About Us

Our Mission

It is our mission to provide quality rehabilitative care for all wildlife species native and migratory, in Lake County, California, and to educate the public to the habits and habitats of wild animals to promote a more harmonious future for all.

The Center opened its doors officially on January 1, 2000.   Since then the number of animals admitted for care has increased steadily and dramatically.   Construction began on our new orphanage building in March 2005 and was completed in April 2006 to accommodate the more than 500 orphans treated annually.

The Center is governed by a Volunteer Board of Directors and has four local Veterinarians who advise and assist with the care of the animals.   We do not house animals for display or exhibit.   All of the animals in our care are on their way to freedom, back in the wild so human contact must be limited.

We publish a monthly newsletter, "Furred and Feathered Friends",  filled with color pictures of our patients and information about them and other wildlife issues.  It keeps our volunteers and supporters in touch with what's going on at the center and with the world of  wildlife in general.  

The Center hosts an annual educational presentation. March, 31 2007 the Center hosted the California Foundation for Birds of Prey in a presentation of  Our Magnificent Birds of Prey followed by a Wildlife Disease Workshop for wildlife rehabilitators only.

In 2004 the Center won seven community service awards including two Certificates of Appreciation from the Department of Fish & Game, Certificates of Special Recognition from the U.S. Congress and the California State Legislature, a Proclamation of Commendation from the Lake County Board of Supervisors, we were named 'Stars of Lake County 2004' for the Best Volunteer Organization in Lake County and one of our Volunteers won the Frederick Mielke Jr. Award for Outstanding Community Service from PG&E which awarded our Center five thousand dollars.  In 2007 we received another Proclamation of Commendation from our community for our help with the 2007 avian cholera outbreak on Clear Lake.

 We Believe

Our work is done as much as a service to the community as it is a service to the wild animals.   Sometimes the benefit is greatest to the people who find wild animals, suffering and frightened along a road or in their yard.  People who don't have the knowledge, time or experience to provide the care the animal needs or the heart or means to alleviate its suffering.   Most people do not want to stand helplessly by and watch an animal suffer or die.   In 2006, 96% of the animals admitted to the Center as candidates for rehabilitation, were released back into the wild for a second chance to live wild and free.

We are proud of ourselves, our Center, and the work we do!