Student Wildlife Rehabilitation Volunteers Wanted

Student Wildlife Rehabilitation Volunteers Wanted

MARS is looking for student wildlife rehabilitation volunteers to join our team! These positions are on a rotating basis throughout the year, and we welcome students from all over the world. Positions typically range from 4-16 weeks in length, depending on space...
MARS Open House was a huge success!

MARS Open House was a huge success!

THANK YOU ALL!  We had close to 600 people in attendance. As usual, the generosity of our community and beyond, takes one’s breath away. Our heartfelt thanks to our sponsors, ReMax, Scotiabank, Quality Foods, to those with tables at the event, Maureen Scoville...
MARS Summer 2019 Raffle Prize Winners

MARS Summer 2019 Raffle Prize Winners

The following people were winners in MARS summer raffle prize draw. 1. Karen Chrysler 2. Ashley Shepard 3. M. Seifert 4. Marilyn Hannah 5. Landis Scheibel 6. Debra Bunston  Congratulations to the winners and a huge thank you to everyone who supported MARS by...

MARS GARAGE SALE

Saturday, September 28, 2019 at MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For all you garage sailing buffs and even if you’re not, it’s time for another  MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre garage sale and we have something for everyone. We will have many...
Raffle Prize Draw at Kitty Coleman

Raffle Prize Draw at Kitty Coleman

MARS Raffle Prize Draw The prize draw for our six spectacular raffle prizes will be held at Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens Fall Art & Bloom Festival.    The draw will be at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, September 2nd.  First prize is two round trip tickets anywhere WestJet...
MARS Open House 2019

MARS Open House 2019

MARS OPEN HOUSE  Please join us for our first Open House at our new Visitors Centre on Saturday, September 21st from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. We are excited to invite you to look around the facility and take in our eye catching wildlife displays, kids area, live feed...

Early morning planning by the animal caregivers

The caregiver crew starts each morning with the white board. This board lists all of the patients in care, their diets, frequency of feedings,  medications and/or other treatment required. It is often a little daunting when the patient load is as high as it is this...

Campbell River Rotary building MEWS

They’re back! A crew from Campbell River Daybreak Rotary arrived today to construct the Sawyer MEWS building. Western Forest Products funded the materials, and Daybreak Rotary stepped up to build it.   The crew included Rory Evans, Urban Patrick, Barry Peters...

New Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation

MARS is pleased to welcome Gylaine Andersen in her new role as Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation services.  She is a Registered Veterinary Technologist and is certified as a Wildlife rehabilitator through the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council. She has...

MARS Gigantic Garage Sale

It’s That Time Again for the annual MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre’s Gigantic garage sale.   Saturday, February 23rd at the Merville Hall, ( corner of Fenwick and highway 19a) from 10 – 3 p.m. We will have everything from soup to nuts. If you are...

Position at MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre

Position Title:   Manager of Wildlife Rehabilitation Reporting Relationship: • The Manager will report to the MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre Board of Directors. Responsibilities: • Lead and train a flexible team including staff, volunteers and student wildlife...

Former MARS Student doing the work she loves

Below is an article from a former MARS student who is now a rehabilitator in Florida. This Great Blue Heron was admitted this evening after friends at Owl’s Nest Sanctuary for Wildlife rescued it when they received a call from a concerned finder. The heron was...