[…]is that oil and dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico are brought ashore by rain, poisoning farmland and causing disease in plants and animals – at the outer limits of this idea we hear of the entire eastern seaboard rendered foul. Somewhat more credible is a report aired on a Memphis television news program from June 6 that details strange disfigurements of area crops, although this report does not attribute the mystery ailment to any known cause. No follow up could be found. Two days ago, June 30, the Christian Science Monitor ran a piece, Oily rain and cracks in […]
[…]herons will be started soon… Funding issues are forever – we’ll ask for your help again and again. Our community’s support has been awesome. Without you 2023 would’ve been a disaster! Instead it was the first year in our bold new era of independence and sustainability! Thank you! As we enter the Winter months, with a to-do list that is exciting and challenging, we’ll continue to build a wildlife care facility that is as good as our Wild Neighbors deserve. I hope that 2024 brings all of us, near and far, the peace and prosperity that will help get the […]
[…]placed under half the box so the animal can move toward or away from the heat, whichever is more comfortable. Of course, over the phone it is impossible to be certain what the real situation is. But it is hunting season and this kid was down by the Eel River. It was perfectly imaginable that a goose or duck had been shot and wounded. We have treated many waterfowl who’d been shot and found, still alive, but flightless, trapped on the ground, helpless. We treat and release geese and ducks with this kind of injury commonly. It’s also true that […]
[…]children, pets, and wildlife and we urge the public to let them know that this is unacceptable.” “The lingering effects of the rat poison wreak havoc up the food chain, impacting endangered species such as the San Joaquin Kit Fox, and Reckitt Benckiser’s intransigence is calculated to make its environmentally devastating product linger on the market,” said Andrew Christie, director of the Sierra Club’s Santa Lucia Chapter. “There are many effective and less harmful rodent control methods still available to consumers,” said Medha Chandra, campaign coordinator at the Pesticide Action Network North America. “Reckitt Benckiser shouldn’t be allowed to continue […]
[…]extended to January 16, 2019. Our friends at Raptors Are the Solution (RATS) has this suggestion for commenting on the DPR action ” Please send a short email to Rodenticide.Comments@cdpr.ca.gov expressing your support for DPR’s proposed decision and urging them to follow through and remove all second-generation anticoagulants (SGARs) from use in California. Although the state banned SGARs for use by consumers in 2014, a giant loophole allows the pest control industry to continue using them widely. If possible, please forward a copy of your sent email to raptorsarethesolution@gmail.com. We would like to track the number of comments submitted. ” As […]
[…]was the only real treatment possible. Both gulls were rescued from further injury and suffering by compassionate people who saw the terrible thing unfold and couldn’t just drive on by. Ours is a world where none of us are safe from accidentally harming our wild neighbors. We come from nature, like the rest of our neighbors, yet we’ve made our alliance with the struggle to overcome her. As if there might be a place there, beyond the Wild, where we might stand. And there is: extinction. Every morning this year, Humboldt Wildlife Care Center/bax opened its doors, turned on its […]
[…]next morning the bird seemed as strong and determined as ever. He was desperate for freedom. An additional exam confirmed that the bird had no signicant injuries. We took him back to the neighborhood where he was found. Lucinda opened the carrier, greeted by his intimidating glare. Once he saw his chance, the falcon sprang from the box into flight. Opening the lid on Peregrine Falcon is not undertaken lightly! (photo: LCorsiglia/BAX) A remarkable bird. (photo: LaCorsiglia/BAX) “He made a wide arc around us,” Lucinda reported, “calling out once as he flew.” Peregrine Falcons have made a successful return to […]
[…]own, he has his own story. Yet he’s also the same as every other patient – from the common wounds and illnesses that we frequently see and treat, to his needs as a wild animal who requires freedom as much as he requires protein. His rehabilitation wasn’t by the numbers, nor was it really very different from any others’. He is unique and ordinary – like each of us – and his care mattered the world to him. There is one more hawk still in this sweet old world, thanks to the people who watched him and knew that he was […]
[…]a pelican aviary, a proper aviary for ducks, geese and herons, more mammal housing – and for all of this we need time and materials – and that means your support! Every year at this time we run low on resources – time is tight, patient needs are high, and spending a lot of time getting the word out and raising funds is difficult to accomplish! But the simple fact is we need you badly. In order to keep going through our busy Summer, feed our patients, pay our small staff, keep the electricity on, pay our mortgage, and so […]
[…]radio 6/19/2014 It’s Baby Season-Who you gonna call?? KHUM radio 6/5/2014 Breaking: Fish and Game Commission Meeting in Fortuna This Morning Lists Gray Wolf under Endangered Species Act Lost Coast Outpost 6/4/2014 Every Day is Earth Day: Minimizing Human Impact on Wildlife Lost Coast Outpost, 4/23/2014 Where the Wild Things Are The North Coast Journal 4/17/2014 Bird Ally X on KMUD radio 4/11/2014 Humboldt Bay Eagles Lay First Egg of 2013 Season on Live Eaglecam! The Times-Standard 3/18/2013 No Sick Pelicans, The North Coast Journal 8/12/2013 Groups ask for help in caring for county’s young wildlife The Times-Standard 7/28/ 2013 […]