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Feeding a baby raccoon
Feeding a baby raccoon
Raccoons are born with their eyes closed, like newborn kittens. Raccoons are tree dwellers, but don't make a nest like a bird, so when babies are born a mother has to find a place safe from people and dogs for her newborns. When her little ones are able to climb, they leave the natal den to sleep in the trees with the big raccoons.
Orphaned raccoon in a hammock
Orphaned raccoon in a hammock
Animal care volunteers set up habitats inside enclosures filled with a jungle-gym of tree limbs. These lucky orphans got a hammock!
Raccoons almost ready for release
Raccoons almost ready for release
These orphaned young raccoons are nearly ready to survive on their own. They are able to catch their own dinner! Raccoons must be able to catch mice and crayfish, find food hidden in their enclosure, and a pass other tests of skill and knowledge before they are released.
A raccoon snuggles into a blanket.
A raccoon snuggles into a blanket.
A baby skunk feeds from a bottle.
A baby skunk feeds from a bottle.
Skunks are shy animals, only spraying when physically attacked. Insects and rodents make up the main diet of skunks. This orphaned skunk is drinking specialized wildlife milk formula from a 3cc syringe, no bigger than your finger. Baby formula is one of our biggest annual expenses. If you'd like to help save wild lives, please donate today.
Feeding a silvery hoary bat.
Feeding a silvery hoary bat.
Did you know that 13 of our 24 species of bats in California are species of special concern? Cal Trans and other agencies are working hard to preserve these insect eating mammals. Bats benefit farmers by eating insects that eat crops, and rain down gold -- in the form of guano -- a primo-deluxe fertilizer. Bat house kits are available on-line. Here, a silvery hoary bat eats a blend of insects.
Ground squirrel
Ground squirrel
Ground squirrel burrows provide habitat for endangered tiger salamanders and other species that make up a healthy ecosystem. Poisoning animals can result in hawks and other mammals also dying.
An orphaned baby squirrel getting bottle fed.
An orphaned baby squirrel getting bottle fed.
SF ROMP is often times able to re-unite babies with their mothers. Sadly, this little squirrel's mother was killed when the tree her nest was in was trimmed. Baby squirrels are born in the spring and autumn. Trimming trees in late summer or better still, in winter, helps save wild lives.
Golden goodies
Golden goodies
Two eastern grey squirrels cuddle up together.
Two eastern grey squirrels cuddle up together.
Sleepy eastern grey squirrels
Sleepy eastern grey squirrels
A tiny baby opossum weighing just 30 grams
A tiny baby opossum weighing just 30 grams
Opossums are North America's only marsupial, young carried in a pouch like kangaroos and koala bears! An opossum hit by a car may have babies, like this one, in a pouch. SF ROMP volunteers give babies like this a second chance at life.
A tiny opossum fits in a pocket.
A tiny opossum fits in a pocket.
Baby opossums
Baby opossums
These baby opossums were found by Erik and Amy Auerbach in their yard. The mother was attacked by an animal and died. These babies are too young to survive on their own. Eric, Amy and their friends are sponsoring the cost of the care of these babies by giving "mother's Day" sponsorship gifts to their parents. Sponsors receive a photograph of the sponsored animal.
Young opossum
Young opossum
Opossums are thought by many to look like big rats because of their naked tail and "Mickey Mouse" ears. Their white face is the give-away. Opossums' favorite food is mice!
A baby opossum
A baby opossum
Opossum being weaned onto solid food.
Opossum being weaned onto solid food.
This orphaned opossum is starting to eat solid food. Scrambled eggs mixed with vitamins and minerals is one of the soft foods they start with before graduating to eating wild foods such as mice.
Opossum finishing off dinner. All gone!
Opossum finishing off dinner. All gone!
These baby opossums are quite a handful.
These baby opossums are quite a handful.
It takes many hands to help our orphaned wildlife. Won't you consider lending a hand?
SF ROMP volunteers
SF ROMP volunteers
SF ROMP volunteers take time out to celebrate the lives saved, and surviving another baby season! Cheers!
Salesforce employees help build a foster home for our orphaned wildlife.
Salesforce employees help build a foster home for our orphaned wildlife.
This spacious 8' square enclosure will provide room for the baby animals to learn to climb tree limbs and to hunt for food their foster family will hide!
Thank you, Salesforce!
Thank you, Salesforce!
Wildlife foster family cage
Wildlife foster family cage
Many thanks to Anne, Eva and Maria Donjacour, who provide care for opossums and raccoons.
Working to reduce wildlife fatalities on roads. Sponsor a sign!
Working to reduce wildlife fatalities on roads. Sponsor a sign!
San Francisco ROMP working to reduce wildlife fatalities on roads. SF ROMP received a grant from the Friends of Animal Care and Control to print 20 signs designed by SF ROMP to reduce accidents caused by motorists swerving to avoid hitting wildlife, and wildlife fatalities. If you would like to sponsor a sign for $100, please contact us at (415) 350-WILD or email us at contactus@SF ROMP.org. Pictured here: SF ROMP director Jamie Ray with SF Animal Care and Control director Carl Friedman, and Recreation and Parks Iron Worker "Terry" posting life-saving signs along Lake Merced where many animals die every year.
Picking up donated produce
Picking up donated produce
Volunteers like Alan Ogilvie pick up produce that is donated by local markets, care for wildlife, and help in a hundred ways. Visit our volunteer page to see if there is something you can do to help our wildlife!
SF ROMP founder Jamie Ray on the wildlife hotline.
SF ROMP founder Jamie Ray on the wildlife hotline.
If you've found an animal in distress or need help with humane solutions to a wildlife problem, call our hotline at (415) 350-9453.
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