In the North Bay, a big move is underway this week for a longtime wildlife hospital and nature educate center. WildCare is moving to a temporary home while their original location in San Rafael undergoes a major renovation.
Moving can be a very slow process, just ask Mohave the tortoise, one of the ambassador animals at Wildcare in San Rafael now heading for a new temporary home.
“We’re in the process of moving, we are taking 70 years of stuff out of the facility where we’ve been all those years,” said Alison Hermance, marketing and communication director of WildCare.
There’s a lot of stuff to organize, clean and move out from this facility in downtown San Rafael, it’s nothing short of daunting.
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“Basically our hospital is in these boxes, surgical supplies, lab supplies,” said Veterinarian, Juliana Sorem.
Wildcare began as a nature education center in the 1950s and became a wildlife hospital in 1974, treating 3,000 to 4,000 injured or orphaned animals every year.