2015 has not been a very good year for Common Murres (Uria aalge californica) on the west coast of North America. From Southern California to British Columbia, thousands of these seabirds, mostly young of the year, have been found on beaches dead or dying of starvation. Bird Ally X co-directors Marie Travers and Shannon Riggs, DVM have been responding to this “crash” in Southern California at Pacific Wildlife Care in Morro Bay where Dr Riggs is director of animal care. This year they’ve treated well over a 150 young Common Murres. San Francisco Bay area wildlife care providers have been inundated […]
Last week we put out a call on Humboldt Wildlife Care Center’s Facebook page seeking donations of pumpkins, squash, fruit and more to help us feed the orphaned juvenile raccoons still in our care. And people have responded! Right now, with 18 Raccoons in care, we are feeding over 20 pounds of squash each day! And we still have over a month of care to provide. Your donations are helping a lot! Thank you! Here are two members of the always awesome California Conservation Corps dropping off a load of pumpkins! Your help, in the form of donated food items, […]
[…]| Download (Duration: 56:05 — 64.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Our latest podcast, at last – an update on Summer, a big thank you to our supporters fro helping us out in our time of need, an avian botulism outbreak in the central valley, and a warming ocean spells disaster for us all…. stream or down load New Wild Reveiw, vol 4 episode 1! Want to help us rebuild our facility and continue our pursuit of excellence in wildlife care? Donate Today Some links related to information in the podcast: local coverage of leptospirosis outbreak in […]
Tonight, from 6pm to close, Richard’s Goat Tavern and Tea Room in Arcata (401 I St) will be donating dollar for every pint of Beer and Cider sold! Showing tonight at the Miniplex at Richard’s Goat, a movie filmed in Arcata, the “hilarious, feminist homage to 1960s Italian thrillers,” The Love Witch. We’ll be there with an information table! Stop by for a pint, help rescue wildlife and see a movie getting rave reviews from around the country that has our home as the setting! Thank You to Richard’s Goat for offering this evening to benefit our wild […]
We have improvements and repairs to make before our busy baby season begins! Check out our GoFundMe fundraiser and please help if you can! the injured and orphaned wild animals of our region need your support. Thank […]
Bird Crisis Increasing As Southbound Migrants Arrive, And Tides Inundate Rookeries – Gulf Coast Oil […]
We’re at that time of year again when our coffers are depleted by our annual wild baby season, exacerbated this year by our record setting caseload! Nearly 1000 wild neighbors cared for already and still 3 months to go before the year ends! We need your help! Our goal: $10,000 by Halloween! Donate here if you already know you want to help, otherwise check out these videos presenting various patients from this very busy Summer… Also, BAX is still in the middle of an avian botulism outbreak response at the Lower Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuge! Please help us meet the […]
[…]to mitigate their presence divide communities. Click on the photo to read Carl Safina (Eye of the Albatross, Song for the Blue Ocean) on the planned eradication of Mute Swans (pop 2200) from the state of New York. And if you’d like to take this poll, we’ll be discussuing the results after the […]
Senator Bill Nelson, interviewed today by Andrea Mitchell, […]