Articles, Bats, News, Rehabilitation, Release, Rescue
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...
Articles, News, Rehabilitation
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...
Articles, Coexist, News, Squirrels
This is the story of how local residents Kimberly, Doug, and their daughter Faith reunited a baby squirrel with its mother after the baby had fallen out of its nest located in a nearby tree. After checking to ensure the squirrel wasn’t injured, the family placed the...
Articles, Mountain Lions, News
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...
Articles, News, Owls, Release, Rescue
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....
The Bat Crisis of 2024December 29, 2024
The Pelican Crisis of 2024: Just Feathers and BonesDecember 25, 2024
National Geographic Comes to Native Animal RescueDecember 25, 2024
Local family reunites baby squirrel with its motherJuly 3, 2024
Why State Wildlife Officials Took a Mountain Lion Cub From the Wild … Then Put It BackJune 10, 2024
