Ambassador Animals:  These are animals that for one reason or another, whether it be imprinting, injury, or something else, are not releasable back into the wild.  We retain them and use them for educational purposes, and sometimes as surrogate mothers for homeless babies brought to the facility.  In each of the instances below, WCA petitioned US Fish & Wildlife and California State Fish & Game for a permit to keep the animal for educational purposes. You can adopt any of these wonderful animals to help continue the work of WCA, and find out their complete story.  Here are just a few interesting facts about each. Caesar is a Screech Owl who came to Wildlife Care Association in the early spring of 2007 as an owlet. She was originally thought to be a boy, until she laid an egg in 2010.  She is blind in her left eye and is not releasable. Ivory is a leucistic (white) Crow who was brought to WCA in May, 2006.  Her ivory coloring is a rare mutation in birds, and rarely does an all-white bird survive in the wild plus crows depend on their solid black coloration for night time camouflage.  Ivory would not have survived in the wild. Nala is a Great Horned Owl.  We have had her for 13 years and she is approximately 15+ years old.  She has a broken wing from being trapped in barbed-wire fencing.  Aside from doing educational programs at schools, she also surrogates orphaned baby Great Horned Owls. Tana is a Burrowing Owl who came to WCA on October 30th, 2010 with a fractured shoulder and elbow.  After several veterinary exams and numerous x-rays, it was clear that her wing was broken and would not heal correctly.  Since she could not fly, she was deemed unreleaseable.  Tana got her name from the Italian word for “burrow” or “den.” (more...) Find Us! Wildlife Care Association & Education Center, 5211 Patrol Road, McClellan, CA 95652 (Since 1975) Last Updated 5/4/2012 Contact webmaster regarding any issues with the site. DONATE!