​“SAFE RIDES FOR SECOND CHANCES”.

On-Call Community Rescue for Animals

Assisting first responders and citizens with the aid and transport of animals in emergencies.

Our Mission

OCCRA’s mission is to improve city services, save time and money for local residents and our emergency responders—and help our less fortunate animal residents, via safe handling and transport of our creature friends by well trained and equipped responders.

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How We Help 100’s of Animals Every Year

Injured Strays

OCCRA is contracted with Multnomah County Animal Services from April 2022-April 2027, to respond to sick or injured contained stray animals between 5pm and 8am, 365 days/year. Please call 503.988.7387 if you have an emergency involving a stray domestic animal. You may also try the OCCRA number directly at 971.645.3450.

Injured Wildlife

Handling and transporting wild animals is very dangerous. Please call Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) first when encountering any kind of wildlife concern or emergency. You may also try Bird of Alliance of Oregon Wildlife Care Center to help triage the situation. OCCRA assists in case by case scenarios and may be able to offer transports of injured or sick wildlife to emergency care or humane euthanasia, if you are unable to reach both agencies, please reach out to us directly at 971.645.3450 to see if it is a situation we can help with, or if we can help contact the proper agencies.

Rescue Assistance

OCCRA may be able to assist in the transport of rehomed farm animals. Please reach out to us to see how we can help you, whether you are another non profit, or a citizen, we would be happy to discuss your situation. Please note, we do not help find adoptive homes, as it is outside of our capacity. However, once a home is in place and approved by the previous owner, OCCRA volunteers may be able to assist in the transport. email: [email protected] or call 971.645.3450.

How You Can Help

Join Our Contractor Team

OCCRA contractors work 1700-0800 as after hours emergency animal control in Multnomah County, if you are interested in becoming a contractor, with a once/week shift, let us know!

Join Our Team

Volunteer

OCCRA receives daily requests to help capture and transport animals, especially wildlife! Our volunteers help us fulfill our mission, we couldn't do it without them, and we would love to talk to you about joining our team!

Volunteer Application

Donate

OCCRA volunteers are onboarded with safety gear and uniforms, each new volunteer costs several hundred dollars in equipment. Your donations allow us to grow and help more animals, as well as save for our bigger goals of purchasing a large livestock trailer, and high quality wildlife transport boxes.

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UP-TO-DATE MAP OF OCCRA VOLUNTEER WILDLIFE RESPONSES IN THE *NORTH WILLAMETTE WATERSHED DISTRICT.

The *NWWD covers six counties. Zoom in to see the scope of volunteer wildlife call-outs to date.

Latest News

Diamond Collar Hero Award

By Virginia Borden | February 23, 2024

On 02/20/24 OCCRA President Virginia Borden had the incredible honor of receiving a Diamond Collar Hero Award from Oregon Humane Society on behalf of all the work that OCCRA volunteers have done over the years, as well the chance to highlight the incredible OHSTAR team whom we work with often. See the full video recognizing…

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SNEAK PEEK at our new logos!

By dave | December 14, 2023

OCCRA is rebranding. It’s time for a bit of a change in our logos, it’s so hard to say goodbye to the “heart paw”, especially since our belo…

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The Great Pumpkin Drive helps rescued farm animals for another year

By dave | November 5, 2023

The On-Call Community Rescue for Animals (OCCRA) is hosting the Great Pumpkin drive for the seventh year! For more Local News from KPTV: https://www.kptv.com/

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Great horned owl nestling 04/23/24 #110 Thank you vOCCRAnteers @malidragon Annette and Lindsey for responding...
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☀️HAPPY VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION WEEK!☀️ 🦅🦉🐇APRIL 21st - APRIL 27th - 2024🐇🦉🦅 We cannot say enough...

Thank you Cascade Smiles staff in Oregon City for calling @birdallianceoforegon and OCCRA about this injured grey squirrel yesterday. Great job getting the little one contained and ready for transport!
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Thank you Cascade Smiles staff in Oregon City for calling @birdallianceoforegon and OCCRA about this...

Thank you #voccranteer @angeladawnhn for responding yesterday to a request from the team at @birdallianceoforegon . This was our 3rd transport of a wild rabbit this week, two of which had been victims of cat attacks. Any “cat-caught” wild animals need to be seen by a rehabilitator as soon as possible, as cat bites and scratches can cause a lot of issues sometimes not obvious from the visible extent of external injury. 🐇106 #occra #voccranteer #wildlifevolunteer #wildlifetransport #wildliferescue
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Thank you #voccranteer @angeladawnhn for responding yesterday to a request from the team at @birdallianceoforegon...

A big shout out to the @birdallianceoforegon . The staff and volunteers are working non stop at the Wildlife Care Center round the clock providing care for multiple patients every day. Its fledgling season so the numbers go up regularly, keep in mind that many baby birds leave the nest prior to having the ability to fly. Some of those babies, like crows, look like full sized adults! Remember to call and triage any concerns with the pros at Bird Alliance before approaching, capturing or transporting any wild animals. Often the best thing is to leave them in place as parents are nearby keeping an eye on them! The care center is open EVERY DAY from 9am to 5pm. If it’s after those hours and you think there is an emergency, you can try the OCCRA line as well. Thank you to all the donors for Bird Alliance as well, they need your funding to care for, and advocate for all those animals! (Pictured here are Bird Alliance volunteers and staff), 2 of which are also OCCRA volunteers, Amber and Annette. ❤️🙏
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A big shout out to the @birdallianceoforegon . The staff and volunteers are working non...
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Love the ingenuity we see when good sams have patients waiting for us for pick up! Yesterday, vOCCRAnteers @malidragon and @vettechdlove , transported a songbird, a Cooper’s hawk, and a brush rabbit. The good Sam that found the injured songbird triaged the situation through the Wildlife Solutions Counselors at @birdallianceoforegon , and when given instructions to safely capture, they placed it on some bedding in this chip box. It works! All those cardboard boxes sitting in your garage may come to good use, you never know! **PSA REMINDER——HANDLING WILD ANIMALS CAN BE DANGEROUS, PLEASE ALWAYS TRIAGE WITH PROFESSIONALS FIRST! Like this good Sam did! Thank you to the Good Samaritans, our volunteers, and ODFW and Bird Alliance! #voccranteers #occra #wildlifetransport #wildliferescue #wildlifevolunteer
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Love the ingenuity we see when good sams have patients waiting for us for pick...

💯💯💯💯💯 ONE HUNDRED WILDLIFE TRANSPORTS‼️ 💯💯💯💯💯 In April of 2023, almost exactly one year ago, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife finally gave OCCRA the chance we had been working so hard for, for almost a decade. They wrote us a letter of agreement which allowed OCCRA volunteers to be sub-permittees and legally approved to capture and transport injured and sick wildlife to legal rehabilitators in the North Willamette Watershed District. We reset our counters on that day, (as we had done many wildlife transports before under a case by case , permission by permission status prior). Yesterday, vOCCRAnteer Tiffany transported a wild brush rabbit which had been found by an employee at a warehouse, the patient had an injured leg and head wound and needed to be seen as soon as possible. Tiffany transported the little bun to @birdallianceoforegon Wildlife Care Center where they are in good hands with the rehabilitators. This little patient , was our 100TH wildlife TRANSPORT since we signed the letter of agreement with ODFW a year ago. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, FOLLOWS, SHARES, DONATIONS, and to all whom have joined our team to help make OCCRA’s mission grow, succeed and work for our animal friends and our community. Thank you to the kind good Sam, vOCCRAnteer Tiffany, and @birdallianceoforegon for your help today! #wildlifetransport #wildlifevolunteer #wildliferescue #voccranteer #occra
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💯💯💯💯💯 ONE HUNDRED WILDLIFE TRANSPORTS‼️ 💯💯💯💯💯 In April of 2023, almost exactly one year ago,...
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Thank you vOCCRAnteers @malidragon Annette and @kaicameli Kaila for responding today. @birdallianceoforegon called us to...

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️UPDATE!!!!! Faith HAS BEEN FOUND AND IS SAFE AND WITH THE OHS TEAM!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️ ‼️‼️MISSING - FAITH, 90 lb FRENCH MASTIFF‼️‼️ ❌- LAST SEEN 03/31 around 9am @ NE 53rd & SACRAMENTO ❌❌DO NOT CHASE!!❌❌ ❌CALL OHS between the hours of 8am - 5pm with any sightings 503.285.7722. ❌CALL OCCRA between hours of 5pm - 8am with any sightings 971.645.3450
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❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️UPDATE!!!!! Faith HAS BEEN FOUND AND IS SAFE AND WITH THE OHS TEAM!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️ ‼️‼️MISSING -...