wildlife care

This Sunday, August 4, is the Annual Open House at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This is the one opportunity of the year that the public is allowed to pass beyond our fenced area and see the cages and animals which are in rehabilitation.

Though many of the units at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care remain empty, there’s still a bustle about the place. LTWC recently held its annual volunteer training day and a new batch of volunteers, along with founders Tom and Cheryl Milham, have been readying the facility for the busy summer season.
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Two black bear cubs confiscated from a suspected poacher have been returned to the wilderness. The cubs spent seven months at a Lake Tahoe wildlife center with almost no human contact and now they are big enough to make it on their own. Here is the story of their release only on ABC7 News.

It is a big day for some bear cubs that almost did not get to grow up. They were found last summer at a Nevada County gas station, taken from a man charged with illegally killing their mother. They weighed just 15 pounds each and would have no chance alone in the forest.

Tuesday, Dec. 18 will be an opportunity for all to have a nice, healthy dinner and support both Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care and Tahoe Youth and Family Services.
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care will be at Freshies, 3330 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe, 5 to 9 p.m. for a photograph showing of some of the birds and animals we've cared for recently and will answer any questions.

Crates of produce clutter the floor of Tom and Cheryl Millham's garage. The freezer is packed full of fish and there's 16 cups of animal-milk formula in the fridge. The food is testament to the healthy appetites of eight growing bear cubs at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.

It's South Lake Tahoe's very own reality TV show. There are five rowdy cubs in the bear den, a pint-sized celebrity named Chips in the bobcat area, and a group of playful raccoons who like the nigh...

The bobcat which was saved from the Chips fire near Lake Almanor, Calif., is seen below eating a meal while at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care in South Lake Tahoe. 'Chips' was rescued by a fireman working the blaze. She is about 1-1/2 pounds and has second degree burns on all four paws.
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Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, which cares for and rehabilitates sick and injured animals, is having its open house today, Sunday, August 5, from 10 am to 4 p.m.
Tom Millham of the center reports having eagles, bears, bobcats, raccoons and a river otter, plus more to see. The Millhams also want to show off its new expanded Bear TV video operation which has nine cameras looking in at all of the wildlife.
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care will also have retail items for sale as well, including t-shirts, hats, jackets and its new 'metal' LTWC license plate holders.

The Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care family got a bit bigger Friday when two orphaned black bear cubs from Nevada City arrived. The Department of Fish and Game rescued the 5-month-old cubs in a Nevada C...

Imagine the scenic beauty of Lake Tahoe with its crystal clear blue waters surrounded by towering majestic snow capped peaks. Imagine being able to ride a bicycle around its 72-mile shoreline or a 100-mile century ride. On Sunday more than, 3,300-plus bicycling enthusiasts from all over the country will participate in the 21st annual America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride around Lake Tahoe.

Rehabilitated through Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, a total of six orphaned bear cubs have been returned to the wild this spring, ending the California Department of Fish and Game's 2012 yearling bear release program.
The cubs were found in various locations around the state in the summer months of 2011 and were rehabilitated at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care prior to being judged ready to return to the wild. The state program is ongoing and will continue as new cubs come into the facility.

A 16-acre parcel near where Highways 89 and 50 meet is being scoped as a possible and permanent relocation site for Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.
The property, known as Echo Creek Ranch, sits in an estate and trust by the late Alex Graf and once had a value of about $7 million during the height of the real estate boom. 

Lots of news out of Sierra-at-Tahoe.

Three bear cubs, nursed back to health by Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, Inc., were released into the wild this week.
The bears, each close to a year old, were brought to the South Lake Tahoe facility last summer where they were found malnourished and without mothers.
The California Department of Fish and Game released one of the cubs, a female, north of Truckee on Tuesday and two were taken to Alpine County on Wednesday. The cubs were put into winter dens made by Fish and Game biologists.

On Dec. 7, Freshies Restaurant hosted its 11th annual Christmas Charity Event to benefit Bread and Broth and Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. One hundred percent of proceeds were split between these two g...