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Meet Pip, Newest Wildlife Ambassador

September 27, 2016

Pip’s story: AMERICAN KESTREL Falco sparverius Pip is an American Kestrel brought to PWC in May, 2016 as an injured fledgling. His tail feathers were still partly sheathed indicative of a young bird. A cat had carried him indoors and he had multiple puncture wounds consistent with being cat-caught. He also had a dislocation in…

Don’t Try This at Home: The Saga of CORA 16-1623

September 9, 2016

Common Raven 16-1623, admitted to the clinic on June 22, made himself at home on a table in the Intake Room, appearing completely comfortable in what should have been an alien environment, with four humans observing him. He ate out of bowls, took food from humans’ hands, and displayed curiosity about, well, everything. He tore…

Four Cormorants Released – Against All Odds

August 28, 2016

Thursday, August 25th – Four juvenile Cormorants were released today in-spite of the fact that they were severely emaciated and infested with intestinal parasites when first admitted to the Clinic. Two of them had no detectable blood proteins. This makes their recovery even more remarkable, as recovering from such a degree of debilitation is quite…

Local girl raises money for Pacific Wildlife Care

August 14, 2016

By Selena Alvarado (KSBY) An Arroyo Grande teen hosts a community birthday party to raise awareness for Pacific Wildlife Care. McKaila Lewis invites her friends, family, and the community to her birthday party every year, but in lieu of gifts, she asks for a donation to Pacific Wildlife Care. She has been holding this event…

PWC Voted Favorite Charity!

August 5, 2016

We won a $1,000 prize in the Favorite Charity environmental category! Two Board members, Kim Perez and Meg Crockett were there to accept the award from KSBY and PG&E. Thanks to both companies and everyone who voted for us daily!

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22 hours ago

Freedom Friday! We released two Brush Rabbits back to the wild this past weekend. They both came in as babies after being caught by a cat. Their wounds were treated and they were given a course of antibiotics. Here is a picture of them when they were in their pre-release enclosure getting used to being outside and eating wild grasses.
When left outdoors, our domestic kitty friends don’t know any better and end up killing and injuring wildlife. Please keep your cats indoors or in an enclosed catio space. It is safer for them, as they won’t get hit by cars or get diseases, and also safer for wildlife. Win-win!

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2 days ago

A sad photo but a very important message. Please read.*WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTO*

This June, we decided to do our own month-long version of WildCare's "Caught by Cats" photo project to show the damage that cats cause to our wildlife when humans allow them to roam. Every animal in this photograph died or was euthanized due to the damage caused in an interaction with a domestic cat in June.

Last month, we took in 531 patients. Of those, 77 of those were confirmed cat attacks (many more were suspected cat attacks). CONFIRMED cat attacks accounted for nearly 15% of intakes - on par with our annual average.

Of those 77, only 17 survived their injuries. Even with surgical intervention and antibiotics, only about 1 in 4 cat attacked patients will survive. This means 60 patients that received the highest quality veterinary care at our hospital still lost their lives due to a completely preventable human-caused issue.

Make sure you understand that this is not a "cat" problem and anti-cat comments will not be tolerated. This is a HUMAN problem. Humans allowed cats to roam and continue to allow their pet cats outdoors to kill wildlife, spread diseases, and struggle to survive. Cats are a domestic species, not a native predator. They require human care and leaving them outdoors to suffer is an animal welfare issue. Outdoors, these domestics are at great risk from predators, poisons, gunshots, vehicle collisions, weather, and disease.

Please, for the safety of both your cat AND our native wildlife, keep your pet cats inside. Provide them with enrichment indoors, take them for walks on a leash, or build them a catio or enclosed porch so they can safely enjoy the outdoors.

The destruction of wildlife and the environment by domestic cats is a human-caused issue that will require large-scale management to improve. This is a human-caused problem and we must all do our part to correct it.

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everybody should help to get stray cats fixed and make sure dogs don,t room around do not keep so many pets.....don’t support Pedonale breeding or importing of exotic pets.......instead invest in our wildlife which is in dramatic decline and needs your help.....thank you🐿🦡🦔🦦🦥🦝🦨🐀🦢🦆🐛🦋🕷🐌🦟🕸🦉🦇🐝🐜🦎🐢🐸🐠🐡

My cats have always lived indoors and are very happy watching the birds fly by

It is sad but it does happen with wild animals too not just domestic cats and some kitties thanks to jerk humans . Hunting is there only way to survive

Yes, just chased a neighbors cat from my yard. Keep your cats inside.

I don't want cats demonized, though.

what can be done if you know of someone who is intentionally neglecting their cats and making them live out doors and hunt for their food?

I hate seeing cats running around outside but many cats do in the city thanks to idiot humans many do in the country because farmers are clueless and think cat outside fewer rabbits eating gardens and fewer mice in the house. I can say living in the country for 8 years having outside farm cats surrounding our property our house still had tons of field mice in it. My cats would catch a mouse I typically tried my hardest to catch it before cats did to release it back outside or doctor it up. I never liked my indoor cats eating any wildlife. We have many people ignorant to why cats should not be outdoor cats either in the city or country unfortunately we will never get everyone to agree on that. I tried getting my neighbors to reduce the cat population by the TNR way they didn't care. Any cat coming on my property I caught and fixed and released or turned into a house cat. I wish more people would do it it would save lives.

We have 2 indoor cats. They have 3 cat trees, scratching poles, toys and us. Only in his tent when we are outside with him

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3 days ago

Celebrate this Fourth of July without fireworks. 🙂 🇺🇸 Here are some great alternatives— www.theodysseyonline.com/celebrate-4th-july-without-fireworks.amp ... See MoreSee Less

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before i knew better, i made a sticky trap for ants and caught a nuthatch. i felt so terrible. i got him unstuck, but before i could take to rescue, he escaped into the depths of my garage, never to be seen again. :-(

The animals treated at PWC for injuries are mostly accidental, but the glue traps are purposeful torture. When their heads are glued down, it's about impossible to free them because the solution could flood their airway!

Poor thing. How traumatic for that little creature.

They should be outlawed

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1 week ago

Please do not use rodent poisons! About two months ago, a Great Horned Owl was found dead at Sweet Springs Nature Preserve in Los Osos. Tests showed that he bled to death as a result of rodenticide poisoning. In April, we received the young Great Horned Owl pictured here also from Sweet Springs. He was in poor condition and had an unusual amount of excessive bleeding from a small wound. Treatment for rodenticide poisoning was begun immediately and he is recovering. He has graduated to an outdoor aviary and is gaining weight. Sweet Springs, managed by Morro Coast Audubon who do not use rodenticides, is in a residential area and it is likely these birds are ingesting poison being used by people unaware of the harm they are doing. Rodenticides kill owls, hawks, eagles, coyotes, mountain lions and cats and dogs. The anticoagulants used in rodenticides cause a slow death and the poisoned animal becomes an easy target for predators who then suffer the same fate.
Ironically, the poison ends up killing the very animals that could reduce the rodent population. There are better options than these poisons— remove food sources and hiding spots like heavy shrubbery and close holes and other entry points. Check out raptorsarethesolution.org for humane and effective rodent control and spread the word to your family, friends and neighbors.

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We are hoping to get up there soon to offer our services. We’ve been in touch with Judy at the Morro Bay Audubon Society and let her know we hope to come up soon. Any contacts we can get of others in and around the area who would be interested in rodenticide free pest control would be appreciated!

By using poison you are making the rodent problem worse. You are killing the animals that prey on the rodents.

With the information out there, it's sad people still use the product.

Meet Pip, Newest Wildlife Ambassador

Don’t Try This at Home: The Saga of CORA 16-1623

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Local girl raises money for Pacific Wildlife Care

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