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Learn with Ambassador Birds in the Classroom and Community
A Visit from an Ambassador BirdWe're short of bird handlers at the moment and may not able to accommodate you at this time. If you're an educator, community outreach group, or organization putting on an event and you would like to have MARS ambassador birds attend,...
Integral Step in the Rehabilitation Program
Thanks to a very generous MARS supporter, we have received the rest of the funds needed to complete the Flight Cage.
Important Press Release from MARS
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,...
VIDEO: Life on MARS–Pileated Patients
MARS received and cared for two injured Pileated Woodpeckers in June, 2020. They are beautiful birds with fascinating adaptations. Pileated Woodpeckers are a keystone species, meaning other wildlife depend on them. The nest holes...
Ambassador Birds Need New Homes (Aviaries)
Homes (aviaries) for education ambassador birds are on the must-have list for the new MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre. These permanent residents, five owls, two Bald eagles and one Red-Tailed hawk, make regular visits to schools in the Comox Valley and Campbell River...
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 a vital part...
Goat Milk a Lifesaver
Sick and injured fawns and those orphaned, abandoned or mistakenly taken have a temporary home in a forested area at MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre in Merville. The cost in food and precious volunteer time is high, as it will take several months to ready the...
Thank you to All the Silent Auction Donors
Thank you to All the Silent Auction Donors for Roy’s Towne Pub Fundraiser!
Generous Donation from Comox Rotary
Paul Witt from the Comox Rotary visited MARS today and presented us with a $3,000 cheque to help us with the operation of our centre. Our Western Screech owl, Lanei is looking on approvingly. We are really struggling with having recently moved from one...
MARS President with “Sign of the Times”
MARS President Warren Warttig is pictured removing the "Future" from our highway sign revealing the "New Home of MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre" A big shout out to Liz Aldridge for sponsoring the sign and the clever wording.