Wildlife Stories

Living with Covid-19

Posted March 17, 2020 by Vindi Sekhon

Certainly, this unexpected pandemic affects everything we all do including rescuing wildlife in need of help! Committed volunteers and staff are working very hard to keep the wildlife hospital open during this challenging time, to support both animals and all...

Read More

Great Blue Heron, Big Blue Needs our Help After Window Strike

Posted January 9, 2020 by Vindi Sekhon

DONATE NOW to help birds impacted by window strikes! The Great Blue Heron is a magnificent sight, whether floating on a river bend or cruising the coastline with slow, deep wing beats. The heron with its subtle blue-gray plumage...

Read More

Trumpeter Swans: A Fight for Survival

Posted December 23, 2019 by Vindi Sekhon

Trumpeter Swans are one of North America’s most elegant wild species. They are instantly recognizable by their striking snow-white plumage with contrasting black bills. These majestic birds once nested over the majority of wetlands across North America, however, numbers began...

Read More

Happy Reunition

Posted December 11, 2019 by Vindi Sekhon

Bushtits are lively social songbirds that can be seen flying between shrub and thickets in Western North America with their plump tiny body, a large head, and short stubby bills. One can identify them by their plain brown and gray...

Read More

Thank you for helping us save endangered animals

Posted November 27, 2019 by Vindi Sekhon

On the deck of a boat anchored off Salt Spring Island, a highly endangered animal was found freezing and near death. We need your support to help save endangered, threatened and all injured wildlife - more than 23,300 cases in...

Read More

Wildlife Rescue helps nurture the Common Raven

Posted October 8, 2019 by Vindi Sekhon

Photo Credit: Paul Steeves The Common Raven has co-existed with humans for thousands of years and has become one of the most famous and intriguing bird species in the Northern Hemisphere. Their dark silhouettes, painted against the open sky, has...

Read More

Wildlife Rescue Provides Care & Releases an Orphaned Purple Martin

Posted August 8, 2019 by Vindi Sekhon

Wildlife Rescue hospital staff and volunteers graciously welcomed an orphaned Purple Martin, Progne Subis to our facility on July5th, 2019. Island Wildlife rescued this little one after it was found orphaned on a boat near Salt Spring Island. When this...

Read More

A Father’s Love for Wildlife

Posted June 10, 2019 by Vindi Sekhon

Coleen Doucette, Co-Executive Director shares her personal story Father’s Day is an important celebration for many of us. It is an opportunity to reflect and honour the special bonds we have with our fathers and father figures in our life. Recently, I had coffee with a friend and shared a...

Read More

A Raven’s Story

Posted June 15, 2017 by sam

Two months ago, in early April, 2017, a raven was found near Ambleside Park in West Vancouver. It was grounded, lethargic and bleeding outside of a Starbucks. One concerned citizen called into Wildlife Rescue where a team was sent out...

Read More

Sarah and Sam the Snow Geese

Posted March 8, 2017 by linda

Snow Geese are a type of animal we only see in winter at the Wildlife Rescue. Can you guess why? The answer is because they migrate! Migration is the movement of a group of animals from one place to another....

Read More

Support Us