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Rescue, Rehabilitate & Educate

Pacific Wildlife Care has been serving wildlife in the San Luis Obispo area since 1984.

Owl
Who We Are

Donors, volunteers & staff working together to support the wildlife of San Luis Obispo County through rehabilitation and educational outreach.

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What We Do

Pacific Wildlife Care treats nearly 3,000 wild animal patients every year, from over 200 different species. Our goal? To return healthy animals to the wild! We also provide educational presentations for local organizations and schools.

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Why it Matters

"Wildlife rehabilitation is a process of coming to know something quite unlike you, to understand it well enough not only to keep it alive but also to put it back, like a puzzle piece, into the gap in the world it left behind."
-- Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk.

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Behind the Scenes at PWC

Pacific Wildlife Care (PWC) has been an advocate for wildlife in San Luis Obispo County since 1984. 

From that time we have grown from a small group of dedicated home rehabilitators into a successful non-profit organization with a well-equipped rehabilitation center, a full-time wildlife veterinarian, a small paid staff, and nearly 200 volunteers.  In addition to the Rehabilitation Center, which is open every day of the year, we maintain a Wildlife Hotline that the public can call to report distressed wildlife (injured, sick, orphaned) and to receive information about our local wildlife.

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We wish we were posting with news that we found our Peregrine Falcon but that is not the case, at least not yet. We are still searching. We wanted to reach out to thank all of you who have provided leads, shared our posts, and expressed hope and encouragement. We are following up on every possible lead and your kind wishes are really helping to keep us, and other searchers, going. We also wanted to post three more pictures that might be helpful. The one with Morro on his handler’s glove shows both how dark colored his back is and gives perspective on his size. The other picture shows what his jesses look like. We used a pencil to represent his leg to show how the jess, which would normally be attached to the leash, would hang down. If he is flying with both the jesses still on they should be visible hanging down. Also, the differences of how a Peregrine Falcon looks in flight versus a Red-Shouldered Hawk. Notice that peregrines have long pointed wings that jut forward at the wrist versus a hawks who have full wide wings and broad tail. We hope this helps. Please call if you’ve seen him and get a picture of your sighting if you can. (805)543-9453 #sanluisobispocounty #lostanimal #peregrinefalconImage attachmentImage attachment

We wish we were posting with news that we found our Peregrine Falcon but that is not the case, at least not yet. We are still searching. We wanted to reach out to thank all of you who have provided leads, shared our posts, and expressed hope and encouragement. We are following up on every possible lead and your kind wishes are really helping to keep us, and other searchers, going.

We also wanted to post three more pictures that might be helpful. The one with Morro on his handler’s glove shows both how dark colored his back is and gives perspective on his size. The other picture shows what his jesses look like. We used a pencil to represent his leg to show how the jess, which would normally be attached to the leash, would hang down. If he is flying with both the jesses still on they should be visible hanging down. Also, the differences of how a Peregrine Falcon looks in flight versus a Red-Shouldered Hawk. Notice that peregrines have long pointed wings that jut forward at the wrist versus a hawks who have full wide wings and broad tail. We hope this helps. Please call if you’ve seen him and get a picture of your sighting if you can. (805)543-9453

#sanluisobispocounty #lostanimal #peregrinefalcon
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Thank you PWC volunteers for all of your contributions to California wildlife rehabilitation!

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‼️Please be on the lookout! Escaped educational Peregrine Falcon at Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, on 4/20/24. Born and raised in captivity. With PWC for 14 years, never lived in the wild. Banded with jesses on both legs (strands of short leather pieces.) Please call if seen. (805)543-9453. #lostanimal #sanluisobispocounty #peregrinefalcon

‼️Please be on the lookout! Escaped educational Peregrine Falcon at Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, on 4/20/24. Born and raised in captivity. With PWC for 14 years, never lived in the wild. Banded with jesses on both legs (strands of short leather pieces.) Please call if seen. (805)543-9453.

#lostanimal #sanluisobispocounty #peregrinefalcon
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Mailing Address: PO Box 1134, Morro Bay, CA 93443
Center Hours: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm daily
with extended hours April to September
Wildlife Hotline Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm daily
with extended hours April to September
501c3 number: 77-0196350

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Our mission is to support San Luis Obispo County wildlife through rehabilitation and educational outreach.