Wildlife Disaster Network - WDN

04/19/2022

NEW LIMITED EDITION SHIRT: Available this week only at www.float.org/wdn

We've partnered up with FLOAT - For Love Of All Things for this beautiful limited edition shirt design inspired by our wildfire response work over the years. In this design we've featured a bear paw showing the ground-breaking tilapia skin bandage technique used by Dr. Jamie Peyton to help burned California wildlife heal.

$8 from every shirt sold is donated to our work. Get yours today as they're available for a limited time only: www.float.org/wdn

02/14/2022

Three Associate Director positions open with the California Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET). More info linked below👇

THREE positions open with CA Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET). We are currently seeking 3 Associate Directors to provide leadership, planning, logistics, operations, training; and to help create the program's fundamental systems and processes.

Apply here: ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/news/now-hiring-cvet-associate-director

𝘊𝘝𝘌𝘛 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 (𝘔𝘖𝘜) 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 (𝘊𝘋𝘍𝘈) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘳’𝘴 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 (𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘖𝘌𝘚) 𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 (𝘦.𝘨. 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘈𝘙𝘛𝘚, 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘊𝘈𝘝𝘔𝘙𝘊, 𝘊𝘈𝘙𝘌𝘚).

02/02/2022

California Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET) is now hiring for an Associate Director of Logistics!

CVET is a program launched in July, 2021 through California State legislation and funding. CVET supports and trains a network of government agencies, individuals and organizations to aid domestic animals and livestock during natural disasters.

California Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET) is hiring! Currently seeking individuals with disaster response + veterinary medical/animal welfare experience to lead coordination of readiness activities between animal disaster responses.

Apply by February 21 👉🏼 bit.ly/CVET-associate

11/18/2021

Why spend all that time and effort into caring for one animal?

"I can make a difference to that animal and that animal can return to its environment and play a significant role. This is even more crucial for areas that have endangered or threatened species."
-WDN Co-Lead Dr. Jamie Peyton

Check out our work featured in this video piece by VICE News

What happens to animals in a wildfire? With yet another season of unprecedented drought and fire in full swing, the lives of California’s animals have been t...

10/06/2021

Wonderful update from Gold Country Wildlife Rescue on a trio of bear cubs rescued from the Antelope and Dixie

09/23/2021

Thrilled to see Em return to LTWC healthy and safe thanks to the efforts of many in the Wildlife Disaster Network - WDN!

09/01/2021

Last night the Wildlife Disaster Network mobilized to help evacuate 5 raptors from the fires burning around Lake Tahoe. Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, Inc. staff met up with Gold Country Wildlife Rescue to hand off the raptors, which were then picked up by California Raptor Center (CRC) staff Julie Cotton and volunteer Billy Thein in Roseville, who then transported them the rest of the way to the CRC facilities at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Thanks to the efforts of many individuals, these raptors are safe and receiving top-notch medical care from UC Davis veterinarians Drs. Jamie Peyton, Michelle Hawkins, Eric Johnson, and senior resident Dr. Paula Rodriguez.

This is what WDN is all about. Our network is here for each other and the wildlife who need our help.

Philanthropic gifts to support WDN's work can be made at give.ucdavis.edu/go/wdn

08/30/2021

One hour left to get your own limited edition WDN shirt! Your purchase helps support WDN’s life-saving work mobilizing response efforts and providing veterinary care for wildlife impacted by the wildfires raging through California.

Thanks to everyone who has made a purchase — we’ve raised $824 so far! Let’s see how close we can get to $1K in the final hour 🤩

www.float.org/wdn

08/27/2021

WDN first launched in 2020 as a partnership between UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. This network is modeled after the Oiled Wildlife Care Network for effective mobilization and response coordination to aid wildlife. It also builds on the pioneering work of Dr. Jamie Peyton, who partnered with CDFW in 2017 to apply an innovative burn treatment - tilapia skins - to the paws of wildlife injured in the Thomas Fire.

With a growing team of wildlife veterinary medical experts, WDN continues to provide life-saving care for animals in distress, including those currently impacted by ongoing wildfires across California.

Philanthropic gifts to support WDN's work can be made at give.ucdavis.edu/go/wdn

Additionally, we have a limited edition t-shirt fundraiser THIS WEEK ONLY, available at float.org/wdn until August 29! Get yours ASAP before they're gone.

08/25/2021

We have a limited edition shirt design available THIS WEEK ONLY (until August 29)! $8 from each shirt sold will be donated to the Wildlife Disaster Network - WDN in support of our ongoing work rescuing animals burned in the wildfires raging through California.

Get yours today (youth sizes also available): float.org/wdn

08/23/2021

The Wildlife Disaster Network is busier than ever treating animals, including orphaned bear cubs and bobcats, burned in the devastating wildfires tearing through CA this year.

Via The Guardian

The Wildlife Disaster Network is just one group that patrols burn areas looking for critters that need their help