Rehabilitation Volunteer Opportunities
All volunteers are required to be MARS members in good standing.
Visitor Centre Volunteer Opportunities
All volunteers are required to be MARS members.
Helicopter Volunteer
Lucky Auklet air-lifted to safety BY BRIAN Norm Snihur, a helicopter owner and pilot, is a volunteer wildlife ambulance driver on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. When the former Air Canada pilot retired to the Comox Valley he became a wildlife volunteer and...
This Time Its Personal
Throughout the year MARS hosts volunteer student interns for six week work placements. Students come from across Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia. Typically, student interns come to MARS for hands-on experience working with injured wildlife. Florence Norton...MARS Farewell to Students
MARS students, Carissa, Lena & Betty were presented going away gifts by Reg, MARS’ Supervisor of Wildlife Care on July 15, 2016. The three ended their term at MARS releasing 2 Great Blue Herons, 2 ducks and a dove on the same day as the going away party. A...
Chopper Pilot to the Eagle Rescue
On June 9 MARS needed some help to get an injured eagle to our facility and we called on a faithful volunteer to come to the rescue! CHEK News June 9, 2015 “Chopper pilot Norm Snihur has flown 1223 animal rescues Norm Snihur spent over five hours in the air on...Baby Owl Gets A Lift!
Sometimes a little creativity is needed to get the job done. Just last week this baby owl needed to be put back up into the trees, so Reg fashioned a nest from a milk crate and hoisted him up. Brilliant! Please support our crowdfunding campaign to build a new wildlife...Ashlea Veldhoen (2014)
I am a graduate of the Ecosystem Management Technology program at Fleming College and am currently undertaking a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science at Trent University. Despite my broad educational background, my dream has always been to work with animals from...
Ethan Regan (2013)
While working at Mountainaire Avian Rescue, I gained a large amount of knowledge in regards to small-scale wildlife rehabilitation. This new knowledge ranges greatly from basic skills to more medically based abilities that I will be able to use later in my future...
Julianne Hausknecht (2013)
Interning at Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society as an animal care intern was an amazing experience that I will never forget. Before working at MARS I was always a little nervous around large and wild animals and haven’t had the chance to work with them in a hands-on...