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Student Wildlife Rehabilitation Volunteers Wanted
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...
Early morning planning by the animal caregivers
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...
Campbell River Rotary building MEWS
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...
Memorial Picnic Tables
MARS is offering hand-crafted picnic tables with plaques to honour loved-ones.
New MARS A Work in Progress Video
Here is the latest Shaw video of MARS produced by Mark and Franco. It’s all about our move to the new MARS site!
A “Warm” Thank you to Terratek
It's official! The new MARS wildlife hospital is operating with the help of solar power. A BIG warm "thank you" to the Comox Valley Community Foundation for providing funds to make it possible and to Sal McQuarrie and Ben Frank of Terratek Energy for their...
Eagle, Swan, Hawk, Uncertain Days Ahead
A typical day at the MARS Wildlife hospital contains the poignant reminder that it does not always end well for our patients. Many arrive dead on arrival, others die in transit to and from the facility. Sadness and tears associated with poor outcomes are as common as...
How Much Does It Cost To Help MARS Wildlife
Operating the MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre is not easy or cheap. A Barn owl will eat as many as eight mice/day, an $8 food bill. A Tundra swan is tube fed a mixture of salad greens, cream corn and sweet potatoes as often as 10 times a day, a $50 bill. The Bald eagle’s...
Herring Test Fishery Nets Haul for MARS
The commercial herring roe fishery is a significant, fast paced event that has occurred off the coast of central Vancouver Island each spring for more than 40 years. “The Pacific coast herring are considered high quality and the roe is highly desired, especially in...
BP2 Donation
Hospital Contractor Boyhood Neighbour to Founder BY RAY When BP2 Construction was awarded the contract to build the new MARS wildlife hospital it closed a circle for Barry Page that began many years earlier. As a young boy, Page would ‘hang out’ with his friends who...