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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...
The Amazing Work of the Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society
Reg Westcott, supervisor of wildlife care at the Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society, released a young barn owl back into the wilderness Thursday …
Seal Pup Stranding Season
Staff at a B.C. marine mammal rescue centre are busy caring for dozens of seal pups during what they call “stranding season.” The Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue is currently looking after 50 seal pups that were rescued from across the province,...
MARS News Release
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...
Raccoons
MARS Moment 2013 by Sandy Fairfield, MARS Education Coordinator Highly intelligent and inquisitive, raccoons have been nicknamed “nocturnal bandits”. These mammals belong to the same family as Coatis and Ringtails, and they are found...
Nests in Nasty Places
Spring is here and the birds are now thinking about setting up housekeeping for another season. Unfortunately, many of these birds choose eaves troughs, soffits, or almost any convenient hole or hiding place to build their nests. Often these...
Keep bird feeders clean!
Beware of creating an environment at bird feeders that will be deadly for birds, instead of helpful. The importance of keeping backyard feeders clean is highlighted by this article from last winter - Salmonella outbreak sickens pine siskins Winter is a...
Jordan McArthur (2012)
I wasn't sure what to expect going into my new adventure at Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society as an intern for eight weeks. I wanted to learn as much as possible about avian ecology, biology and the correct procedures on handling, managing and...
Mairin (2011)
At once terrifying, empowering, overwhelming, and encouraging, my internship at Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society was one that I will not soon forget. I applied because I was seeking firsthand experience to help me in my pursuit of a Biology degree; I left...
Holly (2011)
When being accepted as an intern at MARS I have never been more excited. I applied here to gain hands on experience with birds and mammals after a long five years of book work at post secondary. I had no idea what to expect, but coming from northern...