NEWS & MEDIA
Press Releases
4/24/23: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network is Experiencing a Pelican Event
2/27/24: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network Announces New Doc "Wild Rescue: A Second Chance at a Wild Life" Presented in IMAX®
6/15/22: SBWCN Releases 10 Brown Pelicans Rescued During May Crisis
5/20/22: Keystone Ocean Species in Crisis in California
3/31/22: Spring brings thousands of babies to Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
12/1/21: Local NOAA ship rescues injured pelican offshore
10/30/21: Bobcat rescued and released at Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
9/19/21: Discovery Channel host Ian Shive joins Wildlife Care Network board
9/14/21: Wildlife Care Network’s fundraising benefit returns in person October 15
8/24/21: Oiled Frogs Receiving Care from Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
2024 News
Santa Barbara Independent: Tangled Barn Owl Rescued from Atop a 50-Foot Palm
Santa Barbara Independent: Owl’s Well That Ends Well: Rescued Barn Owl Returned to Wilds of Goleta
Noozhawk: Rescued Goleta Barn Owl Released Back Into Wild After Rehabilitation
KEYT: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network announces new documentary: ‘Wild Rescue: A Second Chance at a Wild Life’
KEYT: Baby wildlife season kicks off in Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara Independent: Wildlife Photographer Ian Shive Brings Faraway Experiences Back Home
KCLU: Wildlife group reports some pelicans in crisis along the Ventura, Santa Barbara County coastlines
Coastal View News: SBWildlife Care urgently treating emaciated pelicans
KEYT: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network swamped with sick pelicans
Cal Coast News: Sick pelicans reported along California’s Central Coast
KSBY: Unusually large numbers of sick pelicans brought to local wildlife rehab center
Coastal View News: SBWildlife Care urgently treating emaciated pelicans
Santa Barbara Independent: Sick Brown Pelican Numbers Shoot Upward
KCLU: Santa Barbara County man travels the globe to document stories about nature
KCLU: A number of sick pelicans are needing treatment and experts aren’t sure why
KEYT: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Networks prepares for Wild Talks amid incoming sickened pelicans
Noozhawk: Santa Barbara Region is Seeing a Surge in Sick Brown Pelicans
VC Star: Brown pelicans found starving along the California coast. Here's what to know
Smithsonian Magazine: Hundreds of Starving Brown Pelicans Are Turning Up on California Beaches, Puzzling Wildlife Rescuers and Scientists
Pensacola News Journal: Brown pelicans found 'starving to death' on California coast: Why it could be happening
KCLU: Santa Barbara County wildlife care center swamped with sick California Brown Pelicans
National Geographic: California brown pelicans are starving to death—despite plenty to eat
Santa Barbara Independent: Our Beloved Pets & Animals
2024 Edition
Bluedot Living: Inside Santa Barbara’s New Wildlife Hospital
KEYT: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network exceeds 3,000 wildlife patients this year
KEYT: California Nature Art Museum co-hosting Wild Talk on pollinators in Solvang
KEYT: Neighbors raise safety concerns after rescuing baby quails inside storm drain in Solvang
Montecito Journal: A Wild Night at the Rockwood
KEYT: Dangerous Decorations: Fake spiderwebs threaten local wildlife in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Independent: Western Burrowing Owl Rescued After Being Stranded at Sea
KEYT: Rare Owl Rescued from Sea Near Goleta Pier
2023 News
Coastal View News: Rescuing a Red Tail!
Montecito-Estate: Cristal's Blog - Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network: Creating a Peaceful Co-Existence
Santa Barbara Independent: Santa Barbara’s New Wild Animal Hospital Is a Home of ‘Hopeful Work
KEYT: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network prepares for baby season
KEYT: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network increases safety measures due to bird flu outbreak
KEYT: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network seeking support for Baby Season Fund Drive
Noozhawk: Community Comes Together to Rescue, Re-Nest Baby Hawk After 90-Foot Fall From Tree
The Tribune: A baby hawk fell 90 feet from a tree. So Central Coast community began ‘Operation: Re-nest’
Yahoo! News: A baby hawk fell 90 feet from a tree. So Central Coast community began ‘Operation: Re-nest’
Edhat: Baby Hawk Rescued and Re-Nested After Fall From Tree
KEYT: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network in need of volunteers
KEYT: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network: Environmental leader to discuss P-22 and world’s largest wildlife crossing construction in Los Angeles
Santa Barbara Independent: The Mountain Lion That Changed the World
Noozhawk: Wildlife Care Network Program Looks at Life and Legacy of P-22
KCAL News: Furry and Feathery Friends Return to Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center after Hilary
Coastal View News: Unpredictable Wilderness: Grabbing a Grebe
Santa Barbara Independent: Saving the California Condor from the Brink of Extinction
Edhat: Wild Night Out: Nocturnal, Benefitting the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
KEYT: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network calling Community to Wild Night Out
Santa Barbara Independent: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network’s Wild Night Out
Noozhawk: Bat Flying Free Again After Rescue From Ceiling of Goleta Grocery Store
2022 News
Los Angeles Times: Column: Looking to make last-minute charitable donations? Tips from Flea, Rick Caruso and others
Santa Barbara Independent: Still a Mystery, Pelican Health Crisis Continues in Santa Barbara
Noozhawk: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network Rescues 140 Sick Brown Pelicans And Counting
Santa Barbara Independent: Ten Brown Pelicans Released Back to the Wild in Montecito and Goleta
Santa Barbara Independent: It Was Starvation That Killed the Pelicans
KSBY: Wildlife center changes protocol after bird flu detected in California
KEYT: 2022 Goleta’s Finest Award Recipients Announced
Noozhawk: Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce Recognizes ‘Goleta’s Finest’ at Gala Event
Santa Barbara News-Press: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network sees a longtime dream come true
KEYT: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network releases healed raccoons after six months
Edhat: SB Wildlife Care Network’s Patient of the Week - Anna’s Hummingbird
2021 News
KEYT: Tree Trimming Worries Sprout
Discovery’s Nature in Focus: It’s Baby Season at SBWCN
Montecito Journal: Giving List Feature
Santa Barbara Independent: That Baby Crow Might Not Need Help
Santa Barbara News-Press: Rescued and Released Pelicans
Noozhawk: Man Takes a Quack at Shepherding Ducklings
Montecito Journal: Rattlesnake Tips
Santa Barbara News-Press: Ian Shive Joins SBWCN Board
KCSB: Wildlife Activity in Urban Areas
Oiled Frogs Rehabilitated and Released:
Coastal View
KCLU
KEYT
Santa Barbara News-Press
KCLU: Wildlife Care Nonprofit Building New Hospital
Santa Barbara Independent: Wildlife Care Network Celebrates New Hospital
Daily Nexus: Ian Shive and SBWCN Celebrate New Wildlife Hospital
KEYT: Bobcat Released After Treatment
2020 News
KEYT Video: SB Wildlife Care Network’s on-site hospital plans in focus amid surge of injured animals
KEYT: SB Wildlife Care Network seeing more birds shot by pellet guns
Noozhawk: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network Looks to Future with New State-of-the-Art Hospital
Noozhawk: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network Gets Creative to Respond to Animals in Need
Noozhawk: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network Volunteers Give Animals a Fighting Chance
Noozhawk: Buellton Woman Rescues, Rehabilitates and Advocates for Oft-Maligned Opossums
KEYT: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network is on track for its busiest year ever
Noozhawk: Save Tree-trimming For Months That End With Letter ‘R’
2019 News
Noozhawk: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network Unveils New Designs for Post-Fire Facility
KEYT: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network hopes to break ground on new facility in the new year
SB News-Press: Seagull found with beak ziptied on ‘purpose’
2018 News
KEYT: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network affected by the Holiday Fire
2017 News
SB Independent: Scores of Birds, Sea Lions Suffering Likely Domoic Acid Poisoning