{"id":455603,"date":"2026-09-06T18:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T18:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455603\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T18:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T18:57:12","slug":"wildlife-more-mild-than-wild-at-tiburon-event-marin-independent-journal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455603\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife more mild than wild at Tiburon event \u2013 Marin Independent Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjQwMCIgd2lkdGg9IjYwMCIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIiB2ZXJzaW9uPSIxLjEiLz4=\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hazel Gough, 3, of San Rafael, pets Rosie, a rosy...\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hazel Gough, 3, of San Rafael, pets Rosie, a rosy boa being held by WildCare volunteer ambassador Eileen Munroe during a visit by WildCare for an interactive presentation about their Wildlife Ambassador Program at Paradise Beach Park in Tiburon, Calif. on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. The WildCare presentation introduced three rescued, non-releasable wild animals to the crowd of children and adults. The trio of wild animals included Rosie, Virginia opossum Winky and Sequoia, a northern spotted owl. (Sherry LaVars\/Marin Independent Journal)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjQwMCIgd2lkdGg9IjYwMCIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIiB2ZXJzaW9uPSIxLjEiLz4=\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wildlife Ambassador Program manager Rachel Anna Bean with WildCare holds...\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wildlife Ambassador Program manager Rachel Anna Bean with WildCare holds Sequoia, a 21-year-old northern spotted owl while talking to the audience during a visit by WildCare for an interactive presentation about their Wildlife Ambassador Program at Paradise Beach Park in Tiburon, Calif. on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. The WildCare presentation introduced three rescued, non-releasable wild animals to the crowd of children and adults. The trio of wild animal ambassadors included Sequoia, Virginia opossum Winky,  and Rosie, a rosy boa. (Sherry LaVars\/Marin Independent Journal)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjQwMCIgd2lkdGg9IjYwMCIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIiB2ZXJzaW9uPSIxLjEiLz4=\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Remy Markman of Belvedere has a snack while she and...\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Remy Markman of Belvedere has a snack while she and other listen to a speaker during a visit by WildCare for an interactive presentation about their Wildlife Ambassador Program at Paradise Beach Park in Tiburon, Calif. on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. The WildCare presentation introduced three rescued, non-releasable wild animals to the crowd of children and adults. The trio of wild animals included Winky, Sequoia, a northern spotted owl and Rosie, a rosy boa. (Sherry LaVars\/Marin Independent Journal)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjQwMCIgd2lkdGg9IjYwMCIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIiB2ZXJzaW9uPSIxLjEiLz4=\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hazel Gough, 3, of San Rafael, pets Rosie, a rosy...\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hazel Gough, 3, of San Rafael, pets Rosie, a rosy boa being held by WildCare volunteer ambassador Eileen Munroe during a visit by WildCare for an interactive presentation about their Wildlife Ambassador Program at Paradise Beach Park in Tiburon, Calif. on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. The WildCare presentation introduced three rescued, non-releasable wild animals to the crowd of children and adults. The trio of wild animals included Rosie, Virginia opossum Winky and Sequoia, a northern spotted owl. (Sherry LaVars\/Marin Independent Journal)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjQwMCIgd2lkdGg9IjYwMCIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIiB2ZXJzaW9uPSIxLjEiLz4=\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rosie, a rosy boa being held by WildCare volunteer ambassador...\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rosie, a rosy boa being held by WildCare volunteer ambassador Eileen Munroe is shown to the crowd during a visit by WildCare for an interactive presentation about their Wildlife Ambassador Program at Paradise Beach Park in Tiburon, Calif. on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. The WildCare presentation introduced three rescued, non-releasable wild animals to the crowd of children and adults. The trio of wild animals included Rosie, Virginia opossum Winky and Sequoia, a northern spotted owl. (Sherry LaVars\/Marin Independent Journal)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjQwMCIgd2lkdGg9IjYwMCIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIiB2ZXJzaW9uPSIxLjEiLz4=\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6-month-old Winky, a Virginia opossum ambassador with WildCare looks over...\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p>6-month-old Winky, a Virginia opossum ambassador with WildCare looks over the crowd while snacking on a raspberry during a visit by WildCare for an interactive presentation about their Wildlife Ambassador Program at Paradise Beach Park in Tiburon, Calif. on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. The WildCare presentation introduced three rescued, non-releasable wild animals to the crowd of children and adults. The trio of wild animals included Winky, Sequoia, a northern spotted owl and Rosie, a rosy boa. (Sherry LaVars\/Marin Independent Journal)<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 6<\/p>\n<p>Hazel Gough, 3, of San Rafael, pets Rosie, a rosy boa being held by WildCare volunteer ambassador Eileen Munroe during a visit by WildCare for an interactive presentation about their Wildlife Ambassador Program at Paradise Beach Park in Tiburon, Calif. on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. The WildCare presentation introduced three rescued, non-releasable wild animals to the crowd of children and adults. The trio of wild animals included Rosie, Virginia opossum Winky and Sequoia, a northern spotted owl. (Sherry LaVars\/Marin Independent Journal)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WildCare\u2019s Wildlife Ambassador Program came to Paradise Beach Park in Tiburon on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hazel Gough, 3, of San Rafael, pets Rosie, a rosy boa being held by WildCare volunteer ambassador Eileen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-455603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}