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The California Council for Wildlife rehabilitators represents a progressive group of dedicated wildlife specialists in California. Our members include wildlife rehabilitators, rehabilitation and rescue organizations and regulatory agencies.
Our members offer a full range of programs and services throughout the state, including public education, wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, volunteer opportunities, and employment opportunities.
Not a member? Join us! Renew online!
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Resources have been updated with new animal placements, orphan matches and job postings. |
What's New?
May 20: New Rabies Updates from the California Department of Fish & Game have been made available.
CCWR's Spring Newsletter is ready to download from the Members-Only area! Not a member? Join us now and get your password!
New Spring Activities and Events!
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Have a question about wildlife?
Join our Rehabilitation Discussion Group.
No matter where you live in California, there are opportunities to become more involved in wildlife rehabilitation. Begin by volunteering at a Wildlife Rehabilitation facility near you. |
- June 23, 2009. A plan to cap a vast, long-neglected deposit of the pesticide DDT on the ocean floor off Southern California – called the worst DDT hotspot in the entire US – was presented to the public by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at a facility at Cabrillo Beach in the San Pedro district of Los Angeles. Read more...
- June 8, 2009. An Avian Pox outbreak has been reported in parts of the Coachella Valley, Riverside County. Sightings of afflicted birds have been reported from La Quinta, Palm Desert and Palm Springs. Read more...
- June 8, 2009. In an effort to halt the spread of White-nose Syndrome, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has mandated euthanasia for all bats collected by wildlife rescuers - regardless of whether they were sick or injured. Read more...
- June 4, 2009. A mysterious disease that's killing tens of thousands of bats in the Northeast is spreading so fast that it could reach California within five years, biologists and officials of the Agriculture and Interior departments told lawmakers Thursday. Read more...
- June 1, 2009. A dozen environmental groups and scientists have sent a petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asking it to add the metal items used to balance vehicle tires to the federal government's list of banned lead-based products, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Read more...
- May, 2009. A condor that was among the first six birds released back to the wild in 2003 at California's Pinnacles National Monument has died in the Los Angeles Zoo of complications from lead poisoning. Read more...
- May 2009. Six years after they were released at Pinnacles National Monument, a pair of endangered California condors has hatched an egg and is caring for the chick. Read more...
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