{"id":788348,"date":"2026-10-01T08:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/788348\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T08:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:26:19","slug":"wildlife-rescue-closed-to-new-admissions-due-to-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/788348\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife rescue closed to new admissions due to shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Oxfordshire Wildlife Rescue announced on Wednesday morning, September 30, that the centre is temporarily closed to new admissions due to a &#8216;temporary staff shortage&#8217;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  People who discover sick, injured or orphaned wild animals are being asked to use the Help Wildlife directory online which can direct them to other nearby wildlife rescues.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Founder and CEO of Oxfordshire Wildlife Rescue, Luke Waclawek, released a statement which said: &#8220;This difficult decision is necessary to protect the welfare of the animals already in our care and ensure we can continue providing the care and attention they need.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"Fox \"\/>A fox saved by the rescue centre (Image: Oxfordshire Wildlife Rescue)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Our wildlife ambulance currently remains operational on a limited basis for emergencies involving large wild animals, including deer, foxes, badgers and otters.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We may also attend incidents involving large birds of prey in certain circumstances.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Each request will be assessed on a case-by-case basis, depending on team availability and suitable care capacity at the time.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee attendance at every incident.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Thank you for your continued support, patience and understanding.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The welfare of our patients remains our priority, and we will share an update as soon as we can.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Oxfordshire Wildlife Rescue is a 24 hour centre based in Blewbury which cares for hundreds of wild animals at any one time at its charity rehabilitation centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oxfordshire Wildlife Rescue announced on Wednesday morning, September 30, that the centre is temporarily closed to new admissions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-788348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}