Our Projects
2010 finds us as busy as always! We already have our first set of infant raccoons; babies who came to us at only 3 days old! These babies were, as is so often the case, the sad result of a mother exterminated by an old-fashioned pest control company. The babies are doing very well, despite their difficult early days.
Rancho Raccoon and our entire wildlife group, YUWR, will soon be the topic of a public radio QUEST program. And, we are working on a couple of televised Public Service Announcements to be shown on local TV. We hope this will help communities find us when they need us, and give people a chance to volunteer or donate to us.
Our public education goes on apace! This year we got our Raccoon Foster Care rehabilitation class certified by the California Department of Fish & Game, and recently gave a training to a group of new and experienced volunteers. Director Megan Isadore will present a slide show and discussion of all things Raccoon at the San Francisco Naturalist Society's monthly meeting, June 10th at the Randall Museum in San Francisco.
Jack Gescheidt, volunteer extraordinaire, professional photographer and documentary film maker has a beautiful website devoted to his foster care raccoons. See it at www.raccoonery.com.
And we are working on putting together a live Raccoon Cam, so everyone can see our beautiful babies as they grow
and learn. We're currently soliciting donations for a video camera. Can you help? Please email me, megan@ranchoraccoon.org if you would like to donate a digital video camera.
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Megan Isadore, Raccoon Team Leader, staffs |
Volunteers Jennifer Corti and Shelley Ladd
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