
Wildlife Rehabilitation Intern Learns Amid Brown Pelican Crisis
Nobody could predict that Genyss Duncan would be spending her internship working on the frontlines of a major seabird crisis.



















Learn how Bird Rescue is responding to the new, deadly strain of HPAI affecting wild bird populations.
Nearly 350 sick and starving pelicans arrived into care staring in May 2022 at our wildlife centers.
You can help us spot our former Brown Pelican patients in the wild. Report pelicans with special blue leg bands.
Problems with climate and human development are happening quickly. Bird Rescue is charting a bold, new path to help.
The collision of two oil tankers on San Francisco Bay in 1971 resulted in the humble formation of International Bird Rescue in direct response to this crisis.
More than 2,500 Elegant Terns are alive because of Bird Rescue's innovative rescue efforts at a colony located on barges in Long Beach Harbor.
International Bird Rescue’s wildlife clinics are open year-round to provide critical care to seabirds beyond treating oiled wildlife. In 2019 alone, rehabilitation teams admitted over 3,500 birds between our two California clinic locations. These patients were brought to us by the general public and affiliated wildlife groups. Our focus has been to act toward balance with the natural world by rescuing waterbirds in crisis – since 1971 we’ve admitted over 125,000 birds and the count continues.

Nobody could predict that Genyss Duncan would be spending her internship working on the frontlines of a major seabird crisis.

More than 160 individuals from 13 countries, representing 60 wildlife organizations, state agencies, universities, and oil industry groups, attended the 14th Effects of Oil on Wildlife (EOW) 2022 Conference.
Working in animal healthcare can be challenging, it is one of the job categories that is affected by compassion fatigue. Oil spill responses can bring up emotional and physical fatigue for wildlife responders.

International Bird Rescue is pleased to co-host, along with Brazil-based Aiuká, this week’s 14th Effects of Oil on Wildlife (EOW) Conference in Long Beach, CA.
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