First off, my hat's always off to the DEP- we all know you guys are WAY understaffed and WAY overbooked. Having said that, we went through very much the same process with a baby skunk- and we blame out town animal control officer- they just blatantly wanted nothing to do with it, gave us no info, help, etc.Was very refreshing to see our town tax dollars being put to such good use. However once we called the DEP we were put in touch with a licensed rehabilitator who took it in, grew it up and it was released into the wild.

Thank you Encon for clearing that up by the way on the risk factors-it was never explained to us- apparently we were at the extremely low end of the spectrum as the animal was extremely friendly and docile.
You can say anything foolish to a dog, and that dog will still give you a look that says, "WOW!! What a great idea!! I never would have thought of that!!"

Some people are born on third base, then spend the rest of their lives thinking they hit a triple.