Austin intake and Elgin rehabilitation have different roles
Austin Wildlife Rescue receives orphaned, injured and sick wildlife at its east Austin intake centre. Newly arrived animals are then transported to the rehabilitation centre in Elgin, where care continues until suitable patients are ready for release. These are distinct facilities within one organisation, so someone bringing an animal should follow the current intake instructions rather than assume every address serves the same purpose.
A seven-acre campus supports recovery
The Elgin campus combines indoor rehabilitation facilities with outdoor habitats. Animals need different settings as their condition and stage of recovery change, and the organisation prepares them for a return to the wild. In its 2025 account, AWR reported caring for 10,745 animals from more than 30 Texas counties, showing the regional reach of the work.
Feeding is specialised and changes as animals grow
Young wildlife requires species-appropriate formula and diets that develop with age, while adults receive food reflecting how they eat in the wild. AWR uses the example of baby songbirds needing very frequent feeding to explain the workload. This is part of professional rehabilitation, not simply providing a bowl of food to every animal brought through the door.
Release depends on finding suitable places
AWR works with landowners to identify appropriate release sites. That relationship extends recovery beyond the clinic and outdoor enclosures to the habitat an animal will enter. The organisation’s release programme is therefore a distinct stage of its mission, supported by people who can help provide suitable land as well as those contributing to treatment and daily care.
The hotline helps people decide what to do next
The wildlife hotline answers questions, offers referrals and helps people assess situations involving found animals. AWR states that it cannot collect animals, and some species fall outside its admission scope. Its found-animal page explains current intake arrangements and directs callers to the relevant guidance, making contact with the team the useful first step when the situation is uncertain. Official programme information · AnimalProtech map.
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