One of the country's richest men is using some of his wealth to establish a wildlife breeding and rehabilitation center in Northern California that will focus on helping endangered insects, reptiles and amphibians thrive.
The San Jose Mercury News reports that Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison is underwriting the Conservation Center for Wildlife Care that the local Humane Society has proposed for an abandoned 170-acre quarry and logging site in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Peninsula Humane Society President Ken White says the facility will treat all kinds of wild critters but that its captive breeding program will be devoted to local species that typically don't get much attention, including the San Francisco garter snake, the Pacific giant salamander and the vanishing Lange's metalmark butterfly.
White did not disclose the size of Ellison's donation, but described it as significant.
Oracle's Larry Ellison to Underwrite California Wildlife Center
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