Bird Ally X

May Day!! Celebrate one of America’s hardest working dads! OR7-The Journey will have its Northern California premiere at the Arcata Theater Lounge, hosted Center for Biological Diversity, Northcoast Environmental Center, EPIC, and Bird Ally X.

Following the film, a chance to talk with director Clemens Schenk, powerful wolf advocate Amaroq Weiss, and representatives from the hosting organizations!…

MENDOCINO COUNTY SUSPENDS CONTRACT WITH ROGUE FEDERAL WILDLIFE-KILLING PROGRAM

County Will Review Tactics of Wildlife Services, Which Kills Millions of Wild Animals Annually

For immediate release: April 13, 2015

Contact: Megan Backus:     ALDF, 707-795-2533, ext. 1010 (office); 707-479-7872 (mobile); [email protected] Amey Owen: Animal Welfare Institute, 202-446-2128; [email protected] Amy…

Released in 2014, we are excited to announce that Pelican Dreams is the latest documentary by award-winning filmmaker, Judy Irving (The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill) is now on DVD.

Centered around the story of “Gigi” – a very young (4 months old!!) female Brown Pelican who landed on the Golden Gate Bridge one afternoon in August 2008, the film follows her rescue and rehabilitation. Brought to

Yesterday we admitted our first wild babies of 2015. For these little ones though we have almost no worries. Wh? Because we admitted them safely tucked into their mother’s pouch.

About ten days ago, a kind woman, Wendy, was driving back to her home in Eureka when she saw an all too familiar sight – an opossum (Didelphis virginiana) lying in the middle of the road.

Wendy pulled over to move the…

Yesterday we admitted our first wild babies of 2015. For these little ones though we have almost no worries. Wh? Because we admitted them safely tucked into their mother’s pouch.

About ten days ago, a kind woman, Wendy, was driving back to her home in Eureka when she saw an all too familiar sight – an opossum (Didelphis virginiana) lying in the middle of the road. Wendy pulled over to move the…

22 March 2015

California Fish and Game Commission 1416 Ninth Street, Suite 1320 Sacramento, CA 95814

Sonke Mastrup, Executive Director

re: Implementation of Bobcat Protection Act, in support of a statewide ban on Bobcat trapping.

Dear Sonke Mastrup;

Please include the following comments, submitted by myself, Monte Merrick with Bird Ally X/Humboldt Wildlife Care Center in the materials for the…

by January Bill, Bird Ally X co-founder

I was watching a Red-shouldered Hawk perched on a snag outside my window the other day. My 4 year old son pointed him out to me, commenting on how he blended in with the plants. I immediately started thinking of a friend and well-known community member, Merry Maloney. In truth, I think of Merry every time I see a raptor in the sky or when we are…

Northern Fulmars, seabird of mystery

from the Bridge of a crabbing Ship in the middle of the night on the southern Bering sea - Wakened by the Rolling Sea.

it is december and in a locker on board hang orange suits Meant to Protect human Life should the Vessel go Down.

otherwise, says the pilot we have five minutes at Most before we Succumb to the Cold and we Drown -

the Bow points to the Sky, then down into the Trough the…

After 9 months of deliberation, on December 3 in Van Nuys, the California Fish and Game Commission (FGC) will decide on new regulations banning killing contests. If adopted, these regulations will apply to nongame animals and furbearing animals. Coyotes will be covered under these rules. Your voice is needed.

Below is our letter to the FGC on behalf of Coyote.

California Fish and Game…

montemerrick:

Prevention is the highest form of care!

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Did an open dumpster marinate this gull?

Western Gull contaminated by food gets emergency bath. Oil spill response techniques can be used on greasy tomato sauce too!

On a Thursday morning in late October, Eureka PD’s animal control officer, Rob Patton, pulled up in his truck with another patient for us. He’s one of our best repeat customers. Whether a raccoon baby, an opossum, a snake, or a songbird found in the road, Officer Patton…

Wildlife Matters #2 available in mp3

montemerrick:

A great new radio program in the Hfrom the Redwood Coast!

Originally posted on Living Earth Connection:

To hear our exploration of the behavior, ecology and persecution of coyotes, click on the link below.

Wildlife Matters #2

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Western Grebes need Your Help

Young birds, tossed by big seas, struggle on area beaches. Over 50 Grebes rescued so far! Bird Ally X/Humboldt Wildlife Care Center needs your help providing these birds a second chance.

  Western Grebes, elegant and graceful, recover in our seabird pool

During the second week of October a period of rough ocean conditions began on the North coast with breakers higher than 16 feet. Immediately…