Help Protect Your Urban Wildlife

To live in Los Angeles is to be part of a unique and vital experiment: the co-existence of a growing human population within the urban wildlands interface. Few other large American cities are home to such a diverse population of wildlife, which includes raccoons, bobcats, cougars, coyotes, deer, hawks and owls. Citizens for Los Angeles Wildlife, Inc. (CLAW) is at the forefront of urban wildlife advocacy. Our mission is to protect wildlife habitats and corridors throughout Los Angeles and California, restore habitats destroyed by development and educate citizens about how to co-exist with their animal neighbors. Please consider making a tax deductible donation now.

Wildlife spotting? Snap a picture of your local wildlife and share with #CLAWLA.
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Great News! AB 1788, a bill that would protect California wildlife from the most dangerous rodenticides, was supported by the State Assembly with a vote of 50-16. We are half way there - the bill now heads to the State Senate! More info about this bill here: http://www.clawonline.org/banratpoison

CLAW would like to thank the thousands of Californians who voiced their support for this bill, including the many environmental organizations and advocates who diligently spread the word. We especially want to thank the bill’s author Richard Bloom, co-author Assemblymember Laura Friedman, and bill sponsors Animal Legal Defense Fund, Center for Biological Diversity, and Raptors Are The Solution (RATS). Owl love you, California! We all love you! ______________________________________________________________Spotted LA wildlife recently? Tag your photos with #clawla ! #citizensforlosangeleswildlife #wildlife #urbanwildlife #lawildlife #birds #cougars #coyote #raccoons #owls #hawks #santamonicamountains #savethelawildlife #animals #nature #losangeles #la CLAWonline.org

Check out this great photo from @ssluiterwildlifephotography ! “Im a 15 year old freshman at Monrovia High School. In Monrovia we have tons of wildlife bears, bobcats, foxes, lions etc. This past December I was thinking about how I could get shots of these animals, because typically they are more so elusive so it would be hard to get shots while being there so I built a dslr camera trap and set it out at many different locations. I have now been doing it for about 5 and a half months. Just recently Ive found good spots and have been getting foxes, bobcats, and only just one lion. Hopefully more shots soon to come.” Thanks for sharing it with us!______________________________________________________________Spotted LA wildlife recently? Tag your photos with #clawla ! #citizensforlosangeleswildlife #wildlife #urbanwildlife #lawildlife #birds #santamonicamountains #savethelawildlife #animals #nature #losangeles #la #naturecam CLAWonline.org #deer #coyote #raccoon #rabbits #monrovia
#cameratrapphotography #wildlifephoto #wildlifephotography #wildlife #fox #foxes #grayfoxes #nocturnal #californiawildlife #socalwildlife #clawla #losangeleswildlife

CLAW's newest nature cam location is in Bel Air. We were thrilled to do our first camera check and find that a group of deer came by to visit! ______________________________________________________________Spotted LA wildlife recently? Tag your photos with #clawla ! #citizensforlosangeleswildlife #wildlife #urbanwildlife #lawildlife #santamonicamountains #savethelawildlife #animals #nature #losangeles #la #naturecam CLAWonline.org #deer #laurelcanyon #belair

CLAW’s very own board of directors got to celebrate Dr. Jane Goodall’s @janegoodallinst 85th birthday at City Hall! What an amazing opportunity! ______________________________________________________________Spotted LA wildlife recently? Tag your photos with #clawla ! #citizensforlosangeleswildlife #wildlife #urbanwildlife #lawildlife #birds #cougars #coyote #naturecam #raccoons #owls #hawks #santamonicamountains #savethelawildlife #animals #nature #losangeles #la CLAWonline.org

CLAW is proud to partner with Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area @santamonicamountainsnps for a second year in the Urban Wildlife Information Network program. Here are some photos of Ranger Felipe showing CLAW Team Member Cassandra how to set up and maintain one of the many nature cams that are being set up around Los Angeles to provide researchers with important data about the behaviors and movement of urban wildlife. If you come across one of these cameras during a hike, please do not disturb it - it's science in progress!

Interested in joining our CLAW team of volunteers and wildlife advocates? Fill out our form on our website (link in bio!). ______________________________________________________________Spotted LA wildlife recently? Tag your photos with #clawla ! #citizensforlosangeleswildlife #wildlife #urbanwildlife #lawildlife #birds #cougars #coyote #naturecam #raccoons #owls #hawks #santamonicamountains #savethelawildlife #animals #nature #losangeles #la CLAWonline.org

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Help Protect Your Urban Wildlife

Wildlife spotting? Snap a picture of your local wildlife and share with #CLAWLA. Our current instagram feed below.

Wildlife spotting? Snap a picture of your local wildlife and share with #CLAWLA.
Our current instagram feed below.