GUARDIANS OF THE WILD SERIES
Guardians of the Wild is a cinematic short-form documentary series currently in production, with episodes ranging from 30 to 45 minutes. Produced by the Human-Wildlife Coexistence Initiative, a nonprofit 501(c)(3), in partnership with Kalamo Productions, the series chronicles the lives of those standing between wildlife and extinction, revealing what coexistence looks like on the ground, and what is at stake if it fails.
OUR FIRST 3 FILMS
The first three Guardians of the Wild films are chapters in one escalating story unfolding along the California coast from wildlife pushed to the brink, to mounting political pressure to bring offshore oil drilling back to these waters. By centering the people fighting on the frontlines, these films aim to inform, inspire, and build a movement to protect a coastline that cannot speak for itself.
WINGS IN CRISIS
Currently in Production
Guardians of the Wild: Wings in Crisis pulls you into a hidden emergency unfolding along Southern California’s coastline—
where pelicans, seabirds, and countless wild creatures are arriving injured, starving, poisoned, and entangled in the consequences of our human world.
In 2025 alone, Southern California rescued nearly 20,000 beating hearts—victims of a crisis we created: fish disappearing, super-charged algae blooms, birds gored by fishing hooks, wings shattered by cruelty, and a surge of rescues following fires and toxic storm run-off.
Zoli Téglás from Pelican Rescue,apunk-rock frontman turned wildlife EMT, is at the heart of it, on the frontlines, racing against time to save broken birds and give them a fighting chance.
This is an intimate and urgent story of one man standing in the gap, fighting for lives most will never see, in a world that is rapidly forgetting how to coexist with the wildlife it is destroying.
“I can’t go home and leave them out there, knowing they’re suffering & dying”
BTS clip: A young pelican, his bill broken by human cruelty. In this clip, Zoli and the guys on the bait barge give him some fish until we can look at all the options —one life at a time—refusing to let our damage be the end of his story.
Our Instagram & Facebook clips about Billy the Pelican have done extremely well. Want to thank everyone commenting, sharing and liking the posts. Because of you we are creating a movement to stop cruelty, to educate, to raise awareness in communities around the country and eventually around the world. Give a voice to our wildlife and the environment they and we inhabit.
Thank YouPROTECT
COEXIST
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