The International Bird Rescue Research Center is located locally in San Pedro, California. Their headquarters is in Cordelia, California at the northern end of San Francisco Bay.
The IBRRC also operates an oiled wildlife care facility in Anchorage called the Alaska Wildlife Response Center (AWRC). IBRRC is recognized throughout the world as the leader in oiled wildlife rescue and rehabilitation. Major funding for the Alaska Wildlife Response Center is provided by Alyeska Pipeline Service Company and Alaska Clean Seas.
The IBRRC is part of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network (OWCN).
IBRRC's Mission Statement: The International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) has been helping birds around the world since 1971. Its mission is to mitigate human impact on aquatic birds and other wildlife. This is achieved through rehabilitation, emergency response, education, research, planning and training.
Click the map to go to OWCN's website
The OWCN is the world's only oiled wildlife response organization boasting more than 25 different members comprised of world-class aquaria, universities, scientific organizations and rehabilitation groups.
Established in 1994 by the Department of Fish and Game’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) as a result of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, it is currently administered by the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center in the School of Veterinary Medicine.
Recognized as a international leader in oil spill response, the OWCN focuses on four core areas to expediently and effectively offer the best possible care for oil-affected wildlife:
Readiness: Continual training and drilling of facilities, personnel, and wildlife contingency plans is critical to rapid deployment during oil spill disasters;
Response: Providing immediate access to permanent wildlife rehabilitation facilities, trained personnel, and key supplies is necessary for giving care to oil-affected wildlife;
Research: Exploring improvements to methods for collecting and caring for wildlife through active research helps to ensure the use of the best medical therapies during oiled wildlife rehabilitation efforts; and
Reaching Out: Sharing knowledge and resources with the public and other wildlife professionals allows global dissemination of the best information possible on the effects of oil on wildlife and their environment.
Click the barn owls to go to SBWR's website
SOUTH BAY WILDLIFE REHAB
South Bay Wildlife Rehab has two goals. One is the rehabilitation of sick, injured and orphaned native birds and small mammals for successful return to the wild. The other is to educate the public, both children and adults, to understand, appreciate and help our wildlife and their environment.
South Bay Wildlife Rehab started as a one-woman (Ann Lynch) effort and has grown to an all-volunteer group of over 80 individuals, most of whom have other full-time jobs.
SBWR became incorporated as a non-profit in 1993 and has grown from just a few birds and a few calls, over 30 years ago, to taking in over 1,100 animals, seeing over 30,000 people, and answering over 14,000 calls annually. SBWR has state and federal permits for the work we do. Until our center is completed, we are an out-shelter organization, meaning that we work out of our homes, rather than at a central location. Our facilities vary from the smallest hummingbird enclosures to huge enclosures for pre-release of birds of prey.
WLABC's mailing address (not the meeting location) WLABC 531 Main Street, #102 El Segundo, CA 90245-3006
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