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Wildlife Ambassadors Move to Transition

October 7, 2024 Comments Off on Wildlife Ambassadors Move to Transition

A New (Temporary) Home for WildCare’s Wildlife Ambassadors Watch WildCare’s beloved Wildlife Ambassador pool birds and our venerable Turkey Vulture, Vladimir, entering their bright and spacious Transition enclosures for the…

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WildCare’s Move + Orphaned Baby Squirrel in Care

September 16, 2024 Comments Off on WildCare’s Move + Orphaned Baby Squirrel in Care

As you likely know, WildCare is in the process of moving out of our venerable facility on Albert Park Lane in San Rafael, California so we can rebuild a new,…

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WildCare Transition

August 15, 2024 Comments Off on WildCare Transition

The Wildlife Hospital at WildCare Transition is OPEN! WildCare’s Wildlife Hospital is OPEN to admit injured and orphaned wildlife patients at our Transition location from 9am – 5pm, seven days…

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Gray Fox Entangled in Soccer Netting

August 1, 2024 Comments Off on Gray Fox Entangled in Soccer Netting

WildCare admits a surprising number of animals entangled in soccer netting. Soccer goal netting is thick and durable, and it’s always hung at either end of a wide-open grassy field.If you’ve…

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Baby Bat Emergency

July 16, 2024 Comments Off on Baby Bat Emergency

It was a bat emergency in Bakersfield!WildCare’s Director of Animal Care, Melanie Piazza received a call on Saturday morning that hundreds of baby Mexican Free-tailed bats had fallen from their…

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Extraordinary Skunk Rescue in Front of WildCare

June 27, 2024 Comments Off on Extraordinary Skunk Rescue in Front of WildCare

WildCare’s Wildlife Hospital is at its busiest right now, but our team is never too busy to help an animal in need! A panicked pedestrian came to WildCare’s front gate, pointing…

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Patients of Many Species at WildCare

June 27, 2024 Comments Off on Patients of Many Species at WildCare

Peregrine Falcon Fledglings 2024 has been a banner year for young raptors at WildCare, including fledgling Peregrine Falcons! We have admitted and treated five of these extraordinary birds this summer.…

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Baby Red-Shouldered Hawks at WildCare

June 12, 2024 Comments Off on Baby Red-Shouldered Hawks at WildCare

At WildCare we are always impressed at the lengths to which raptor parents will go to raise their young.In the week before Father’s Day, our thoughts have turned especially to…

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Emaciated Pelicans at WildCare

May 8, 2024 Comments Off on Emaciated Pelicans at WildCare

Wildlife experts up and down the California coast are concerned that Brown Pelicans are facing another “stranding event” like the one we saw in 2022.That year, our partner organization International…

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Understanding Coyote Denning Behavior

May 8, 2024 Comments Off on Understanding Coyote Denning Behavior

Article and photos by Janet KesslerCoyote pupping season lasts from approximately February through the fall, and during this time, protective coyote parents are very concerned about the safety of their…

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