Found an injured or orphaned animal?Call or text our emergency wildlife hotline: (510) 421-9897

Found an injured or orphaned animal?

(510) 421-9897

8 A.M. to midnight, leave a message and we will respond as soon as possible.

Annual reports

Every December, the director writes down what the year was. The numbers are real and the stories are the ones the volunteers tell each other.

  1. Hope the squirrel curled up with orphaned baby squirrels

    2024 in a nutshell

    726 animals given a second chance, from hummingbirds and deer mice to fawns, a coyote pup, and a bobcat kitten. A renovated, rat-proofed facility, and a hard look at 2025.

    Animals helped
    726
    Hotline calls
    2,400+
    Hotline texts
    11,000+
    Read the report
  2. The 2023 holiday card, a photo of a squirrel patient

    2023 in a nutshell

    764 patients, a partnership with the state to rewrite California's wildlife rehabilitation rules, and a facilities crisis we're still building our way out of.

    Animals helped
    764
    Hotline calls
    2,700+
    Hotline texts
    10,500+
    Read the report
  3. A collage of 2022 patients

    2022 in a nutshell

    Over 700 patients, and the year a red-tailed hawk named Eddy brought the Tenderloin together at two in the morning.

    Animals helped
    721
    Read the report
  4. A young opossum in leaves

    2021 in a nutshell

    632 animals, a three-legged opossum named Boudica who raised her babies against the odds, and a great horned owl's worst day, in his own words.

    Animals helped
    632
    Hotline calls
    1,650+
    Hotline texts
    8,000+
    Read the report
  5. A 2020 patient

    2020 in a nutshell

    The pandemic shut down our volunteer program and quadrupled intake in the same month. 552 animals later, we had rebuilt the whole organization.

    Animals helped
    552
    Hotline calls
    1,500+
    Hotline texts
    6,000+
    Read the report