WILD RESCUE - Do The Wild 5!

In the next few weeks we are going to dive more in depth into good practices and practices to avoid in the Wild 5. This week we are focusing on challenge #4: Say No to Poisons. Avoid using rodenticides, herbicides, and insecticides that can travel up the food chain or cause unintended harm to ambient wildlife. #Wild5 #wild5challenge #wildwelcomeproject #bewildlifeconcsious #coexistwithwildlife #saynotopoisons @sbwildlifecarenetwork @wildwelcomeproject @sbwildlifecarenetwork @wildwelcomeproject
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In the next few weeks we are going to dive more in depth into good practices and practices to avoid in the Wild 5. This week we are focusing on challenge #4: Say No to Poisons. Instead of using poisons to keep unwanted wildlife away, consider exclusionary and mitigating practices to control wildlife near your home. Seal up cracks and entrances where animals can roost. Store trash and pet food away from curious noses. Pull weeds manually instead of spraying chemicals, and use natural pest control. #Wild5 #wild5challenge #wildwelcomeproject #bewildlifeconcsious #coexistwithwildlife #saynotopoisons @sbwildlifecarenetwork @wildwelcomeproject
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Happy Halloween from Wild Welcome! If you're heading out to trick or treat around dusk or after night has fallen, keep an ear out to hear some of our nocturnal wildlife neighbors! Which animals do you expect to hear at night? #Wild5 #wild5challenge #wildwelcomeproject #bewildlifeconcsious #coexistwithwildlife #saynotopoisons @sbwildlifecarenetwork @wildwelcomeproject
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Happy Hallo-week from Wild Welcome! Wildlife rehabilitation is a young practice that involves a growing list of duties as we learn more about how to best support our wild neighbors. One important practice in wildlife rehab is enrichment: making sure that our patients are thriving, so we provide activities designed to engage them. Enrichment in wildlife rehab follows seasonal flows- in October and November it's not a strange sight to see some of our patients interacting with pumpkins folks have brought in. #wildlifeenrinchement #pumpkin #northernracoon #wildliferehab #halloweenenrichment #halloweek @sbwildlifecarenetwork @wildwelcomeproject
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Happy Hallo-week from Wild Welcome! With the days getting shorter this is a perfect time to learn about and observe the animals that become active at dusk. Bats are an exciting nocturnal animal who have a bad reputation. Still the ecosystem services they provide us are many- seed dispersing, pollinating, controlling insects, and recycling nutrients are just a few of them! #happyhalloween #sbwcn #bigearedbat #creaturesofthenight #owloween @sbwildlifecarenetwork @wildwelcomeproject
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In the next few weeks we are going to dive more in depth into good practices and practices to avoid in the Wild 5. This week we are focusing on challenge #3: Bird Proof your Home. Some practices to avoid to make your home bird safe is refraining from bright lights at night, feeding bread or other processed food to birds, and trimming trees in the fall months, when birds nest. #Wild5 #wild5challenge #wildwelcomeproject #bewildlifeconcsious #coexistwithwildlife #birdproofyourhome @sbwildlifecarenetwork @wildwelcomeproject
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In the next few weeks we are going to dive more in depth into good practices and practices to avoid in the Wild 5. This week we are focusing on challenge #3: Bird Proof your Home. Good practices for staying wildlife conscious and bird proofing your home includes setting up window decals so birds don't think of glass windows as potential routes to fly in, installing motion activated lights, disinfecting bird feeders you have weekly, checking in with local ordinances to have bird feeders out, and planting native plants. #Wild5 #wild5challenge #wildwelcomeproject #bewildlifeconcsious #coexistwithwildlife #birdproofyourhome @sbwildlifecarenetwork @wildwelcomeproject
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In the next few weeks we are going to dive more in depth into good practices and practices to avoid in the Wild 5. This week we are focusing on challenge #2: Keep pets away from wildlife. Some practices to avoid in order to be wildlife conscious is to have your animals off leash in wild areas, allow cats to roam freely outdoors, and feeding pets outdoors as it might attract wildlife. #Wild5 #wild5challenge #wildwelcomeproject #bewildlifeconcsious #coexistwithwildlife #keeppetsawayfromwildlife @sbwildlifecarenetwork @wildwelcomeproject
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In the next few weeks we are going to dive more in depth into good practices and practices to avoid in the Wild 5. This week we are focusing on challenge #2: Keep pets away from wildlife. We love our fur-babies and want to explore the world with them, but when they interact with wildlife it can be dangerous for all parties. Good practices for staying wildlife conscious and being a good pet parent include leashing pets when out and about, keeping cats indoors, and generally following good ownership of pets by observing local rules and training them. #Wild5 #wild5challenge #wildwelcomeproject #bewildlifeconcsious #coexistwithwildlife #keeppetsawayfromwildlife @sbwildlifecarenetwork @wildwelcomeproject
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In the next few weeks we are going to dive more in depth into good practices and practices to avoid in the Wild 5. This week we are focusing on challenge #1: Leave Nothing Behind. Some practices to avoid to be wildlife conscious is to avoid styrofoam, single-use plastics, and wrappers. You can also make wildlife conscious choices in hobbies such as fishing by not leaving hook and lines behind or using lead based tackle. How do you think these practices impact our wild community? #Wild5 #wild5challenge #wildwelcomeproject #bewildlifeconcsious #coexistwithwildlife #leavenothingbehind @sbwildlifecarenetwork @wildwelcomeproject
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In the next few weeks we are going to dive more in depth into good practices and practices to avoid in the Wild 5. This week we are focusing on challenge #1: Leave Nothing Behind. Some practices we recommend to be wildlife conscious are to bring reusable containers whenever possible, stow or dispose of fishing gear and line properly, and to pack everything out when enjoying wild spaces. #Wild5 #wild5challenge #wildwelcomeproject #bewildlifeconcsious #coexistwithwildlife #leavenothingbehind @sbwildlifecarenetwork @wildwelcomeproject
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Keywords in multi-species care work: Overwintering Wildlife rehabilitation is a young practice that involves a growing list of duties as we learn more about how to best support our wild neighbors. One lesser known practice in wildlife rehab is overwintering- the process of keeping a migratory animal that may not be ready to be released through the colder months. There are many reasons why an animal may need to be overwintered, but most boil down to making sure the conditions of release are as comfortable as possible so that the animal may thrive. #wildliferehabilitation #animalrehabpractices #overwintering #multispeciescare #sbwcn #coexistwithwildlife @sbwildlifecarenetwork @wildwelcomeproject
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Keywords in multi-species care work: Ecological Triage In our series on charismatic species, it was mentioned that often the benefits afforded one species may also benefit other species in close companionship with them, regardless of outcome, a choice is still made to conserve one species and not another. Ecological triage is the practice of investing resources into conservation and restoration projects that will have the biggest impact- effectively prioritizing actions to be taken, to achieve a desired environmental outcome. What these benefits are, differ from project to project and even person to person, so are always assessed on a case to case basis. In one high stakes example of multispecies triage, goat populations underwent heavy control so the Galapagos turtle could thrive. #ecologicaltriage #conversationsinconservation #humanwildlifeinteraction @sbwildlifecarenetwork @wildwelcomeproject
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Cryptic species are species who are visually identical but genetically distinct. So what may at first appear to be one species can at times be many. This is the case with the Western Pond Turtle, western pond turtles like the ones in our care were recently reclassified as two distinct species, effectively diminishing a population that was already in decline. Learn more about the slipperiness of species and taxonomy as well as the regulations and challenges wildlife rehabbers have when trying to release them with a story featured in our blog. @sbwildlifecarenetwork @wildwelcomeproject #crypticspecies #westernpondturtles #actinemyspallida #actinemysmarmorata
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The Wild 5 Challenge is a set of practices that are couched in lessons and observations from wildlife rehabbers at the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network. Find out more details about each of these best practices on how to co-exist with wildlife by signing up to take our challenge! Link in bio. @sbwildlifecarenetwork @wildwelcomeproject #WildlifeRehab #Wild5Challenge #Coexistwithwildlife
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As you may know, Wild Welcome is the education project of the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, a wildlife rehabilitation hospital that serves both Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. But what is Wildlife Rehab? In a sentence, it is the practice of providing aid to injured or displaced wild animals with the goal of returning them healthy to the wild. Did you know you can read real patient stories of wildlife on our Wild Welcome webpage? Additionally, learn more about the wildlife rehabilitation origins of Wild Welcome and our Wild 5 Challenge on our webpage. Link in bio. #SBWCN #WildlifeRehab #Wild5Challenge #Coexistwithwildlife @sbwildlifecarenetwork #WildWelcome
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