East Tennessee Wildlife Rehabilitation Council

About Wildlife Rehabilitation

Who we are:

The East Tennessee Wildlife Rehabilitation Council (ETWRC) is a volunteer group of state and federally permitted wildlife rehabilitators and apprentices who have formed a coalition to provide quality standards of care for injured, ill, or orphaned wildlife in East Tennessee.

Members of this network are trained and experienced to care for wildlife in need, and to assist the public with questions and concerns regarding wild animals which may be in need of help. Several members are also skilled environmental educators and can be contacted for giving presentations on a variety of related topics such as the rehabilitation of native wildlife, native species, and habitat conservation.

A wildlife rehabilitator (or rehabber) is someone who is trained to provide injured, ill, and orphaned wild animals the special care they require so that the animals can be successfully released back into their native habitat.

Wildlife rehabilitation is a volunteer activity - the only compensation is from donations. Rehabbers typically pay for food, cages, veterinary care, and medication from their own pockets.

Wildlife Rehabilitation

It is against state and federal law to keep wild animals. Wildlife rehabilitators are licensed by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency to care for animals until they can be released back into the wild. No one without a license should keep any wild animal captive. Wild animals require special diets and care, and pose hidden dangers such as the risk of disease to people.

Wildlife rehabilitators attend workshops sponsored by national organizations such as the National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association or the International Wildlife Rehabilitators Council to further their knowledge. Most rehabilitators are unpaid volunteers.

To locate a licensed wildlife rehabilitator near you, call the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency information line:

1-800-332-0900

Region 4 (East Tennessee) County	Facility		Contact		Address		Phone		Expire		Species
Anderson	Clinch River Raptor Center		Katie Cottrell		110 N. Hicks St. Clinton, TN 37716		865-483-8265		6/30/2012		Class 2 raptors and songbirds.
Anderson		Jo Ann Thompson		100 Norton Rd.		865-482-5660		6/30/2012		Class 2 songbirds.

Blount		Kathryn Peery		1407 Old Niles Ferry Rd. Maryville, TN 37803		865-984-8042		6/30/2013		Class 2 wildlife excluding skunks, bats, raccoons, foxes and coyotes.
Carter		Geri L. Wynn		150 Cecil Estep Rd. Elizabethton, TN 37643		423-474-6220		6/30/2013		Class 2 wildlife and white-tail deer excluding skunks, bats, and coyotes. Raccoons and foxes in accordance with special authorization to rehabilitate raccoons and foxes.
Greene		Thomas R. Leach		3625 S. Mohawk Rd. Midway, TN 37809		423-235-3587		6/30/2012		Class 2 reptiles and amphibians.
Hamblen		Robin Ballard		709 New Poplar Ridge Rd. Talbott, TN 37877		423-587-9043		6/30/2012		Class 2 mammals excluding skunks, bats, raccoons, foxes, and coyotes.
Hawkins	Grassy Creek Wildlife Foundation		Freda W. Rice		364 Grassy Creek Rd. Rogersville, TN 37857		423-272-5535		6/30/2013		Class 2 wildlife excluding skunks, bats, raccoons, foxes, and coyotes.
Jefferson		Lynne McCoy		630 Crestfield Dr. New Market, TN 37820		865-397-9540		6/30/2013		Class 2 wildlife excluding skunks, bats, and coyotes. Raccoons and foxes in accordance with special authorization to rehabilitate raccoons and foxes.

Jefferson		Phylis Rollins		2140 Chestnut Hill Rd. Dandridge, TN 37725		865-397-0672		6/30/2011		Class 2 wildlife excluding skunks, bats, and coyotes. Raccoons and foxes in accordance with special authorization to rehabilitate raccoons and foxes.
Knox	Clinton Highway Veterinary Hospital		Dr. Angela Snow, D.V.M.		7215-A Clinton Hwy. Powell, TN 37849		865-938-3313		6/30/2013		Class 2 wildlife excluding skunks, bats, raccoons, foxes and coyotes.
Knox		Marguerite Dietz		809 Woodbrier Rd. Knoxville, TN 37916		865-693-4295		6/30/2011		Class 2 mammals excluding skunks, bats, and coyotes.
Knox	Ijams Nature Center		Pam Petko-Seus		2915 Island Home Ave. Knoxville, TN 37940		865-577-4717		6/30/2012		Class 2 wildlife excluding skunks, bats, raccoons, foxes, and coyotes.
Knox	Knoxville Zoological Gardens		Jim Vulna		3500 Knoxville Zoo Dr. Knoxville, TN 37914		865-637-5331		6/30/2012		Class 2 and 4 wildlife excluding skunks, bats, raccoons, foxes, and coyotes.
Knox		Mary Beth Rood		8358 Bud Hawkins Rd. Corryton, TN 37221		865-388-5289		6/30/2012		Class 2 mammals excluding skunks, bats, and coyotes. Raccoons and foxes with special authorization to rehabilitate raccoons and foxes.
Knox		Rita Scruggs		7521 Parsonage Ln. Knoxville, TN 37920		865-809-0187		6/30/2013		Class 2 songbirds and mammals excluding skunks, bats, raccoons, foxes, and coyotes.

Knox		Tissi Smith		9725 Tunbridge Ln. Knoxville, TN 37922		865-690-6247		6/30/2012		Class 2 mammals excluding skunks, bats, raccoons, foxes, and coyotes.
Knox	University of Tennessee Veterinary Teaching Hospital		Lillian Gerhardt		2407 River Dr. Room C-247 Knoxville, TN 37796		865-974-8387		6/30/2013		Class 2 wildlife excluding skunks, bats, raccoons, foxes, and coyotes. White-tail deer as permitted.
Knox		Nancy Zagaya		8000 Boling Ln. Knoxville, TN 37920		865-579-3215		6/30/2013		Class 2 wildlife excluding skunks, bats, raccoons, foxes, and coyotes.
Loudon		Beverly S. Bittner		600 Gilbert Ln. Friendsville, TN 37737		865-387-2613		6/30/2013		Class 2 mammals excluding skunks, bats, and coyotes. Raccoons and foxes in accordance with special authorization to rehabilitate raccoons and foxes.
Loudon		Ramona Chapman		5737 Calloway Rd. Loudon, TN 37774		865-408-0163		6/30/2013		Class 2 wildlife excluding skunks, bats, raccoons, foxes, and coyotes. White-tail deer as permitted.
Sevier	American Eagle Foundation		Danielle Steckley		P.O. Box 333 Pigeon Forge, TN 37868		865-429-0157		6/30/2012		Class 2 raptors.
Sullivan	Bays Mountain Park		Ken Childress		853 Bays Mountain Park Rd. Kingsport, TN 37663		423-229-9447		6/30/2012		Class 2 wildlife excluding skunks, bats, raccoons, foxes and coyotes.

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