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1331 Williams Beach Road Merville, BC

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NEW JOB OPPORTUNITY AT MARS

NEW JOB OPPORTUNITY AT MARS

Feb 23, 2020

​ JOB POSTING: Title: Wildlife Rehabilitation AssistantType: Full-time, temporary (May-September)Number of positions available: 3Compensation: $15/hourClosing: Open until filledMARS Wildlife Rescue Centre is a busy wildlife rehabilitation and education facility...
Important Press Release from MARS

Important Press Release from MARS

Oct 17, 2019

There are at least three times a year (Canada Day, Halloween and New Year’s Eve) where we have accepted a practice of setting off fireworks as a form of celebration and entertainment. As with other practices such as the use of DDT and other contaminants, we’ve learned...
NEW JOB OPPORTUNITY AT MARS

Student Wildlife Rehabilitation Volunteers Wanted

Sep 30, 2019

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...

Early morning planning by the animal caregivers

Jun 24, 2019

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

Mar 22, 2019

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

Mar 21, 2019

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 Sponsorship Opportunities 2018-2019

Sep 16, 2018

We have some wonderful ways to become a sponsor for MARS! Build a home for Brinley, our Great Horned Owl, for $6,500. Build a home for our Hyacinth and Humpty, our two bald eagles, for $35,000 Build one of two Recovery cages for patients for $6,500 or $7,785 Build a...

MARS is overflowing with babies!

Jun 29, 2018

MARS has oodles of baby raccoons and deer. While they are cute as can be, they are also very demanding and expensive to care for. They require expensive goat’s milk and have to be fed several times a day. If you would like to donate to help with their care, you...

MARS News Release

Jun 19, 2018

Giving Is Rewarding The act of giving can be tremendously rewarding and June is the month of the Great Canadian Giving Challenge where every dollar donated online at “Canada Helps “ to any non- profit organization makes it eligible to win the grand prize of $10,000....

MARS Visitors Centre

Feb 20, 2018

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...

A Lovely Review From a MARS Volunteer

Jan 11, 2018

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...