RESCUE, REHABILITATE, AND RELEASE – three words that guide our mission. A mission that drives our work to achieve our goal to see the return of more wildlife to their habitat in support of the ecosystems we share. A shared goal that today is possible because of you: our community, volunteers, and supporters.
Seven days a week, people from throughout the surrounding region arrive at our Wildlife Intake Center (WIC) with an animal in need of care. They arrive carrying a box, a pet carrier, or a cage carefully lined with blankets or towels to help them safely transport a wild animal that needs help. These boxes and pet carriers contain all types of wildlife, including baby birds, an injured opossum, orphaned kit foxes, or maybe a western pond turtle with a fishhook caught in its neck. The effort to bring an animal to our Wildlife Intake Center is a commitment of time and personal resources to make the drive, sometimes several miles, to our WIC in Auburn, California. It is not unusual for an entire family, comprised of two and even three generations, to make this trip to deliver an animal to our care.
Thousands of wildlife receive a second chance each year because of you and our community rescuers. A trained Animal Care Technician will examine and assess the condition of every rescued animal brought to our WIC. With the support of a supervised volunteer program, our Animal Care Technicians care for each animal for the duration of its stay at our facility. Our small team of dedicated staff and tireless volunteers keep our Center open seven days a week. They are the heart of our organization, providing these rescued animals with comfort and rehabilitative care.
When an animal is ready, it will transition to an outdoor rehabilitation enclosure in preparation for its eventual release and return to the wild. Through our relationships with the Placer Land Trust and private landowners, we have access to remote areas throughout the region with habitats that support the release of different species of wildlife. Because of these partnerships, we have options that allow for the safe return of these animals to the wild without the risk of overpopulating any one location.
Rescue, Rehabilitate, and Release – three words all possible because of you, our supporters. Your generous gifts in the form of donations, resources, and time directly support the care, that second chance, provided at each step. A second chance that begins with an animal’s rescue, to their arrival at our Wildlife Intake Center, through the initial critical care, to the outdoor rehabilitation enclosures, and is celebrated with their successful return to the wild.
As the landscape throughout the region changes, the impacts on wildlife and their habitat are inevitable. But with you, our community, volunteers, and supporters, we can continue to “Rescue, Rehabilitate, and Return” our wildlife in support of our goal to release more of them back to the wild.
Inspired by the response to our last Matching Gift Challenge, a generous donor has committed $5,000 to match, dollar for dollar, all gifts received now through August 1, 2022. Your gift, doubled by these matching funds, will give wildlife a second chance.
Thank you for your continued confidence in our work.
Sallysue Stein
Founder and Acting Executive Director
