WFLF Wild Burro Rescue and Recovery Mission

In 2015, the Wild for Life Foundation (WFLF) issued an Emergency Rescue Resolution to help save and preserve California’s at-risk Wild Burros. Wild burros were being rounded up and removed by from their native homelands in Highgrove, CA by County Officials to prevent them from being hit by cars and trains. The burros have been drawn to the busy streets where well-meaning residents and drivers have flocked to feed and water them. It’s been reported that number of burros in the area have already been struck and killed by cars. Numerous wild burros have been rounded up and impounded by the local County animal shelter.

Rescue team members of Wild for Life Foundation’s (WFLF) Wild Burro Rescue and Recovery Mission have worked behind the scenes in effort to provide lifesaving rescue services and safe harbor for these and other wild burros in need.

In the Highgrove area, drivers were traveling at freeway speeds through the area, making it an extremely it’s dangerous for everyone. Riverside County Animal Services (RCDAS) defined the situation as an urgent matter.

Charity missions like the WFLF Wild Burro Rescue and Recovery Mission serve to help raise awareness and essential funds to aid at-risk wild burros that need urgent care and safe harbor after losing their freedom, their homes and their families during roundups. Through this mission WFLF accepted 9 wild burros that were in need of rescue. Five of them were pregnant when they arrived and have since had healthy babies who have grown and are thriving under WFLF's rescue and sanctuary program.

WFLF is dedicated to saving, protecting and preserving wild and domestic equines through rescue, sanctuary and education. Fundamental to the core of WFLF’s equine rescue and sanctuary program is our commitment to assure a safe harbor for each and every animal that comes through our doors.

Wild burros are losing their once protected native homes on America’s public lands. As the remaining number of Wild Horses and Burros in the U.S. nears extinction, education and appreciation through the protection and preservation of Wild Burros Horses becomes tantamount to their survival as a species. America’s Wild Equids cannot be reproduced once they are gone. (Learn about their indigenous heritage)

WFLF’s Wild Horse and Burro Preservation Mission strives to preserve and protect the lives of wild equines as part of the natural ecosystem and educate people about the need for the preservation of this threatened native species.

Support for WFLF’s Wild Burro Sanctuary Program can be made in a variety of ways. One can become a donor, sponsor a wild herd, make a contribution toward WFLF’s general fund, volunteer, or "take action" by raising awareness. Donations received by the Wild For Life Foundation are tax deductible and will help support this vital Mission.

The WFLF Wild Burro Rescue and Recovery Mission is dedicated to saving and preserving wild burros and assuring their protection from roundups and slaughter through rescue, sanctuary and education.

Wild For Life Foundation is a Federally registered tax exempt charity: ID# 26-3052458. Donations are tax deductible to the full extent permitted by law.