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Resources for animals outside our permit scope
About Our Permit
Shasta Wildlife Rescue’s rehabilitation permit, issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, only allows us to provide rehabilitative care to certain non-domestic animals. We cannot accept any domestic animals (including domestic birds like parakeets and lovebirds), farm animals, venomous reptiles, or exotic animals.
If you need assistance with these animals, please see the organizations listed below.
Domestic Animals
For dogs, cats, and domestic birds, contact these local resources:
Shasta County
Haven Humane Society
Phone: 530-241-1653
24-hour phone monitor system
Handles rescues previously managed by the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office, Animal Regulations
Tehama County
Tehama County Animal Services
Red Bluff
Phone: 530-527-3439
Local Rescue Organizations
Additional agencies and organizations in Shasta, Siskiyou, and Tehama Counties:
- Anderson Animal Control
- Annie’s Pet Rescue — Cottonwood
- Another Chance Animal Welfare League — Redding
- Corning City Animal Control
- Deserving Pets Rescue — Red Bluff
- Fetch 11 Humane Society
- Forever Pets — Redding
- Furry Friends Cattery
- Haven Humane Society — Redding
- Homeward Bound CSP — Redding
- Jackson Ranch for Dogs — Happy Valley
- Love Your Pet Expo Sanctuary — Redding
- Pawsitive Love — Redding
- Petfinders — Adoption & shelter search
- PETS Tehama — Red Bluff
- Pets Without Partners — Redding
- Pilots ‘n Paws
- Purr Angels — Yreka
- R.A.I.N. — Shingletown
- Raining Cats ‘n’ Dogs — Redding
- Rescue Ranch — Yreka
- ResQ Animal Coalition — Redding
- Safe in the North State — Redding
- Save a Dog Today — Redding
- Second Chance Pets — Corning
- Shasta County Animal Regulations
- Siskiyou Humane Society — Mt. Shasta
- Shasta Lake Animal Control
- Shasta Sanctuary — Weed
- Siskiyou German Shepherd Rescue
- SNIPPP — Burney
- STAR Program — Mt. Shasta
- Stillwater Cat Haven — Anderson
- Tails of Rescue — Redding
- Tehama County Animal Services
Also try breed-specific cat and dog rescue groups.
Nuisance Wildlife
Professional wildlife management services in the region:
- Animal Nuisance Control — Cottonwood
- Problem Wildlife Management — Redding
- Problem Wildlife Management — Shasta County
- Wildlife Pest Management — Tehama County
Farm Animals
Agencies and organizations in California that assist with farm animals:
- A Horse’s Dignity — Brown’s Valley
- All About Equine Animal Rescue — El Dorado Hills
- Angelwings Pony Rescue — Anderson
- Animal Place Sanctuary — Vacaville
- Austin’s Miniature Longears — Cottonwood
- Back in the Saddle — Marysville
- Bella Vista Farms — Cottonwood
- Brighthaven Animal Retreat — Sebastopol
- CA Potbellied Pig Association
- Farm Sanctuary — Orland
- Harmony Haven Horse Rescues — Cottonwood
- Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary — Stockton
- Hope Ranch Animal Rescue — Malibu
- Horse Plus Humane Society — Oroville
- Humanity for Horses — Mt. Shasta
- PiggyPals’ Fine Sanctuary — Marysville
- Rabbit Haven — Scotts Valley
- Return to Freedom — Lompoc
- Sacramento House Rabbit Society
- Safe Haven Horse Rescue — Cottonwood
- Save a Bunny — Mill Valley
- Sunshine Sanctuary — Los Molinos
- TB Friends Horse Rescue — Woodland
- Wild Horse Sanctuary — Shingletown
Venomous & Other Reptiles
Exotic Animals
- Barry R. Kirshner Wildlife Foundation — Durham
- Born Free USA — Sacramento
- California Living Museum — Bakersfield
- Cat Haven — Dunlap
- Feline Conservation Center — Rosamond
- Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary
- Forever Wild Exotic Animal Sanctuary
- Lions, Tigers & Bears — El Cajon
- Living Desert — Palm Desert
- Mountain Lion Foundation — Sacramento
- PAWS — Galt
- Safari West — Santa Rosa
- Shambala Preserve — Acton
- Star Eco Station — Sacramento & LA
- Whispering Pines Vet — Avian & Exotic
- Wildlife Waystation — Agua Dulce
Still Need Help?
Try our “Find a Critter?” page, or call our hotline at 530-365-9453 (365-WILD). If we cannot accept the animal in question, we can refer you to the appropriate expert, agency, or organization.