[…]left behind from your house cat’s carnage would have fared much better if left to live and learn form their mothers. • Share the Wonder of Nature: Wild nature, of which we are a part, is a beautiful mystery. Happiness depends on our participation in this wonder. Wild animals have better chances when they are loved and respected by the humans who share their world. Be sure to love from an appropriate distance, though! • Help Wild Animals Caught in Society’s Traps: If you see a wild animal in trouble, call us! 707 822 8839 If you have a conflict […]
[…]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 […]
[…]to outside housing and begin the process of weaning. And then they’ll have several weeks of foraging for food that we hide, so that they learn to fend for themselves. We typically admit close to a hundred Opossums each year for care and raise nearly 75 babies, so these 8 are just the beginning. Of course, we’ll need your help to raise these young wild babies, orphaned by human machinery. If you want to help provide for these and the hundreds of other wild orphans we will treat this summer please DONATE, we’re going to need all the help we […]
[…]chance, returning them to the wild after appropriate treatment. Rehabilitators use protocols, research, and veterinary consultation, as well as respectful empathy with wild animals. Wildlife rehabilitation is regulated by state and federal agencies, and by the National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association Code of Ethics. Humboldt Wildlife Care Center is a project of Bird Ally X, permitted to rehabilitate wildlife by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Joining Forces HWCC was founded in 1979, serving the region as a network. HWCC began working with Bird Ally X in 2011. The two entities merged […]
[…]freedom. They came so close to being among the many untallied victims of a human world that kills randomly and without recognition simply by operating as it was inended – We grow the hay, we store it, we ship it – none of it meant to harm owls, and none of it meant to prevent harm either. It’s in this world that we meet our mission. And we can only do it with your help. We’ve already spent over a thousand dollars on food for these beautiful and innocent wild lives. That’s only example of the real difference your support […]
[…]to protecting wild families by protecting wild mothers – in this case skunks looking for mates and dens during the winter. Hope you find it informative and useful! Thank you for helping us get through a difficult year!!! DONATE today to help us rescue injured and orphaned wild […]
[…]our ever increasing caseload of wild patients (last year we treated 1,612 of our wild neighbors!) and the coming of our busy wild baby season, but this is the year we have to find our new location and move there. We are extremely grateful for this opportunity provided by the membership and leadership of the North Coast Co-op! So please, this month, when you shop the co-op, remember us when you checkout and be sure to ask to round up your purchase to support our region’s injured and orphaned wild animals! And thank you to everyone who supports our work! […]
[…]thank you especially to all who came out to have fun and support the work of the Jacoby Creek Land Trust and Bird Ally X/Humboldt Wildlife Care Center. See you at next year’s Barntini! Thank you to everyone who donated food, drink, art and more! Bien Padre Bonnie MacRaith Brett Shuler Catering Casa Lindra Coast Seafoods Cypress Grove Dutch and Dewey’s Eureka Natural Foods Fieldbrook Winery Gretchen Schuster Gus Clark Humboldt Distillery Ken Griggs Homemade Beer Laura Corsiglia Linda Parkinson Moonstone Crossing Winery North Coast Co-op Patricia Sennot Six Rivers Brewery Tomaso’s Specialty Food Wildberries Willow Creek […]
[…]him back to his old neighborhood. Not far from the police station, at the Eureka waterfront, is a common foraging place for crows and other birds. BAX/HWCC intern, Cheryl Henke and BAX co-director and photographer Laura Corsiglia scouted for crows. Satisfied that this would be a good place for the young crow, they let him out of the carrier. Almost immediately an adult crow came to him. The young crow gaped (opening his mouth wide to ask for food). “I was astonished,” exclaimed Cheryl, “It was beyond belief. It was like they already knew each other!” The adult quickly coaxed […]
[…]in over 400 wild birds, predominantly waterfowl, to be treated for the bacterial infection, and thousands of other birds deaths. (read more about last year’s response.) January and Marie also led last year’s response, which resulted in hundreds of birds saved from the paralyzing disease, as well as the development of protocols for care which were shared around the western states, where avian botulism is becoming a chronic problem, as well as the entire wildlife rehabilitation community. Avian botulism is caused by bacteria that is commonly found in fish. During dry hot spells, as water levels drop and water temperatures […]