Fawn Rescue of Sonoma County is a unique wildlife organization. Our goal, our mission, is to successfully rescue, raise, rehabilitate and release ill, injured or orphaned Black-tailed fawns back into the wild. We understand that human interference, deteriorating habitat conditions; disease and predators are just a handful of life-threatening challenges the species’ currently face. Recent studies have indicated that no other state in the U.S. has seen their Black-tailed deer population fall as much as California in the modern era. In 1960, the population was over 2 million. Today, it is estimated to be around 400,000. That’s an 80% decline in 60 years, or a 2.6% drop each year.
This is why Fawn Rescue of Sonoma County feels a deep obligation to preserve the population by protecting them at their most vulnerable. Our goal is to give every fawn a fighting chance at survival when it is released. For the strength of our greater ecosystem depends on the health and wellbeing of the animals within it.