Coexist Archives - Native Animal Rescue

Ask Monique – Fox in the Neighborhood

Dear Monique — My stepdaughter, Heidi, lives in a rural area, and a fox has taken up residence in her backyard. Every day it poops around the yard and sleeps on the picnic table. Heidi has two adult cats that the fox doesn’t bother, but she’d like to know...

It’s Fawning Season. Think Before You Act!

Coexist, Deer, Fawn, News

Although this message was sent by UCSC services to the UCSC Community, it applies to all of us in Santa Cruz County. Please be aware that spring is the prime birthing season for a wide variety of campus wildlife, including deer. Finding a fawn (baby deer) alone...

Rat Poison is Killing Birds of Prey, and People are Finally Paying Attention

Articles, Bird, Coexist, News, Prevention

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. This topic recently made the news after a Bald Eagle on Cape Cod died of what appears to be rodenticide poisoning. The tragic...

Coyotes are all over SF to stay, even if they sometimes kill pets

Coexist, Coyotes, News

July 19, 2017 By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle The fatal coyote attack on a small dog at the front door of a San Francisco home has prompted a raging debate on social media and in public forums about allowing wild predators to remain in the city. The...

San Francisco: Still Wild at Heart – a film by Melissa Peabody

Coexist, Coyotes, News

Proceeds will benefit Native Animal Rescue, the Santa Cruz County non-profit dedicated to the protection, rescue, rehabilitation, and release of injured, sick, and orphaned native wildlife. San Francisco: Still Wild at Heart, a film by Melissa Peabody, and featuring...

Native Animal Rescue’s Really Big Year

Articles, Coexist, Native Animal Rescue, News, Prevention

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...