[…]also available at the door! Come out for a terrific end of Summer party and help keep our wild lands and our wild neighbors […]
[…]we will be resuming our volunteer program, although on a limited scale at first. We have room for 12 new volunteers and interns on our crew and we think it might be you we’re looking for! Critical tasks include: Laundry! Dishes! General housekeeping! (that’s the bulk of what we all do!) And of course other tasks include providing care for orphaned wild babies, like opossums, House Finches, raccoons, seabird chicks, and more… Last year we treated 1,568 wild patients. Half of them, 790 of our year’s caseload, were admitted between May 23 and August 23 – so yes, our Spring […]
[…]are not exactly useful. So far the only reliable information coming from the Unified Incident Command (which amounts to a large part of the Federal government and BP) has been that information from the Unified Command is at best misinformed, more likely, propaganda. These official estimates of the flow of crude oil place the volume at a level that was intially reported by SkyTruth and Dr. Ian MacDonald of Florida State University on 27 April and eventually published in the NY Times on 22 May. Meanwhile, the CEO of BP Plc has been seen on media all over the world, […]
[…]as well. On the North Coast, the situation has been slightly different, our cooler temperatures and distance form the larger fishing ports and urban impact has left more room in the ocean for our seabird neighbors. Even so, Humboldt Wildlife Care Center has admitted nearly 50 starving juveniles since the “die-off” began in July. That’s a lot of work for our small facility and it’s a lot of fish, too. [Help support our efforts to raise healthy, wild orphans and provide quality care for all marine wildlife caught in civilization’s many snares. Please contribute to our Fall campaign today. $ […]
[…]are always appreciated! Financial support is awesome too – it helps us buy medicine and pay our utilities, rent and other bills that require good old-fashioned legal tender! If you can help us meet our goal of $7000 in donations this month, click here! Thank you for helping us help wild […]
[…]sick sea lions https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/sick-sea-lions-18357033.php Oregon Dpet of Fish and Wildlife asks public to ignore suffering Common Murre chicks https://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2023/08_Aug/081623.asp Avian Botulism outbreak in Tulare […]
[…]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 […]
[…]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 […]
[…]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 costs of caring for hundreds of impacted waterfowl there! Nearly 300 birds successfully treated and released so […]