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CWC's Youth Wildlife Rescue Blog invites young people to have fun and get involved with the work of California Wildlife Center whose mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and release injured, abandoned or sick native wildlife and marine mammals from the greater Los Angeles area. Come and get involved yourself or with your school and help our local wildlife. The Wildlife Center has taken in 19,000+ wild animals since its opening in 1998 and relies solely on public donations and grants. CWC is located in a quiet part of the Santa Monica mountains in Calabasas. Please visit our website at www.californiawildlifecenter.org for more information. We look forward to hearing from you on this blog!

CWC WILDLIFE NEWS, ALERTS and UPDATES - November 19, 2011

We have a brand new website! Check it out! www.cawildlife.org It's awesome!!!

Check out some of our Fall rescues and patients!

Our Grey squirrels are finally rehabbed! See there release below!

Check out Charlie, the elephant seal pups rescue and release back into the wild!

Thank all of you who attended our 13th Annual Wild Brunch fundraiser in September at Gulls Way Estate in Malibu! It was a huge success because of you!

Check out our first, ever Big Free-tailed bat!

Our November 2010 Coyote rehab and release video is finally done. Check it out in our new posts section below. The video of our 5 rehabbed fawns is also up.

Thank you to everyone that turned out for our Wild Brunch on August 22nd. It was a smashing success! Check out Mike Hayward's photos of the event.

Thanks to everyone that came and took a Walk on the Wild Side, May 2nd...You can check out the photos at:Mike Hayward's Special Events Photography.

An awesome time was had by all at our Spring Open House.

News briefs: See a pelican get rescued! We're having a Pelican party in our ICU...first black-coat elephant seal ever rescued by CWC...First marine mammal rescue in SoCal for 2010...Yearling sea lion rescued at Pt. Dume! Update on our rescued fox from Culver City! We have another Youth Rescue blog hero! .DON'T TRIM THAT TREE - baby birds and squirrels are nesting now! Watch the CBS report here...HAVE FUN! HELP THE ANIMALS! EARN COMMUNITY SERVICE CREDITS! Organize a fund-raising event at your school! Contact our youth team with your good (even crazy!) ideas at rescuecwc@california wildlife center.org...

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Amazing Rescue! August 27, 2009



This Great Blue Heron found himself in a real mess. He was entangled in fishing line and got stuck in a tree hanging upside down over a lake. At first glance, this might seem like an impossible rescue. The owners of this home called CWC and asked for our help. Cindy Reyes, Director of Marine Mammal Stranding, and Administrator Tim Weis responded in a big way. After assessing the situation, the Fire Dept. was called and agreed to lend their assistance. A very brave fireman shimmied up the tree and sawed off the branch the bird was on. Cindy, Tim and a neighbor sped to the rescue in a paddle boat, netted the bird and the rest is history. He was kept over night for evaluation at CWC and then transported down to the International Bird Rescue and Research Center in San Pedro. Hopefully, he will fully recover and be released back into the wild!

First photo courtesy of Cindy Reyes, second photo courtesty of Gayle Uyehara.

Friday, August 21, 2009




A big thank you to all who attended our Wild Brunch on Sunday, August 16th at Gull's Way estate in Malibu. It was a huge success! The event featured V-Taste of Malibu cuisine by top-rated chefs and restaurateurs; unique shopping buys in our Live and Silent auctions; a children's area with kid's buffet, face-painting and crafts; David Groves' amazing magic for all ages; live music by our wild DJ and electroBrazilian jazz duo Electra Blu and the release of a red-shoulder hawk that was rehabilitated by CWC! The donations received will help fund all the awesome work we do to give wildlife a second chance. These amazing photos are courtesy of Gayle Uyehara!