Sacramento County Local News: Animals

Spring is in the air and so are mosquitoes! The Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District announces California Mosquito and West Nile Virus Awareness Week, April 13-19.

Bradshaw Animal Shelter is thrilled to announce its participation in North Shore Animal League America’s 2025 Tour For Life, the world’s largest collaborative mobile pet adoption event.

In a sold-out event, almost 100 nature-lovers took to rain-puddled trails at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center last weekend.

Coyotes are a natural part of Folsom’s landscape, contributing to the unique environment that makes the city distinctive by nature, and lately there's more reports of them than in the past. The City of Folsom is reminding concerned residents that coyotes do play an important role in the local ecosystem, it’s essential to take precautions to ensure safe coexistence.

The Sacramento Zoo is thrilled to announce that Amirah the giraffe gave birth to a female calf on Saturday, March 1, at 2:56 p.m.

During Spay and Neuter Awareness Month, the city is reminding Rancho Cordovan pet owners how they can champion this month with free services.

Effie Yeaw Nature Center’s popular Bird and Breakfast fundraiser has for almost 40 years proven that there’s more to ornithology than ogling birds.

In acreage resonant with morning song, experts will lead safaris to view busy birds on Saturday, March 15. A hot brunch will follow.

The disinformation about the Delta Smelt spread by President Donald Trump and his Big Ag allies has deluged social media, as well as mainstream and alternative media, in recent weeks.

The horrific fires in Southern California are not only wreaking havoc on the lives of people in the area; wildlife and domestic pets have been severely impacted as well.

The Folsom City Council approved a resolution during Tuesday’s meeting authorizing the City Manager to amend the 2024 contract with the Sacramento Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) for shelter services. The agreement extends the partnership for an additional two years, through December 31, 2026.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has returned California’s only native sunfish, the Sacramento perch, to its namesake city and county, recently stocking 3,000 mostly juvenile fish into a pond at Granite Regional Park to create a unique urban fishing opportunity.