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WILDLIFE EMERGENCY: Please call 510-421-9897. *Please do not use Messenger for wildlife emergencies* VEG will accept intakes between the hours of 3 p.m.

If you are unable to reach us, please leave a text or voicemail message. During business hours, you can call your local animal shelter or wildlife rescue (Lindsay, WildCare, Peninsula Humane, Int'l Bird Rescue). For after hours help please call Veterinary Emergency Group at (925) 718-7771. and 6 a.m. at their office at 2431 San Ramon Valley Blvd in San Ramon.

10/28/2026

Another rolls around... 📸 A great photo from one of our ReWild fosters!

Coincidentally, our annual calendar will be available soon!!!

10/27/2026

This week is Bat Appreciation Week! 🦇 😍 We do not rehab them, but we all love bats. They are on the frontlines of insect control and pollination! (Never, ever touch a bat without gloves on!)

10/25/2026

Squirrel Sunday! This young squirrel recently moved into a pre-release ReWild cage. Freedom is a few weeks away!

Photo credit: Alison Bagby, Millennium

10/24/2026

Update: the little blonde baby raccoon rescued from the palm tree at The Gardens at Lake Merritt is doing really well!!! His mouth injury is healing and he is able to eat normally. We are confident that he will fully recover and be released!

10/22/2026

Yggdrasil Urban Wildlife Rescue is turning 25! Join us on December 3 for a night of celebration, and help us keep rescuing Bay Area wildlife for 25 more years and beyond.

Details below:

🎉 The Faight Collective (473A Haight St, San Francisco)
🕑Thursday, December 3, 6-10 p.m.
🎸Live music, food, drinks, live auction, bake sale, and exclusive anniversary merch
🙏$20 minimum suggested donation at the door

For more information, visit yuwr.org/party

10/22/2026

Another - this young opossum just went to ReWild aka pre-release, one step closer to being free.

10/21/2026

Photo credit: ACO Meagan Clarke
TW: cruelty to animals

A San Francisco resident decided to put some glue traps outside. And here is the result: a beautiful rat and a beautiful barn owl were the victims. They had been suffering on the glue board for some time. Luckily a neighbor called SF Animal Care & Control and the animals were taken to PHS for treatment. Hopefully they will recover.

Glue traps are the most inhumane, cruel methods of "pest management" imaginable. They're marketed as safe and non-toxic... conveniently ignoring the brutal reality that the animals stuck to the glue trap don't actually die and can spend days screaming and suffering from dehydration and shock. They sometimes rip off limbs in an attempt to escape. It does not matter whether it's a "target" animal or a "non-target" animal, because the suffering is the same!!!

It's shocking that the city of St. Francis, the patron saint of animals, still supports glue traps - while cities all across California and countries around the world have already banned them. Last year, SF Animal Advisory Council sent a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors in support of a ban, but perhaps it ended up in the circular file? If you are local to San Francisco, we urge you to write to your Supervisor and tell them to act on the recommendation!

10/18/2026

Happy National Opossum Day! What a day to celebrate North America's only native marsupial! 🎉

10/17/2026

An incredible rescue earlier this week... 🦝 A member of the general public named Bonni contacted us about a baby raccoon - an iconic blonde (leucistic) Oakland raccoon at that - crying and possibly stuck in a palm tree 🌴 in The Gardens at Lake Merritt

It just so happened that Rhita, our advocacy and hotline team co-lead, was at the Gardens returning traps borrowed for another raccoon rescue. Rhita was able to meet with Bonni and with the full cooperation of the Gardens' managers and Oakland Fire Department they were able to get a ladder and save this tiny little baby boy raccoon!!!

It truly takes a village and we are so grateful to everyone who took part in this rescue. 🙏 Thank you so much!!! Although the baby has a fairly serious injury, we are hoping he will make a full recovery under the expert care of our raccoon team and amazing vet.

Address

2200 25th Street
San Francisco, CA

Telephone

+15104219897

Website

http://www.yuwr.org/, http://www.yuwr.org/donate

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