Wildlife health, seen together
When Wildlife Speaks, We Listen.
Every day, wildlife rehabilitators, veterinarians, and responders document what they see in animals under their care, one animal at a time. When those observations are brought together, they can reveal patterns in wildlife health that no single organization can see alone.
How data becomes protection
A single wildlife rehabilitator sees one patient. The network can reveal the larger pattern. That is the difference between seeing isolated cases and recognizing when something unusual may be happening.
One network, many roles
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Wildlife rehabilitators
Tools & training built by your peers
Paperless medical records at little to no cost, used by 2,500+ organizations. Every record helps build a clearer picture of wildlife health.
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Researchers
Decades of data, ready to collaborate
Standardized clinical records across species, regions and years, with the provenance behind every one.
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Agencies
Near real-time monitoring
WildAlert monitors the network around the clock and flags unusual wildlife health events and patterns.
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Donors
Measurable conservation impact
Your support helps turn millions of individual wildlife records into knowledge that can reveal patterns, inform action, and make a difference for wildlife.
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Partners
Grow the network with us
Agencies, universities and organizations that help put rehabilitation data at the center of wildlife science.
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Press & public
Stories from the field
What the network is seeing, who is doing the work, and what it means for the wildlife around you.
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The Wild Neighbors Database Project ecosystem
Every platform we build feeds the same growing body of wildlife health knowledge, and draws from it.
Collect & care
WRMD
The medical record system for wildlife rehabilitation.
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Respond
OWRMD
Medical records for oiled-wildlife response, built with UC Davis.
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Monitor & record
Ceto
Health and stranding data for marine mammal networks.
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Detect & warn
WildAlert
Automated early warning for wildlife disease and mortality events.
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From the field
Early signals detected across the network
Harmful algal blooms in seabirds. West Nile virus in raptors. Canine distemper in mesocarnivores. A new paramyxovirus in doves. Each emerged from the same process: wildlife rehabilitation organizations quietly documenting what they saw, and a network listening across those records for unusual patterns.
Every record makes the network smarter.
Your support helps turn millions of individual wildlife records into knowledge that can reveal patterns, inform action and make a difference for wildlife.