Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center

So thankful for this place! They are right there at the foot of the power plant on PCH and Newland. Entrance on Newland and another on PCH. I was not aware of this Center, but was told by a woman who stopped and helped me with getting two injured baby seagulls in my car. Thank you for being my angel whoever you were!
The volunteer took the two fledgling seagulls right away. Someone had run over four baby seagulls who were lying in the road when I was on my way to work (two were dead, one was almost dead, but one looked like it might survive). At any rate, I wasn’t going to let them die by getting squished by a car. I always keep blankets and towels in my car for such things. I have saved a dog who looked like he was dead by the road, but wasn’t! He is such a good dog and part of our family now.
Anyway, the volunteer, Bonnie, was very helpful and nice. I was pretty distressed and broken up at the birds’ suffering and she was very sympathetic. I hope at least one makes it.
WWCC run almost entirely on donations and volunteers. I gave a donation and may just volunteer there.
Please folks, SLOW DOWN on Springdale and Heil. Everyone feeds those ducks, geese, etc and are the cause of attracting large numbers of birds there. I am going to petition for a sign to tell people to slow down. There are dead duck and geese in the road next to the park almost daily.

This is not a place you want to volunteer. Most of the people giving their time are very nice, but the supervisors are extremely unappreciative and rude. Expect to work long hours scrubbing cages and hosing down pelican feces just to hear you could have done better.

If you find an animal that is indigenous to this area which is out of your depth to care for, you bring it here. I have a tendency to encounter things that need help, and this place has saved their lives.
When you find something, you need to keep a lot of mental notes: where you found it, how you found it, anything you noticed wrong, and so forth. They’re going to ask you these things, and when the animal is healed, they try to release it where you found it.

Found a baby squirrel at Schbarum park in the afternoon and by the time the evening rolled around the mom still hadn’t come back. Took the squirrel home and stayed up and hydrated it every 2 hours until the next morning where we hauled ass down to this place. Open 7 days a week and take in animals of all kinds (as long as they’re native to California). I left a donation and felt better about myself knowing that we saved the little guy.
Yay animal rescue places!

I used to volunteer here in high school (let’s not discuss how long ago that was…) and it was a great experience.
About a year ago I brought in a baby possum that I had found in my yard. They were great about taking him in quickly and hopefully he made it :)

My wife and I found an injured squirrel near our apartment. Fortunately, she knew about WWCC and we were able to get the squirrel into a box and to the Center before they closed.
They must be really good at what they do here, because the squirrel survived! The poor creature had probably been attacked by one of our neighbor’s cats and we were not very confident that it was going to make it. Thanks, WWCC!
If you ever find a wild animal that needs medical care, follow their guidelines here:
They would definitely appreciate your financial support and they are a very worthy cause. They also take donations from their wish list:

My mom found a tiny little possum today behind Subway in Fountain Valley, he had no money and the five dollar sandwich sale was over. He walked right up to her making clicking and hissing noises. He was small and tiny, probably 3 or four inches long and had no chance without human intervention. This is a volunteer run nonprofit and we gave them a ten buck donation.