California Wildlife Center

Maryhelen Embry

Today we found what we think was an injured hummingbird, a female adult, and she was sitting on our feeder, would not move, but looked very lethargic and dazed. We had some wonderful people help us from the Ventura County hummingbird rescue, they directed us over to the California wildlife center, and they were excellent at taking care of our little buddy that we found. They told us they would give us updates on how our little sweetheart is doing, and hopefully we will get to see when they release our little buddy back into the wildlife. They are all great people there at the center, and we greatly thank them for everything!

Joseph Esten

A lovely woman came out immediately to assist us with an injured mourning dove that was cat caught in front of my house by my own darn cat. I informed them the dove was bit by a cat so they could do something about the infection. I handed her the dove in the box and she took it inside to their center. In the meantime while waiting for them to get my information, we saw some really cute ducklings in a little enclosure. She quickly returned the box with the towels inside and took my information. I caught my cat right before the injury got life-threatening. The dove had quite a battle but I think he/she is a survivor after that encounter. Definitely a tough dove as he was also pretty calm in the car over. I believe the dove knew I was trying to help it after I took the cat away. I believe it will heal in time with the care they are going to give. Really felt good about going here and I have high spirits for the dove. I'd like to call and check in about it's status sometime!

Joia DaVida

I dropped off an injured crow and I hope it survives! It was a fast an easy trip. They gave me specific instructions to put the crow in a box (with holes) with my info, leave it on the table in their intake tent, and politely beep my horn for them to come out and get it. Someone came out promptly, took the crow, and brought back my box.

A G

I found a native bird which I discovered had avian conjunctivitis (after a quick search of its symptoms on Google, later confirmed by CWC) which had swollen its eyes shut completely. I first called a different rehabilitation center & the man informed me that I would have to “call animal control so the bird can be euthanized” because there was supposedly nothing that could be done Hoping for a second opinion, I called CWC & they told me that the eye infection was 100% treatable. My friend & I drove the bird over an hour to the CWC, which is a lovely building tucked into the mountainside. CWC kept the bird for WEEKS, regularly treating the infection with drops. They even asked me where I had found it so they could release it around the same area when it was healthy again. They kept me updated on its progress (at my request) & even asked if I’d like to help release it back into the wild. They don’t charge a dime but will politely ask for a voluntary donation of any amount. Thank you for your love & care for California’s wildlife!