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Councilmember Dolly Sandoval
City of Cupertino
10300 Torre Avenue
Cupertino, California 95014
March 27, 2007
Dear Council member Sandoval,
Spring is upon us and we're setting up for the upcoming baby season at the Wildlife Center of
Silicon Valley. But before we get too far into the New Year, I'd like to review our 2006
accomplishments and 2007 plans with the City of Cupertino.
Our 2006, Center highlights include building a predatory mammal enclosure, creating West Nile
Virus protocols and securing a pro-bono veterinarian for predatory mammals.
4% of our total of injured, sick and orphaned animals came from Cupertino and 3% of the
thousands of phone calls we receive were from your residents concerning wildlife challenges or
questions. In addition, our education programs reached 500 Cupertino citizens.
2007 highlights will include planning and building a Raptor Flight Aviary, which we are in great
need of. Our current enclosures are not large enough to free-fly and live hunt our birds of prey.
Thus, many undergo a transfer to other facilities for acclimation. This transfer not only stresses
the birds but also delays their release back into nature. The planned enclosure will be our
biggest site improvement project to date. We hope to fund it via grants, city support and
individual contributions.
On the education front, we welcome and are in the process of training our first "wildlife
ambassador" to the team - a white crow named Fala Fala was raised by humans and is non-
releasable. She will be brought into classrooms and community venues to share her story of
uniqueness along with the important message of why wild animals should never be kept as pets.
Please contact me if you have an event you'd like us to participate in.
We continue to appreciate the support of the City of Cupertino, and together will do our best to
ensure that your residents and local wildlife have an ongoing resource to turn to when in need.
Sincerely,
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Trudi Bmrtle""y
Director, City Relations
P.S. Please enjoy the enclosed listing of the diverse species that were cared for by our center in
2006 for Cupertino along with our current newsletter-Tracks.
3027 Penitencia Creek Road-San Jose-California 95132-(408)929- WILD-www.wcsv.org
Wildlif~ Center of Silicon Valley Report: Annual
Cupertino
1/30/2007
Species
American Crow 5
Anna's Hummingbird 2
Bewick's Wren 1
Black Phoebe 1
Black-tailed Deer 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
California Quail 1
California Towhee 2
Cedar Waxwing 1
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1
Cliff Swallow 2
Cottontail Rabbit 1
Domestic Pigeon 10
Eastern Gray Squirrel 8
House Finch 5
House Sparrow 3
Mallard 3
Mexican Free-tailed Bat 1
Mourning Dove 6
Northern Mockingbird 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Raccoon 2
Striped Skunk 2
Unidentified Songbird 1
Virginia Opossum 9
Western Gull 1
Western Scrub-jay 1
Grand Total 75