417 Wildlife Alliance
Helping southwest Missouri respond wisely when wildlife is injured, orphaned, displaced, or simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Find your next step
Wildlife help works best when everyone knows their part.
A neighbor may need urgent guidance. A rehabber may need supplies. A business may need training before a nest is disturbed. The alliance brings those needs into one place.
Local people
Who we are
Meet the people working to make wildlife help easier to find in southwest Missouri.
Find care
Find a rehabber
Find nearby licensed or permitted help based on species, location, and availability.
Safer work sites
Wildlife compassionate companies
Education and recognition for businesses that want to prevent wildlife displacement.
Give time or funds
How you can help
Choose a practical way to support rehabbers, volunteers, education, and community response.
Local alliance
417 Wildlife Alliance
Quick answers
FAQ
Quick answers that help people avoid common mistakes in stressful wildlife moments.
First calm steps
So you found an animal
Start here for calm, careful next steps when wildlife may be injured, orphaned, or displaced.
Impact updates
Success stories
See how donor support, rehabber skill, and community action change outcomes for animals.
Shop for good
Merch
Mission gear that helps keep wildlife care visible and supported.
Southwest Missouri
Wildlife help for Springfield, Greene County, and the 417 area.
417 Wildlife Alliance is being built as a practical local hub for neighbors and businesses who find injured, orphaned, displaced, or at-risk wildlife and need to reach appropriate licensed or permitted help.
Initial regional focus and common needs
Service area
- Greene County, including Springfield, Republic, Willard, and Strafford
- Christian County, including Nixa and Ozark
- Webster, Polk, and Taney Counties, including Marshfield, Bolivar, and Branson
- Surrounding 417 area communities
Common needs
- Emergency care of orphaned and injured wildlife
- Raising baby wildlife to release
- Removing at-risk wildlife from dangerous areas
- Rehabber support with supplies, transport, and funding
Why it matters
Rehabbers carry the hardest part of care.
A single small animal may need formula, food, medication, safe housing, transport, and weeks to months of attention. During baby season, those needs multiply fast.
Donor support turns concern into care.
Donations, sponsors, grants, business education, and shop proceeds can all help provide transparent support for licensed or permitted rehabbers and wildlife nonprofits.
Monthly donors
Business sponsors
Supply support
Impact updates