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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...
MARS Visitors Centre
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!
A Lovely Review From a MARS Volunteer
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...
Rehabilitation Volunteer Opportunities
All volunteers are required to be MARS members in good standing.
Lewis Donation
Donor gives wildlife hospital $50,000 BY RAY Comox Valley home-owner, Sharron Lewis, has donated $50,000 to help build the new MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre. The 11-acre facility in Merville, British Columbia will accommodate the dramatic increase in injured, ill and...
Maj Donation
Founder leaves legacy to realize dream BY BRIAN Mary Jane "Maj" Birch had a dream -- a new wildlife rescue and education centre. She did not live to see her dream realized. Cancer took her life on November 18, 2015. "Maj," as she was known on Vancouver Island, British...
What’s For Dinner?
What’s For Dinner At MARS? Raven favours scrambled eggs! BY RAY What’s on the menu for patients at the MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre really depends on what’s available in the wild. Last year for instance, Fisheries and Oceans Canada dropped off a load of herring to our...
A Kestrel’s Cautionary Tale
A Kestrel’s Cautionary Tale Bird listed as climate threatened BY BRIAN American kestrels are usually spotted on high perches or hovering in open landscapes where the hunting is good. Rarely is North America’s smallest falcon found inside a fireplace in a Vancouver...
Fawn Season Imminent
Fawn Alert MARS marks record success rate BY BRIAN It’s spring when Black-Tailed Deer give birth to fawns on Vancouver Island, British Columbia and may appear to be alone and abandoned. But wait a minute. Maybe the mother doe is away foraging for food and...
Local Vets Help MARS
Local Vets Help MARS Help Wildlife 700 treated each year BY RAY A duck with a broken leg, an owl with a damaged wing, or an eagle hit by a car all need emergency medical attention. Birds and animals with serious, life-threatening injuries require professional...