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Volunteer contacts: NEW PHONE #s
Christine Banks 212-380-4464
Susan Elbin 212-380-4478
emails: "lastname"@wildlifetrust.org

Send datasheets to: NEW ADDRESS
460 West 34th St, 17th Fl, New York, NY 10001

Contacts for New York:

• If you pick up a fresh bird carcass - please freeze it and/or bring it to the closest facility with a freezer:
• Artie Kopelman, President, CRESLI
  Dowling College, Oakdale, NY
  631-244-3352
• If this facility is too far, please call one of the volunteer contacts at Wildlife Trust to make other arrangements

 

• If you find a live injured bird, be careful - pick up a bird only with adequate protection (gloves, pillow case for covering bird)! It is probably most advisable to contact local wildlife rehabilitators near you:

• Huntington, NY - Volunteers for Wildlife at 631-423-0984/0982
• Hampton Bays, NY - Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons at 631-728-4200, 631-728-WILD
• Port Jefferson, NY - STAR Foundation at 631-696-5172
• Setauket, NY - Jean Darrow, 75 Old Field Road at 631-941-4131 (shorebirds)

 

• For marine mammal and sea turtle strandings (live and dead):

• On Long Island, report dead seal, marine mammal, and sea turtle sightings to our collaborators at the Riverhead Foundation strandings hotline at 631-369-9829 or live, healthy animal reports at 631-369-9840 ext. 15

 

• If you find oil on or near the beach contact:

• The National Response Center at 1-800-424-8802
• The state hotline: NY State Department of Environmental Conservation # 1-800-TIPP DEC (1-800-457-7362) or 1-800-847-7332 for all other environmental conservation law violations

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