In July, a heat-wave with temperatures reaching 118 degrees had a deadly impact on a huge maternity roost of Mexican free-tailed bats located on the underside of a freeway overpass in Bakersfield. Surviving baby bats were dispersed to wildlife rescue centers across...
This April and May, in the middle of the busy baby season, hundreds of starving Brown Pelicans turned up weak and disoriented on our beaches. Whereas NAR normally handles 30 pelicans a year, this year, over 240 starving pelicans were brought to NAR. This newsletter...
A quiet afternoon at Native Animal Rescue lights up when famed National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore walks in. Early one morning in June 2024, NAR received an email from National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. Joel was photographing unusual animals at...
Towards the end of 2022, three unrelated mountain lion cubs were found at different times and locations in the Santa Cruz Mountains. After assessing the situation, staff from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife decided to transport each of the cubs to the...
On May 25, 2023, NAR received three baby barn owls that had traveled from Colorado to Watsonville hidden in a hay truck. They were about four weeks old. The next day, another baby barn owl of about the same age was brought to NAR from a construction site in Aromas....
Have you ever seen a weasel in Santa Cruz? No? Well, you’re not alone. Most local residents are surprised that weasels live in Santa Cruz. We’re here to tell you that they do live here and that we recently had a fascinating experience raising and releasing an orphaned...
The Bat Crisis of 2024December 29, 2024
The Pelican Crisis of 2024: Just Feathers and BonesDecember 25, 2024
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
