If you are a rescue, independent rescuer, or wildlife-friendly vet in the UK, we’d love to have you registered in our directory. You’ll need to Register an Account in order to add a listing. You’ll then be able to edit the listing at any time, including setting it as ‘temporarily closed’ if you’re full or need a break. You’ll find guidance on adding, claiming, editing and removing a listing – here.
There are three ‘tiers’ to the directory
1. The public directory/’Rescues’
These rescues are the first results shown to site visitors who search our map.
2. The back-up directory/’Small Rescues’
Contact details are publicly viewable on the site but visitors have to look a bit harder to find these rescues.
3. Community Heroes
Contact details are hidden from the public. Our team will refer people to you if they’ve not been able to find help from the first two tiers of the directory.
The table below provides a rough guide to which tier of the directory your rescue best sits in. *We strongly recommend that any rescue less than 2 years old starts off in tier 2 or 3. Your listing can be moved later on, just let us know if you want to make a change.
1 (Rescues) | 2 (Small Rescues) | 3 (Community Heroes) | |
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Type of Rescue | Formal organisation with governing documents | Smaller or not yet fully established rescue | Individual rescuer or vet practice |
Duration of Experience | 2 years or more | Less than 2 years* | Any |
Capacity | 1000 or more animals a year | 100-1000 animals a year | 100 animals a year or less |
Contactable via | Publicly listed telephone number | Publicly listed telephone number | Private telephone number or e-messaging only |
Directory Visibility | Details immediately available to the public | Details available to the public but not in initial search results | Details only available to HelpWildlife.co.uk to use if options from the other tiers can’t help |
Finances | Probably registered with the Charity Commission Rescue has its own bank account | Unlikely to be Charity Commission registered, may be registered with HMRC Rescue has its own bank account | HMRC or not formally registered. May be self-funded rather than taking donations. |
Policies | Must agree to our Directory Standards | Must agree to our Directory Standards | Needs to agree to our Directory Standards but we may, at our discretion, add some who cannot meet all the standards to this tier and refer people on a case by case basis when no other help is available |
Add a Listing | Add a Rescue | Add a Small Rescue | Add a Community Hero |