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Stories from The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center

Sanctuary Residents Prepare for Possible Emergency

May 13, 2013—The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in Ramona, Calif., is ready if the need to evacuate should arise. Weekly drills with their animals, including Tonka the Mountain lion, ensure that the center is prepared in case of emergency. Read more»

Creepy, Crawly (but cute!) Baby Wildlife Find Refuge

April 29, 2013—April through June is a busy time at The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in Ramona, California. It's baby season, and a diverse range of creepy, crawly, and cute wildlife are receiving high quality care and rehabilitation before being released. Read more»

Five Faces of Animal Care

April 3, 2013—A chimpanzee, two horses, a fisher, and a lion—five animals who found sanctuary at our care centers. Read more»

Fund for Animals News: Fall 2012

April 3, 2013—The Fund for Animals’ animal care centers are spread from coast to coast, and the fall weather affects each in unique and beautiful ways. Read more»

Injured Bobcat Regains Freedom

February 27, 2013—Eye Bob the bobcat kitten spent the fall and winter months recovering from an injured cornea before his January 2013 release from the Fund for Animals Wildlife Center. Read more»

Tee Off for Wildlife

February 25, 2013—On Friday, March 29, 2013, the San Vicente Golf Resort will host a golf tournament, with proceeds benefiting The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center. Register to play, or sign up to be a sponsor today. Read more»

Spotted Skunk Rehabbed at Fund for Animals Wildlife Center

February 25, 2013—On February 12, 2013, FFAWC released a rarely seen spotted skunk back into the wild, after three weeks of rehabilitative care at the center. Read more»

FFAWC Bids Farewell to Sheba the Cougar

December 21, 2012—The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center bid farewell this week to Sheba, a 15-year-old mountain lion who came to us as a young kitten from the exotic pet trade Read more»

Happy Birthday, Hannah the Hippo!

November 27, 2012—The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center is home to Hannah -- the second-oldest pygmy hippo in the U.S. This year, Hannah celebrates her birthday on Thanksgiving day. Read more»

Hybrid Coyotes: A Paw in Two Worlds

October 24, 2012—Two abandoned hybrid coyote pups raised for release at The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center will instead roam free at Black Beauty Ranch. Watch the video. Read more»

Playtime with Pumpkins at The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center

October 19, 2012—Playing with Halloween pumpkins is good fun for the big cats at The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in Ramona, Calif. Read more»

Kind News Feature: All In a Day's Work

October 15, 2012—The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in Ramona, Calif., is a refuge for orphaned and injured wildlife. This story is reprinted from the Oct./Nov. issue of our kids' magazine, Kind News. Read more»

Bigger, Better Facilities at Fund for Animals Wildlife Center

August 31, 2012—The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center has been busy this past year making improvements to enclosures and structures on the 13-acre property and have now broken ground on their crown jewel: the new Wildlife Care Center in Ramona, Calif. Read more»

The Healing Ground, Page 4: Nature vs. Nurture

August 23, 2012—Resourcefulness is key to meet the needs of each patient at the Fund for Animals Wildlife Center Read more»

The Healing Ground: Living Symbols

August 23, 2012—Sanctuary animals personify captive wildlife issues. Read more»

The Healing Ground, Page 3: The Lives They Left Behind

August 23, 2012—Permanent residents of Fund for Animals Wildlife Center found refuge from neglect and exploitation Read more»

The Healing Ground, Page 2: A Refuge for Predator Species

August 23, 2012—Sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife recover at Fund for Animals Wildlife Center. Read more»

The Healing Ground: 39 Lives

August 23, 2012—Formerly feral cats of San Nicolas Island want for nothing at the Wildlife Center Read more»

Reuniting Six Coyote Pups with their Mother

May 12, 2012—When some spring yard work turned up six infant coyotes all alone, Kim D'Amico at Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in Ramona, Calif helped reunite them with their mama. Read more»

You Know What Stinks? A Family Torn Apart

March 23, 2012—Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in Ramona, Calif cares for two baby skunks who were left alone to fend for themselves when a trapper removed their mother from their urban home and relocated her to the "wild" Read more»

Leona Lewis' Valentine? An 11-Year-Old Lion Named Samson

February 14, 2012—Grammy-nominated singer Leona Lewis drops in on Samson, a lion turning 11 on his St. Valentine's Day-birthday at Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in Ramona, California. Read more»

Video: 72,000 Ladybugs Keep Sanctuary Animals, Trees Safe

August 29, 2011—The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center has put 72,000 ladybugs to work to keep lerps and yellowjackets populations in check. Watch the video. Read more»

Bobcat Hit by Car on Road to Recovery

August 12, 2011—The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center gets an injured two-year-old bobcat on track for release back into the wild. Read more»

Fat, Happy Cats: A Success Story

August 12, 2011—The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center staff socializes San Nicolas Island cats and two kittens find a forever home. Read more»

Den of Two: Orphaned Bobcat Kittens Learn to Be Wild

June 16, 2011—The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in Ramona, Calif., has created a special den for two orphaned bobcat kittens who need to stay wild to survive. Read more»