Wildlife Clinic of Rhode Island

Since 1993, Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island, Inc. (WRARI) has been providing medical and rehabilitative care for ALL species of wildlife in the state of Rhode Island. We are committed to fostering an understanding and respect for all Rhode Island wildlife through education, promoting the professionalism of licensed wildlife rehabilitators, and offering practical assistance with wildlife issues. We provide quality and humane care to injured, sick, and orphaned wildlife.  In 2021, we developed a new brand identity and are now recognized publicly by the name Wildlife Clinic of RI which encompasses both our physical facility in North Kingstown RI and our network of home rehabilitators. 

We are licensed by both the state and federal government and help over 6,000 wild patients each year from all corners of the state.   We raise orphaned or injured wild babies and assist injured adults with the goal of releasing them back into the wild. The location in North Kingstown provides medical and rehabilitative services, as well as food and board, to injured, sick, or orphaned wildlife. We also support licensed home rehabilitators in Rhode Island in a variety of ways, including providing some food and supplies.

In addition to providing rehabilitative services to Rhode Island wildlife, we are committed to promoting communication and the dissemination of information among the wildlife rehabilitation community and to the general public through conferences, newsletters, social media, and other educational materials. We also assist in the development and enforcement of adequate regulations concerning wildlife and work collaboratively with state and federal agencies, and we provide subpermittee trainings. Once permitted by RIDEM, subpermittees may work under a fully licensed Rhode Island wildlife rehabilitator to help raise certain species of orphaned wildlife including squirrels, opossums, rabbits, and baby birds.