Explore CWC’s Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Center
Look inside the Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Center! Click Here for an Ocean Animals word search and coloring page.
A Peek Inside California Wildlife Center’s ICU
Enjoy a peek inside the Intensive Care Unit! Click here for a hidden picture seek and find.
Visit the Orphan Care Unit
Look Inside California Wildlife Center!
Coyote Pup Eating
Feeding a Baby Hummingbird
Two Orphaned Fawns Meeting for the First Time
Nestling Common Poorwills
Golden Eagle Release
Returning Cliff Swallows to the Wild
Feeding House Finches
California Wildlife Center’s FIRST Sea Lion Release!
Raptor Re-nesting…a Strong Start in Life!
Wild Brunch Honoree Tribute Video
Essential CWC
Every day our human world collides with nature. Watch some of the highlights of CWC’s professional staff and trained volunteers as they demonstrate Care in Action!
California Sea Lion – from Rescue to Release
This 290 lb. male sea lion, suffering from malnutrition, was rescued by CWC’s Marine Mammal Response Team on August 27. After being cared for at the Marine Mammal Care Center, he was released on October 9. He is now back enjoying his ocean home. Video provided courtesy of the Marine Mammal Care Center at Ft. MacArthur.
Little Stinkers
These baby skunks were brought to California Wildlife Center after they were abandoned. Fortunately for them, CWC has expanded its care of rabies vector species to include skunks and bats. Check out these furry little wonders! Photos and video by Jonsie Ross. [2:28]
Fawn Release
As the only rehabilitation facility in Southern California currently permitted and able to rehabilitate fawns, CWC staff and volunteers were thrilled when they were able to release six Mule Deer Fawns in early September 2009. This is their journey back to the wild! Photos and video by Jonsie Ross. [4:41]
Yearling Elephant Seal Rescue on Malibu Road
CWC’s Marine Mammal Response Team rescuing a yearling elephant seal suffering from cookie cutter shark bite wounds. Video by Jonsie Ross. [8:00]
Wily Coyote Release
Check out this California Wildlife Center coyote release…these five coyotes had been rehabbing at the Center for a few months and were released on October 23, 2006. It is important to note that CWC does not release coyotes in inhabited places near people; when they are ready, we release them way up in the mountains away from populated areas, so they can, well, BE coyotes. Video and photos by Jonsie Ross. [4:02]
Abandoned Fawns Release
After caring for three abandoned fawns, CWC rehabilitated and released them October 20, 2007. Video and photos by Jonsie Ross. [6:20]
A Hoot of a Rescue
This Burrowing Owl was trapped for five days in the entrance way to a local Walmart…California Wildlife Center to the rescue! Video and photos by Nick and Jonsie Ross, November 12, 2006. [4:34]
Great Horned Owl Release
These two owls were found abandoned at a very young age, at the home of John and Robby Mazza. CWC successfully rescued, rehabilitated and released them back at the beautiful home where they were found – a true team effort! Video by Jonsie Ross. Photos by Victoria Harris, October 2007. [6:02]
Saving Goliath (Sea Lion Rescue, Malibu)
It was no small task to rescue an 800-lb sea lion that was trapped beneath a Malibu beach house in January 2007. Video by Jonsie Ross. [9:44]
Wild Aid Music Video
California Wildlife Center (CWC), a nonprofit organization, is dedicated to giving sick, injured and orphaned wildlife a second chance. CWC’s continuing commitment to providing paramedic rescue, medical and rehabilitative care for more than 3,200 animals each year, is made possible by donations generated through fundraising events like WILD AID held at the Roxy Theatre on November 15, 2009. Soundtrack courtesy of WILD AID event performers: Thick as Thieves, Moi, Kelly Dalton and Los Pinguos. [3:22]
Mule Deer/Fawn Release, October 2011
Featuring…Five Fantastic Fawns
After months of care from infancy to rehabilitation and preparation, California Wildlife Center released five orphaned Mule Deer fawns in October.
Enjoy watching them as they cautiously emerge from CWC’s fawn enclosure onto the Backbone Trail in Calabasas
Ten little crows
Ten of the baby crows California Wildlife Center raised were released in Westlake Village in October 2011.Video by Animal Care Coordinator Denys Hemen. [3:06]
Three Pups Go Back Home
California Wildlife Center Marine Mammal Team from Kim Barker on Vimeo.
California Wildlife Center’s Marine Mammal Rescue Team and the important work they do for marine wildlife in distress along the coast of Malibu. [2:40]
Marine Mammal Rescue, Rehabilitation and Release!
California Wildlife Center rescued and cared for three orphaned coyote pups; they were rehabbed for five months and then released deep in the Santa Monica Mountains. Video by CWC Animal Care Coordinator Denys Hemen [1:42]