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<\/a>One aim of the shower was to collect the supplies needed to provide treatment, care and nourishment to wildlife until they are well enough to be released back into their natural habitat.<\/p>\n
As a program of San Diego Humane Society, the mission of Project Wildlife, headquartered at 887 1\/2 Sherman St. in Linda Vista, is to improve the quality of life for local wildlife and the community as the primary resource for animal rehabilitation and conservation education.<\/p>\n
Since 1972, Project Wildlife’s staff and volunteers have given injured, orphaned and sick wild animals \u2014 8,000 to 10,000 birds and mammals each year \u2014 a second chance at life, making it one of the largest wildlife rehabilitation organizations nationally.<\/p>\n
Lots of families, kids and dogs checked out the booths, fawning over the animal ambassadors at the March 3 event.<\/p>\n
Of the animal ambassadors, DuBois said, \u201cThese are all animals that have been brought into project wildlife with an injury and they cannot be returned to the wild, because they would not survive, so they\u2019ve become ambassadors.\u201d<\/p>\n
DuBois pointed to one such ambassador, Luna the Western Screech Owl.<\/p>\n \u201cShe is blind in her left eye, and deaf in her left ear, as she sustained head trauma as a baby,\u201d she said. \u201cWe think she might have been hit by a car. Because of the eye injury, she wouldn\u2019t survive in the wild. So she was turned over to us, and now is an ambassador.<\/p>\n \u201cPreserving our wildlife is of critical importance, not just for the sake of the animal, but for conserving our beautiful environment,\u201d added DuBois. \u201cEach and every animal plays an important part in making up this ecosystem, so it\u2019s crucial that they all get the care they need.\u201d<\/p>\n Project Wildlife had \u201cseveral messages\u201d to deliver at its March baby shower.<\/p>\n \u201cOne is that this is a very diverse area for wildlife with lots of animals in your backyard you may, or may not see, but that you should be aware of \u2014 opossums, skunks, raccoons, songbirds and hummingbirds, etc.\u201d said DuBois adding, \u201cThey do get injured, like babies falling out of nests learning to fly.\u201d<\/p>\n Education is also a big part of the mission of Project Wildlife, like cautioning people tree trimming at the wrong time of year threatens animals.<\/p>\n \u201cWe encourage people not to do any tree trimming anytime between spring and summer, do it in the fall and winter when the animals are not breeding in there,\u201d said DuBois adding bats, as well as birds, frequently nest in trees.<\/p>\n Another teachable moment for Project Wildlife and DuBois is instructing people on what to do if they find an injured animal, say a raptor with a broken wing.<\/p>\n \u201cGet a box to put them in, grab some leather gardening gloves and a towel,\u201d counseled DuBois.\u201d Pick them up in a towel, put them in that box, and bring them right over to us, and we\u2019ll take care of them.\u201d<\/p>\n Throughout spring and summer, Project Wildlife will rely heavily on hundreds of rehab volunteers to help care for such a high volume of orphaned and injured wildlife. Last year, more than 13,000 wild animals received rehabilitative care from the organization.<\/p>\n Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n visite projectwildlife.com<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a>