Hospital Stories

A young adult raccoon was brought into the wildlife hospital with a broken canine tooth. Hospital staff took digital x-rays and discovered a bullet lodged in the animal’s jaw. Someone […]

Wildlife hospital staff and volunteers recently succeeded in a double baby hawk rescue. The double rescue began when the hospital received a baby red-shouldered hawk, injured by a fall from […]

The hospital received 243 animals last week, bringing the total for this year to 2332.

The hospital received 255 animals last week, bringing the total to 2089 for this year. Forty-eight of the patients came in because they had been caught by cats. Please help […]

The hospital received 256 animals last week, bringing the total for this year to 1834. Two of the animals brought to the hospital last week were nestling red-shouldered hawks that […]

The hospital received 242 animals last week, bringing the total to 1578 for this year. One of the patients was a gopher snake that was found tangled in garden netting. […]

The hospital received 212 animals last week, bringing the total for this year to 1336. One of the patients was an adult western screech owl that was trapped in a […]

The hospital received 212 animals last week, bringing the total to 1124 for this year. Seventy-four of the patients were mallard ducklings and we were able to reunite almost half […]

On April 11, a 3-week-old great horned owl baby was found on the ground under a tall redwood tree. Hospital staff observed it for a couple of days to make […]

The hospital received 175 animals last week, bringing the total for this year to 913. Spring is really here. In large part because of the wind, we received double the […]