URGENT: Napa Wildlife Rescue fawn clinic destroyed by tree

URGENT NEED: Help Rebuild Our Fawn Clinic

On August 10, 2025, disaster struck when a giant oak tree crashed directly onto Napa Wildlife Rescue’s off-site fawn clinic, destroying most of the facility.

Miraculously, our rehabilitator and every single fawn escaped without injury, but the damage is devastating. The fawn pen, young fawn shed, quarantine enclosures, and essential equipment were all destroyed.

Click here to watch brunch with our fawns and learn more about the incredible work done at our fawn clinic.

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Napa Wildlife Rescue is the only organization in Napa County licensed to rescue, rehabilitate, and release injured, ill, and orphaned wildlife. Without the fawn clinic, we can no longer take in vulnerable fawns who urgently need care to survive.

This year, animal intakes are already 38% higher than last year. As of August, intakes have surpassed the total for all of 2024. Losing the fawn clinic has added a significant strain to an organization already pushing through unexpected financial pressure due to these increases.

We need your help to rebuild now. Every gift brings us closer to replacing this vital facility so we can continue giving injured, ill, and orphaned fawns the second chance they deserve.

Please give today, they can’t wait.

Our fawn clinic is managed by our incredible volunteer, Summer, off-site in Pope Valley. This facility was created specifically for the rehabilitation and care of orphaned and injured fawns.

Fawns often stay in care for months, until they are old enough to forage on their own. The loss of these enclosures means NWR can no longer care for these beautiful animals so appreciated by our community.

When we had this pair in our care, Summer provided a glimpse into some aspects of our fawn rescue and rehabilitation work:

"These are the fawns currently in our care, one little male and a light-colored female. The male was first in, found in the middle of Silverado Trail in Napa in a place deemed too unsafe for attempting to reunite him with his mother. The female was picked up in American Canyon. We attempted to return her to where she was found in the hopes that her mother would come for her, but Mom didn’t show up.

Both came in weighing less than the average newborn, despite the fact that they were both days to a week old. The female took to the bottle straight away but the male needed a few days to really get the hang of it. Both are now rapidly putting on weight and eating well.

Initially, they are isolated from other fawns for a period of time to ensure that they have no communicable illnesses. Then, they spend their days in a pen with plenty of tall grass and an oak tree to give them shade. On chilly nights, they have a warm indoor enclosure to sleep in until they’re hearty enough to endure the cold.

Once they get the hang of suckling from bottles in a feeding rack - where their caregiver can provide the bottles without being seen, as to avoid imprinting - they will spend the next several months in their pre-release pen before they are set free."

Please help us so we can continue helping them: