California Wildlife Center Helps Orphaned Wildlife

Malibu, Calif. - March 22, 2017 – California Wildlife Center (CWC) is seeing an influx of baby wildlife needing help. CWC rescued the first baby of the year, a stranded California sea lion pup on January 1st, 2017. Since then, more have arrived including: opossums, elephant seals, and squirrels. In another month, there will be hundreds of orphaned baby birds needing care. In total, CWC cares for the babies of more than 80 native California species and over 1,000 individual baby animals every year.

California Wildlife Center is launching a crowd funding campaign through GivingGrid to help these baby animals. GivingGrid is an online fundraising program that allows donors to click on a blank square in the grid, make a tax-deductible donation in any amount from $10 and up, and then upload their own personal photo into the grid that they may share with their friends on social media. The proceeds from this campaign will support the injured wildlife cared for at California Wildlife Center. This campaign will run through the month of April.

Each orphaned animal requires a different diet, rehabilitation, and treatment before they can be released. The GivingGrid will help to fund this variety of services.

• $10,000 pays a full year of fish for northern elephant seal pups
• $5,000 pays for 16 weeks’-worth of insects for young songbirds
• $2,500 pays for 25 weeks’-worth of baby mammal formula for fawns, squirrels, skunks, and opossums
• $1,000 pays for a full year of seed and baby bird formula for doves and finches
• $500 pays for 4 months’-worth of fruits and vegetables for young squirrels, crows, skunks, and opossums
• $100 pays for 2 months of nuts for young squirrels and chipmunks

To support orphaned wildlife and donate to California Wildlife Center on the GivingGrid, https://www.givinggrid.com/CAW... , or to learn more about the work they do, please visit cawildlife.org.

About California Wildlife Center

California Wildlife Center is open 365 days a year and offers its services at no-charge to the public. CWC cares for over 4,000 animals and answers over 30,000 calls a year about everything from injured animals to best practices for dealing with nuisance wildlife to general wildlife questions. California Wildlife Center takes responsibility for the protection of native wildlife through rehabilitation, education, and conservation. It is dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of native California species, who otherwise would be left to suffer from the effects of human encroachment, habitat destruction and environmental damage. It is a non-profit that relies on donations from the public to continue its work.