[…]With a healthy appetite and will to thrive, the young adult was soon back in fighting form, ready for the demands of wild freedom. We took him back to fields above Clam Beach. Watch the video for an excellent view of one of the Wild’s children coming home. And if you can, please, help. It’s your support that makes our work possible. Donate […]
[…]Humboldt Wildlife Care Center director, Monte Merrick takes you on a video tour of our facility and makes a plea for your support. We can’t do it without you! Thank […]
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[…]coyotes and a host of other wild animals. In 2013 alone, it killed at least 4 million animals. And former employees have reported that the program dramatically underreports the number of animals killed. Peer-reviewed research shows that such reckless slaughter of animals, particularly predators, causes broad ecological destruction and loss of biodiversity. Wildlife Services has been the subject of increasing controversy in recent years. Its employees have drawn public attention to the program’s routine acts of reckless cruelty. One was charged with animal cruelty for intentionally maiming his neighbor’s dog with a steel-jaw leghold trap. Another posted pictures on social […]
[…]the victims, but they do not. They side, now, as ever, with the perpetrator. What is needed, now and for the foreseeable future, is strong support for independent scientists and citizens to bring the true story forward, the story of the cost paid by the ecosystems of the Gulf coast, the sea, and its lives, plant and animal, human and […]
[…]entry from Best Friends dealing with the difficulty since the media blackout of getting good information… we heard today, however that the USCG has lifted its ban on press… not sure if this is true… The Gulf Oil Spill: No pictures, few […]
[…]the orphaned fawns in our care for five days! Your $5 each month will keep our lifesaving phone service on for one month every year! If you become a Sustaining Member who gives $10 each month you will provide 100 pounds of fish! 100 pounds will feed a recovering Brown Pelican for 20 days. $20 each month will cover the gasoline for 12 trips to Crescent City or Laytonville or Weaverville to transport an orphaned or injured wild animal. Want to bowl us over? A monthly gift of $1000 will cover the cost of our tenancy at Jacoby Creek Land Trust! So, how […]
[…]rats, birds, some insects and vegetables – and well on her way to being released back to her free and wild life. Here’s a short clip taken immediately before performing last week’s weekly check-up exam. Thank you for your support. Your donation goes directly to the care of all our patients, from this Fox whose luck has turned around, to the dozen Common Murres in care and the two dozen orphaned racccons. Want to help? Click on the donate button! Every little bit helps! Thank […]
[…](Anas platyrhynchos), finished their time with us this weekend and were released back to their free and wild lives. Found in a back yard in McKinleyville, these youngsters were only 30 grams when we admitted them in the middle of April. Now over 700 grams and with their flight feathers nearly grown in, we released to one of our area’s local “duck nurseries”, a marshy location that is a smorgasbord of appropriate Mallard diet. Here they’ll finish their apprenticeships on their way to becoming successful adults. The obstacles people have put in the way of the normal lives of our […]
[…]you!!! Thank you so much for helping us help wildlife! and if you’d like to support our work and our move to be secure and sustainable please donate here! video editing: Soro […]