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Wildlife Rehabilitator License

Statutory Authority: ECL 11-0515 and 6 NYCRR Part 184 and Part 175

The Department may issue a Wildlife Rehabilitator License, to qualified individuals, authorizing the rehabilitator to temporarily possess distressed wildlife for the purpose of providing care to sick, injured or orphaned wildlife for return to the wild.

To apply for this license, contact the Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources Special Licenses Unit.

Special Licenses Unit
NYSDEC
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233-4752
518-402-8985

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    Fish, Wildlife & Marine Resources
    625 Broadway
    Albany, NY 12233-4752
    518-402-8985
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