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The Wildlife Disaster Network (WDN) is an American organization focusing on aiding wild animals suffering due to
natural disasters A natural disaster is the very harmful impact on a society or community brought by natural phenomenon or Hazard#Natural hazard, hazard. Some examples of natural hazards include avalanches, droughts, earthquakes, floods, heat waves, landslides ...
. It was created in October 2020, as a partnership between the
California Department of Fish and Wildlife The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), formerly known as the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), is an American state agency under the California Natural Resources Agency. The Department of Fish and Wildlife manages ...
and the
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine The University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine is the largest veterinary school in the United States. Established in 1948, the school is the primary health resource for California's animal populations. In 2020, the school was ag ...
. The network is made up of rehabilitation centers, veterinarians, trained animal care volunteers, wildlife biologists and ecologists.


History

The WDN was modelled after the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, which was started at UC Davis for rescuing birds and other marine animals from oil spills. It is led by Jamie Peyton, Eric Johnson, Deana Clifford and Michael Ziccardi. In 2021, it was one of 29 recipients of a grant from the Dave and Cheryl Duffield Foundation to rescue and rehabilitate animals injured by the
Caldor Fire The Caldor Fire was a large wildfire that burned in the Eldorado National Forest and other areas of the Sierra Nevada in El Dorado County, California, El Dorado, Amador County, California, Amador, and Alpine County, California, Alpine County, ...
.


Work

The network operates a hotline where they receive calls from people who find injured wild animals. It then requests authorization from officials to rescue the animals, who after being found are captured and transported to rescue facilities where they receive care for their injuries.


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* {{Wild animal suffering 2020 establishments in California Animal welfare organizations based in the United States Organizations established in 2020 Wildlife rehabilitation