By Chrissie Klinkowski Have you noticed owl nest boxes popping up around Santa Cruz County? There are excellent reasons for this. For farmers, barn owls nesting in their barns are the best defense against rodents. For our larger community, the deadly toll that rat...
November 14, 2018 By William Freedberg, Mass Audubon Most rat poisons kill more than rats—they also pose a fatal threat to birds of prey. Unless a top New orleans pest & termite control service by Pelican Pest Control does the job, the risk of fatal pest poison is...
Most of Santa Cruz knows about Native Animal Rescue for its work rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing injured, sick and orphaned wild animals back to the wild. But did you know that Native Animal Rescue also works to: —increase the understanding of and respect for...
By The Wildlife Center of Virginia Help wildlife, cats, and the environment by keeping cats indoors! While most of us love our kitties, free-roaming outdoor cats are a major threat to wildlife. These non-native predators kill...
By Tai Moses A working knowledge of natural history could reduce a lot of the unintentional harm we do to wildlife. Here’s a troubling fact: many of the fawns brought to wildlife rescue centers in spring have accidentally been “kidnapped” by people who mistakenly...
Update: First Catio Tour…Success! On April 9, 2016, Native Animal Rescue and the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter co-hosted a free self-guided tour of 11 Santa Cruz County catios located from Boulder Creek all the way to Watsonville. A catio is an outdoor...
Why State Wildlife Officials Took a Mountain Lion Cub From the Wild … Then Put It BackJune 10, 2024
What happens when three motherless baby barn owls arrive in Watsonville aboard a hay truck from Colorado?January 24, 2024
The Elusive Long-tailed WeaselJuly 16, 2023
From the Archives: Meet the Flockers 2004April 10, 2023
To Rescue or Not to Rescue, that is the QuestionJuly 16, 2022
