Bandicoot

Red Fox

Our mission at Humane Indiana Wildlife & Rehabilitation Center is to rehabilitate wildlife and release them back to their natural environment, once they’re healthy and are capable of surviving on their own. In some cases, however, due to injuries sustained before they were brought to us, it would not be safe to release them to fend for themselves. Fortunately for Humane Indiana Wildlife, some animals remain in our care and become wildlife ambassadors. They help us provide wildlife education through our wildlife talks in our community, throughout the state, and during our kids camps

Bandicoot came to Humane Indiana Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center after spending nearly two years at a rehabilitation facility in Indianapolis where he was an education ambassador. Bandicoot had originally been confiscated from a community member local to Indianapolis after they had found him, as a kit, while out walking and kidnapped him with the intention to keep him as a pet. Confiscated by the DNR, Bandicoot was transferred to a rehabilitator where he was distanced from staff in the hopes that he would become more wild, however, it did not work. Bandicoot then became an education ambassador for his species and was transferred to Humane Indiana Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center in late 2016.