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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...

Starved sea birds overwhelming Native Animal Rescue

Articles, Bird, Native Animal Rescue, News, Santa Cruz Sentinel

By Samantha Clark, Santa Cruz Sentinel LIVE OAK >> A troubling number of starved and weak seabirds are washing ashore on beaches from the Monterey Bay to Alaska at a similar rate not seen since past severe El Niño years. Scientists think that ever-warmer...

Native Animal Rescue sees an influx of creatures needing care

Articles, News, Santa Cruz Sentinel

SANTA CRUZ >> Step into Native Animal Rescue’s Live Oak office these days and you’ll find yourself surrounded by young animals. Baby birds peeking their heads out of a small basket, chirping for food. A young skunk smaller than a puppy. Young deer with thin legs...