MARS Visitors Centre

This happy group of volunteers will be designing the visitor’s centre displays. For a sneak preview, and an opportunity to provide feedback, join us at the Wildlife festival on March 17! ← Previous Next...

MARS New (to us) Rescue Vehicle

Recently, MARS started looking for a used vehicle for wildlife rescues. It had to meet certain requirements such as 4WD or AWD, ability to accommodate large animal cages and of course be within our budget. After an extensive search we found a vehicle that fit our...

A Lovely Review From a MARS Volunteer

I was fortunate to join a group of Rotarians to build a new shelter for one of the Owls. Rotary donated the Wood for the project and we spent 4 days building the shelter. I was impressed on my tour as to how many volunteers were donating time and how large the...

The Wonderful World of Birds

We are so privileged to be able to enjoy nature and observe every balanced aspect of it as this video from the Cornell Lab of Orinthology indicates. ← Previous Next...
FROM ALL OF US AT MARS

FROM ALL OF US AT MARS

Here we are on the last day of 2017. There have been many ups and downs…mostly ups at MARS over the past 12 months. We have this wonderful community to thank for all the positives along with generous donors from all over the country and beyond. Our wish for you...

MARS Giving Tuesday in November

Giving Tuesday is coming up soon (Nov 28) and MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre has a goal to raise funds for our flight pen for recovering raptors. We hope more people will visit our website and Join the Flight Club.  You will receive a Flight Club certificate dressed up...
Thank you to Unity Comox Valley

Thank you to Unity Comox Valley

MARS Wildlife Rescue would like to thank Unity Comox Valley for hosting the “Jazz in the Den” event on October 22. They donated a portion of the proceeds to our organization. Jim Vining and Collin Massie provided a great afternoon of music. Volunteer John Robertson is...
Kudos To Hector Falcon!

Kudos To Hector Falcon!

MARS takes its hat off to Hector Falcon for his generous donation to MARS. He is a wonderful supporter of our rescue centre and he has donated thousands of dollars of his time and expertise painting our new wildlife hospital inside and out. We cannot thank him enough...
Open House at the New MARS

Open House at the New MARS

Welcome, Welcome Welcome to MARS Open House on Saturday, September 23rd from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. 1331 Williams Beach Road, Merville This is an opportunity to have a tour of the new wildlife hospital and find out what our future plans are for the centre. There...
MARS Summer Raffle Prize Winners

MARS Summer Raffle Prize Winners

Our summer raffle ended on Monday September 4th at Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens. The lucky winners of the six fabulous prizes were: 1st Prize of two round trip tickets anywhere WestJet flies – Heidi Deagle 2nd Prize of a Limited Edition Robert Bateman print...
Help Build a Flight Cage for Raptor Recovery

Help Build a Flight Cage for Raptor Recovery

Join The Flight Club! MARS has launched a new campaign called “The Flight Club” to help us build an essential structure for recovering birds. Treating an injury is the first step toward recovery but strengthening muscles in order to sustain flight is also...