Coastal Panel OKs Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
The state Coastal Commission has approved the creation of a wildlife rehabilitation center on Piuma Road in Malibu Canyon.
The facility would care for all wounded wild animals except sea mammals, said Rebecca Dmytryk, the co-director of the center.
Dmytryk formed the nonprofit organization Wildlife Emergency Response two years ago as a paramedic service for animals.
Since then, the group has been inundated with calls from Malibu residents regarding everything from washed-up sea lions to lame coyotes, she said.
“It’s been frustrating not having a center locally,” she said.
The California Wildlife Center plans to lease a former ranger residence and convert it.
Dmytryk said the center, which is scheduled to open this fall, will be completed primarily through volunteer services and private donations.
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