SPCA Humane Society

Wildlife Care Center

The Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA is a rare bird in our field! We're among just a handful of humane societies and SPCAs, worldwide, which extend caring services to sick, injured and orphaned wildlife. Our patients come from San Francisco through northern Santa Clara County and include hawks, ducks, geese, songbirds, seabirds and mammals. In addition, we give local residents humane solutions to their urban wildlife conflicts and treat animals impacted by environmental disasters, such as oil spills. While rehabilitating animals, we keep human contact to a minimum so as not to imprint, then release them. Typically, we successfully rehabilitate 1, 200 to 1, 400 animals each year, vital work made possible by generous donations.

If you see a wild animal you believe is in distress, please call:
Peninsula: PHS/SPCA Burlingame Center 650-340-7022
South Bay: For Palo Alto, call Palo Alto Animal Services 650-329-2413 which will transfer the animal to PHS/SPCA. For elsewhere in Santa Clara County call Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley 408-929-9453
San Francisco: San Francisco Animal Care and Control 415-554-6364, which transfers native wild birds to PHS/SPCA.

The Wildlife Rescue office in Palo Alto (Middlefield Rd) is no longer in operation.