The Yggdrasil Urban Wildlife Rescue (YUWR) and Education Center is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California since 2001. We are dedicated to the rehabilitation of orphaned and injured wildlife living in urban city centers and education of the public about how to live harmoniously with our cities’ wildlife.

The YUWR hotline, (510) 421 9897, is available for referrals and advice on animals in need throughout the Bay Area.

We are a 501c3 grassroots nonprofit organization and are 100% volunteer-run and donation-funded.

The name Yggdrasil

Yggdrasil is the name in mythology for the “World Tree”. The legend is that the World Tree’s branches reach across the Universe. One branch supports the earth and another supports the heavens. The roots are also far-reaching; one into the Underworld, one into the land of Giants, and one into the land of Man.

At the top of the tree perches an eagle. A Snake gnaws at its roots. Four stags live in its middle branches. Up and down the tree’s trunk travels Ratatosk, the Squirrel. Ratatosk is the errand runner and mischief-maker. He carries messages from the Earth goddess to the Sky god and from the Eagle to the Serpent at the base of the tree.  By living in Yggdrasil’s branches they nourish the World Tree, and in turn, the tree nourishes them. Without the cradling branches of the world tree, the Universe would fall. All supports its branches and Yggdrasil supports all.