HELP MAKE "WENDY'S LAW" A REALITY Give injured wildlife a lawful chance to be saved Wendy suffered for nearly a year while people watched, cared, worried - and discovered that the very people qualified to help her were limited in how they could legally intervene. Wendy was the injured Studio City coyote who captured the hearts of an entire community.

We are asking the California Fish and Game Commission to establish a responsible, humane pathway for qualified wildlife rehabilitation permittees to capture specifically identified injured or diseased wildlife when intervention is warranted.

For months, residents watched her wander through neighborhoods with severe swelling on the left side of her face. She struggled to eat, struggled to breathe, and eventually became so compromised that she increasingly depended on the presence of people to survive. Reports of her facial swelling went back as far as September 2025.

Yet Wendy continued to suffer. Her injuries were ultimately found to include pellets lodged in her head. A devastating chronic infection had destroyed much of the left side of her face, including portions of her upper palate. She had lost teeth, was blind in one eye, suffered hearing loss in one ear, and could no longer eat normally. On September 8, 2026, Wendy was euthanized.

 She should never have had to suffer for that long. Wendy's injuries were caused, at least in part, by human actions. She deserved the opportunity for timely human intervention. That is why we are fighting for WENDY'S LAW. PAGE 1 WENDY'S LAWWHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR Wildlife Care of Southern California has submitted a petition to the California Fish and Game Commission requesting amendments to Title 14, Sections 679.2 and 679.3 of California's wildlife rehabilitation regulations.

The goal is simple: Create a carefully regulated process that allows qualified wildlife rehabilitation permittees - with appropriate training, equipment, authorization, and veterinary support - to use humane live-capture methods for specifically identified injured or diseased wildlife. This is not about allowing the public to trap wildlife. This is about allowing trained, qualified wildlife professionals to intervene when an animal is clearly injured, suffering, and in need of medical care.

Wendy survived with her injuries for months. She traveled through neighborhoods and backyards. Residents saw her suffering. People wanted to help her. But wanting to help and being legally able to help are two very different things. No wild animal should be forced to endure prolonged, preventable suffering because qualified rescuers do not have an appropriate legal pathway to intervene. Had Wendy been safely captured and medically evaluated when her facial swelling was first reported, her outcome might have been different. We can never know with certainty whether earlier treatment would have saved her - but she deserved that chance. The next injured coyote, bobcat, fox, raccoon, or other wild animal deserves that chance too. 

WENDY'S LAW: WENDY'S SUFFERING MUST MEAN SOMETHING We cannot bring Wendy back. We cannot erase the months she spent trying to survive with devastating injuries. But we can fight to make sure another injured wild animal does not have to endure the same prolonged suffering while qualified people stand by without an adequate legal mechanism to help. PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION Stand with us in support of Wendy's Law.

SIGN FOR WENDY. Sign for the next injured animal who cannot ask for help. Sign for the wildlife rehabilitators who dedicate their lives to saving them. Sign because compassion should never be prevented by an outdated regulation when a suffering animal can be humanely helped. Wendy endured enough. Let her legacy help ensure the next animal doesn't have to. Please sign, share, and help us make Wendy's Law a reality. Proposed Change.org title: Pass Wendy's Law: Allow Qualified Wildlife Rehabilitators to Humanely Capture Injured Wildlife PAGE 3