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Get to Know Your Neighbors

Coexist, Deer, Fawn, Native Animal Rescue, News, Prevention, Rescue, Tai Moses

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...

Santa Cruz County Catio Tour 2016

Bird, Cats, Coexist, News, Prevention

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...

Fake Halloween Cobwebs Pose Real Threat to Birds

Articles, Bats, Bird, Coexist, News, Prevention, Tai Moses

by Tai Moses Halloween and Christmas decorations can harm birds and wildlife. That’s not fun. Oct. 25, 2015—One recent Halloween, a Marin family opened their door to a particularly raucous trick-or-treater only to find a live Western screech owl hanging...

High number of coyote reporting continues in Santa Cruz County

Articles, Coexist, Coyotes, Important Tips, News, Santa Cruz Sentinel

By Samantha Clark, Santa Cruz Sentinel SANTA CRUZ >> Coyotes have been emerging from the shadows in Santa Cruz County likely because of drought conditions, worrying residents and hikers who have been reporting a rise in sightings for months. As the clever...

Squirrels in the Attic? Pointers on Humane Wildlife Removal

Articles, Coexist, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Squirrels

This wonderful article describes one family’s discovery about when and how to “evict” wildlife that has taken up residence in their house. Best advice, in a nutshell, “let the squirrels hunker down until they are ready to leave the attic on...

Was this fawn kidnapped?

Articles, Coexist, Deer, Fawn, Rescue, Reunification

ALERT: Every spring and summer, concerned people find and rescue fawns that seem to have been abandoned by their mothers. In reality, healthy baby fawns are frequently left alone for up to twelve hours while their mothers forage for food. In past years, a high...