If you encounter an injured wild animal, move it out of harm’s way and call:
Located near the Columbia River, Rowena Wildlife Clinic has been caring for injured native Oregon wildlife since 2002.
Rowena Wildlife Clinic is a nonprofit charity located about 80 miles east of Portland, Oregon. Established in early 2002, we provide medical treatment and rehabilitation to injured native wildlife across the region.
We also umbrella Pawsitivity, a spay, neuter, and vaccination program supporting underserved cats in our community.
Our patients include native birds, mammals, and reptiles — with songbirds and raptors being the most frequent visitors to our clinic.
Every animal that comes through our doors is treated with expertise, structure, and compassion.
Each year Rowena Wildlife Clinic provides medical care for approximately 160 injured or orphaned animals, including birds, mammals, and occasional reptiles.
More than half of these patients are successfully rehabilitated and returned to their natural habitat. The clinic focuses on complex cases that often require surgery, long-term rehabilitation, and specialized care.
Data based on annual reporting to U.S. Fish & Wildlife and Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife.
Most of our patients arrive after collisions or predator attacks. Many suffer fractures and severe soft tissue damage. Some are too gravely injured to survive.
For those who can be helped, we perform surgery when necessary and provide weeks — sometimes months — of rehabilitation in carefully designed habitats that promote healing.
Each patient requires:
Only a little over 50% of our patients can ultimately be healed well enough to return to the wild.
But when they do…
Releases are magical.
When an animal returns home, something restores itself — not only in the wild, but in all of us who helped make that return possible.
The journey begins with you — the rescuer — choosing to act when you see an injured animal in need.
Compassion is always the first step toward recovery.
“Loki,” our non-releasable Great Horned Owl, serves as our ambassador bird.
With dedicated volunteers Ron Kikel and Ash Harris, Loki visits schools and community venues to teach conservation, wildlife awareness, and environmental responsibility.
We proudly collaborate with:
Together, we strengthen conservation education across the region.
Our educational ambassador owl participates in community programs across Oregon and Washington, helping more than 2,000 adults and children each year learn about wildlife conservation and rehabilitation.
We are once again permitted to accept waterfowl, including ducks, geese, gulls, herons, rails, and other water-loving species. Patients are quarantined in a separate building before integration into clinic and aviary spaces.
Rehabilitation is now permitted again. Please use protective gloves when rescuing bats. Rabies incidence is low but statistically higher in bats than in other mammals.
Due to the westward advance of Chronic Wasting Disease, we are no longer permitted to rehabilitate deer of any age, including orphaned or injured fawns.
Wildlife rehabilitation requires time, expertise, and freely given compassion.
Whether you are a rescuer, volunteer, educator, or donor — you are part of this healing process.
If you encounter injured wildlife, call: 541-490-7921
