ANIMALS

DO YOU KNOW WHO TO CALL WHEN YOU FIND AN INJURED, ORPHANED OR SICK WILD ANIMAL?

THOUSANDS OF PENNSYLVANIANS KNOW THE ANSWER - THEY CALLED WIN - WILDLIFE IN NEED

Be a Wildlife Hero! 

Your Donation will help PA Wildlife!
Every donation gets WIN an extra share of this year's Corporate Stretch Pool!!

Wildlife In Need Emergency Response of PA (WIN) is a volunteer, non-profit, statewide organization for capturing injured, sick and orphaned wildlife throughout all counties of PA. 


Thus far in 2025, WIN has responded to more than 3750 calls from the public! Without WIN, so many more animals would suffer and die, often due to illnesses or injuries directly related to unnatural causes (e.g., vehicle strikes, lead poisoning, habitat destruction). The number of wildlife helped can continue to grow with your support!

Your Donation will help educate members of the public and attract more volunteers through community outreach and participation in local festivals, conferences and outdoor expos.

Your Donation will help WIN purchase more humane traps for the capture of Foxes, Raccoons and Skunks.  Humane Traps cost from $50 to $200 each.

Your Donation will help WIN purchase the wide range of nets and other apparatus necessary for the capture of flighted birds, including eagles, owls, geese, ducks, and songbirds.  Basic nets with telescoping handles cost around $25, bownets for the safe capture of larger raptors are ~$350. 

Your Donation would support costs associated with the answering service that routes calls to trained dispatchers, and the app that connects dispatchers to available volunteers-the base cost is around $600 a month, but runs >$1000 more during busy summer months!

Your Donation would also support Pre-Exposure Rabies Vaccinations for our volunteers. Those vaccinations cost upwards of $1,200 and are rarely covered by insurance.  Only vaccinated volunteers may respond to calls about Foxes, Raccoons, Skunks, Groundhogs and Bats.

  

Giving Activity

Mission

Wildlife in Need PA (WIN) is a state-wide network of volunteers that capture sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife and arrange to have them admitted to a PA licensed wildlife rehabilitation facility.

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In-Person Volunteering


Courier

Statewide

In-Person Volunteering


Dispatcher

Statewide

In-Person Volunteering


Capture/Transport Permittee

Statewide

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Wildlife In Need Emergency Response of Pennsylvania

other names

Wildlife In Need (WIN)

Tax id (EIN)

82-3317562

Address

8553 Pettis Road
Meadville, PA 16335

Phone

814-414-4224

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