Concerned citizens and other agencies bring us over 6,000 sick, orphaned, and injured animals each year. With the help of volunteers, staff, and local vets, WCA provides medical services to these animals. Once the animals have recovered from their injuries or illness, or have grown and learned to hunt and fend for themselves, they are released into the wild, giving them a second chance at life.
At present, County and City Animal Care and Regulation, S.P.C.A., veterinary clinics, zoos, Department of Fish and Game, and many other state and county facilities are unable to care for confiscated, displaced injured or orphaned wildlife. Wildlife Care Association currently provides a necessary service to these agencies that acquire wildlife from the public and will continue to do so.
In the early years some of the prominent naturalists in the Sacramento area, such as MB Goodier, Effie Yeaw, and William B. Pond, were very active and worked hard to establish the Wildlife Care Association as an important community service organization. It was incorporated on May 18, 1978. On September 10, 1981, Wildlife Care Association became a Federal Exempt 501c(3) non-profit community service organization, although it had been in existence since 1975.
Wildlife Care Association is also a proud member of the National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association which celebrated their 25th Anniversary in March of 2007.