The Last Resort Wildlife Refuge

Animal Rescue & Sanctuary 
A 501c3 NJ Nonprofit Charity
100% Volunteer Organization

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Our Facility
The Last Resort's Wildlife Rehabilitation facility is located on 86 acres of protected forest, nestled in the Ramapo Mountains of Northern New Jersey. We Rescue, Recover, Rehabilitate and Release several hundred orphaned, sick or injured wild patients each year. Our Expert team of dedicated Volunteers, Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator's & Veterinary Professionals provides each animal with the highest quality of care , enrichment and rehabilitation possible, in a natural environment to ensure they get everything they need to be successfully rehabilitated & transitioned back to the wild. We strive to educate the public on ways to peacefully co-exist with NJ's beautiful wildlife. We share their rehabilitation journey's, publically, to raise awareness and inspire compassion, kindness, respect and appreciation for all our wild neighbors and the environment. We are 100% volunteer, 501c3 Non-profit Charity Organization. We rely on your support and generousity to continue saving lives!
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Emergency Care

Rehabilitation

Enrichment

Volunteer Opportunities

Apprenticeship & Internship

How to Help

What to do if ....

Exotic Animal Rescue

Companion Animal Rescue

Our Wildlife Hospital

Our President, Nancy, A 36 yr Head Vet Tech and Licensed Rehabilitator,  Working to save a hit by Car, injured procupine. Who is several months Pregnant!

We provide a 24/7 Wildlife Hotline to the public for wildlife emergencies. We are currently in the process of building a veterinary Wildlife hospital on site to serve NJ's wildlife 24 hours a day, free of charge . 
Our expert Team of Rehabilitator's and Veterinary professionals will be available, round the clock, to serve any of NJ's injured or orphaned wildlife in need of emergency veterinary care.  We are ALL volunteers! We get no grants or state funding and rely solely on the public's support and donations to continue saving lives!  We are a 501c3 Nonprofit Charity Organization. Please consider donating today !

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Volunteer Opportunities

We rely on volunteers to conitnue this work. If your'e considering volunteering with wildlife, we want to hear from you! If you havent already, please submit a volunteer application here:  Volunteer Application 
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Testimonials

I had no hope of saving a porcupine I found injured in the wild until I discovered Last Resort. Their experienced team responded immediately, managed to safely capture, rehabilitate the animal and release it back into its natural habitat! Thanks for all the hard work!
John Harrington
We had an injured raccoon in our yard, the people from The Last Resort was here in 30 minutes. They realized it was a mom and secured her and her babies too! They took the entire family, fixed up mom and they were all safely released, together in their hhome territory ! Just Wow! These folks are TRULY AMAZING!
Mary Jo Hansen
I was surprised to see a fox wander into my garage after being hit by a car. I thought he was done for. The Last Resort came out immediately. They took him directly to the vet and nursed him back to health! I followed him on their facebook and was blown away at the level of care he recieved. He was released, in the woods behind our property 3 weeks later. They truly care about NJ's wildlife!
Adam Stevens
I am so grateful to this woman from The Last Resort. We found a very sick, tiny bobcat kitten in our garage. The Last Resort came immediately, As they arrived, it stopped breathing. They resuscitated it right in front of us. They saved its life. They nursed it back to health, taught it everything it needed to learn in order to be a wild bobcat and eventually it was released back to the wild! Truly an outstanding Organization! Thanks for all you do!
Jill Monroe

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WHO WE ARE

The Last Resort Wildlife Refuge is a NJ state licensed wildlife rehabilitation facility in West Milford NJ.
 Our rescue facility sits on 86 acres of preserved and protected forest, an ideal environment for all the stages of rehabilitation in a supportive natural environment. We rescue and rehabilitate orphaned and injured wildlife, provide medical attention, veterinary care, neonatal care and often round the clock nursing care to our more ccritical patients. Our team of dedicated volunteers works as a team, to ensure we meet all of their needs through every stage of rehabilitation and provides medical attention, daily care, proper nutrition, and carefully apply developmentally appropriate enrichment to equip all of our wild patients with the skills, experiences and tools needed to flourish in the wild so they can be successfully released or reintroduced back into their native environment. 

In rare cases, to provide sanctuary for those few, who, for one reason or another, cannot be released. We are a NJ 501c3 Non Profit Organization and we receive no state or federal funding. We rely solely on donations and community support to continue saving lives and continue educational programs within the community.  We provide a 24 hour wildlife hotline to the public for wildlife emergencies throughout NJ.  The property is slowly being restored, rebuilt and not currently open to the public. However we are in the process of building a full service, 24hr wildlife hospital on site.
The Last Resort Rescue and Wildlife Refuge was founded by and is directed by Nancy Warner, a 35 yr head veterinary nurse and NJ Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator. The Last Resort Rescue’s amazing rescue team extends beyond wildlife. 
Our Organization's also has an established animal rescue operation where we rescue,  rehab and rehome orphaned, abandoned, injured, abused and homeless dogs, cats, horses, pigs and even exotic pets. We do not house companion animals here at the wildlife sanctuary, but through a network of private foster homes throughout NJ. 
We have rescued, rehabbed and rehomed over 9100 dogs, cats, horses and exotics through our foster & adoption programs over the last 2 decades. 

For more info on our non-wild rescue efforts go to : 
Thelastresortrescue.comWe want to create a better future for ALL animals! 

We will always BE THEIR VOICE and their guardians.