Think Wild is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit wildlife hospital and conservation center based in Bend, Oregon. Our mission is to inspire the High Desert community to care for and protect native wildlife through education, conservation, rescue, and rehabilitation.

At our Wildlife Hospital, we rescue, treat, and release injured and orphaned native animals. Each year, hundreds of patients, from bobcats and bald eagles to hummingbirds, ducklings, and flying squirrels, get a second chance at life thanks to our dedicated veterinary staff and volunteers.

Through our Youth Education programs, we connect students to local ecosystems through field trips, classroom visits, interpretive walks, and summer camps that inspire curiosity and compassion for wildlife.

Our Humane Wildlife Services program helps people coexist with native species through safe, nonlethal solutions such as exclusions, deterrents, and habitat installations like nest boxes, bat houses, and raptor perches.

And our Beaver Works Oregon program restores streamside habitats with native plants, beaver dam analogs, and citizen science that benefit beavers, fish, and many other species.

We are lucky to call Central Oregon home, but the wild animals who share it with us are struggling as the community grows. Wildlife can?t ask for help, and it?s up to us to speak and act for them. Please support Think Wild through ordering merch, or making a donation! https://www.thinkwildco.org/support-us/donate/

A rehabilitated juvenile great gray owl, an identified Species of Greatest Conservation Need, released back to the wild after being rescued as an orphaned nestling.