​“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 volunteers.

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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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Thank you Dulce for giving this nestling a 2nd chance ride to the @wildlifecarecenter today from Woodburn, OR. One of theee different calls #vOCCRAnteers responded to today. 🙏
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ATTENTION : Multnomah, Clackamas, Columbia, Washington, Yamhill AND Marion COUNTIES. 🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥 QUACKSAFE CAMPAIGN (link on profile) We are excited to announce the launch of QUACKSAFE, a new initiative dedicated to protecting ducklings from falling into storm drains. Our Diversion Program aims to identify and secure grates and drains that pose the highest risk to these vulnerable fluffs. 🫵🫵🫵 **WE NEED YOU!!!!!! —— TO MAKE THIS CAMPAIGN SUCCESSFUL, WE NEED DATA TO SHOW LOCAL UTILITIES WITH THE “HOT SPOTS”, the LOCATIONS WHERE THIS HAPPENS MOST FREQUENTLY. _____________________________ STEP 1: COLLECT DATA STEP 2: SHARE DATA W/ AUTHORITIES, OFFICIALS, PARTNER AGENCIES AND UTILITIES STEP 3: DESIGN PRODUCTS / MAKE A PLAN _______________________________ We are asking the community to provide feedback by sharing locations where ducklings/goslings/etc have previously fallen into storm drains. Your input is crucial in helping us identify high-risk areas and implement effective solutions. Please take a moment to fill out our online form with any known locations/photos/details. This data will be auto embedded in to an integrated map and spreadsheet for OCCRA to use as proof for the permanent need for risk mitigation for these incidents. ____________________________________ How to Participate: 👇👇👇 1. Visit our online form https://occrapdx.org/quacksafe/ 2. Provide detailed information about the location of grates where ducklings have fallen in the past. 3. Submit your response. ___________________________ We are hoping to have solid numbers by next “baby season”, so we can start talking products, and plans! For more information, visit our website or contact us via our website or DM! ‼️‼️‼️(PLEASE SHARE SHARE SHARE, AND TAG IMPORTANT ACCOUNTS!!! the more input, the better our chances!)‼️‼️‼️ _____________________________ @clackamas @clackamasfire @greshampoliceor @greshamfirefighters @multcopets @multcoso @multnomahcounty @oregondot @ospsocial @portland_911 @pdxfirerescue @clackcosheriff @clackamas911 @clackamaswatershed @portlandwaterbureau @birdallianceoforegon @milwaukiepolice @oregonhumane @theoregonian @portlandpoliceassociation
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ATTENTION : Multnomah, Clackamas, Columbia, Washington, Yamhill AND Marion COUNTIES. 🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥 QUACKSAFE CAMPAIGN (link on...
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✨RELEASES ✨ OCCRA volunteers had the incredible honor recently of being asked to help with...
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INJURED OSPREY - INTERSTATE 205 & AIRPORT WAY - 07/07/24 - WILDLIFE RESCUE #181 Thank you partner agencies @oregondot @ospsocial and @birdallianceoforegon for calling us about this Osprey which had an obvious injured wing and was flightless near the interstate on Sunday. Oregon State Police provided traffic control while ODOT gave everyone updates monitoring cams from their dispatch center. #vOCCRAnteers @happygrn and @jferry326 responded and together were able to safely capture the patient and take them directly to the Wildlife Care Center at Bird Alliance of Oregon. We don’t know the cause of their injuries but could assume they were struck by a vehicle based on how close they were found near traffic. Good luck beautiful raptor! #wildlifevolunteer #wildlifetransport #ospreyrescue
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INJURED OSPREY - INTERSTATE 205 & AIRPORT WAY - 07/07/24 - WILDLIFE RESCUE #181 Thank...

UPDATE: WE HAVE SOME HELP AND A TEAM IS RESPONDING FROM A LOCAL AGENCY… Any THERMAL drone operators that have some time to help a Good Samaritan with a lost new rescue goat on their property in Eagle Creek area? Specifically need thermal drone. Good Samaritan has tried multiple other drones but needs thermal imaging. None of the local rescue teams have one unfortunately, so posting as a courtesy, PM for good Sam contact info.
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UPDATE: WE HAVE SOME HELP AND A TEAM IS RESPONDING FROM A LOCAL AGENCY… Any...