We Are One Home

One fox, one emu and several of the volunteers at We Are One got a special holiday treat. When we are one got a fox that seemed non-releasable and a call about an escaped emu that needed a new home, we all made our way to the Olympic Game Farm in Sequim. It turned out to be a dream come true for all of us.

Welcome to We Are One

Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation

We Are One is a non profit organization located in Washington State in the Chehalis / Centralia area. We were established in 2005 to serve Lewis, Thurston, Pierce and Grays Harbor and surrounding counties. We are licensed through the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife to rehabilitate Washington State’s wildlife .

Our Mission:

To rescue and rehabilitate all wildlife in need of help and to educate the public on the importance of wildlife in our lives.

The future of wildlife is living in proximity to humans. They must adapt to life with us, and we must adapt to life with them. Remember we moved into their homes, we need to learn to be good neighbors.

What is Wildlife rehabilitation?

Wildlife rehabilitation involves caring for injured, ill, displaced, and orphaned wild animals—from bats to wolves to eagles to woodpeckers—with the goal of releasing physically fit and psychologically sound animals back into their natural habitat. Each animal is examined, diagnosed, and treated through a program of veterinary care, hospital care, feeding, medicating, physical therapy, exercising, and prerelease conditioning.

For rehabilitation to be deemed successful, released animals must be able to truly function as wild animals. This includes being able to recognize and obtain the appropriate foods, select mates of their own species and reproduce, and show the appropriate fear of potential dangers (people, cars, dogs, etc.). To accomplish this, releases are planned for appropriate weather, season, habitat, and location.

Some people advocate for “letting nature take its course,” indicating that injured, ill, and orphaned wild animals should be allowed to meet their natural fate. However, records indicate that the majority of distressed animals handled by rehabilitators are suffering not because of “natural” occurrences, but because of human intervention. Some of these are accidental, some are intentional, and many are preventable—such as those by vehicles, mowers, pets, high-voltage wires, firearms, traps, poisons, and oil spills.

(From the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife)