Substitute nest season success for baby robins

Some of the best wildlife rehabilitation stories are when no rehabilitation is even needed! A rescue and creative reintroduction can also do the trick. For example, three baby robins received a second chance this spring when Wild ARC's rehabilitation team created a substitute nest that allowed them to return to their parents' care.

Planning a summer road trip?

As you think about hitting the road and summer adventures ahead, consider skipping entertainment events and facilities where wild animals are kept captive. Avoid roadside zoos and attractions that allow you to interact with wild animals; even when born and raised in captivity, wildlife retain their wild instincts, and full welfare needs cannot be met. 

Kind acts for birds: Dogs and ducks don't mix

During spring and early summer, thousands of waterfowl are carefully incubating clutches of delicate eggs. Their nests and emerging young are at their most vulnerable. Your kind act is to keep dogs away from sensitive shoreline habitat so ducks, geese and swans have a chance to raise their young. Here are ten more ways to be kind to birds.

BC SPCA call centre keeps getting busier! In the first four months of 2015, calls are up dramatically from 2014 – including a nearly 40 per cent jump in wildlife calls!	Why is that deer fawn all alone? You spot a tiny deer fawn, curled up in the grass with no mother in sight. Does it need help?

Throw a virtual baby shower Help wildlife centres like Wild ARC care for orphaned youngsters! Encourage others to pick up some much-needed wishlist items.	Help prevent window collisions WindowAlert decals are invisible to humans but glow like stoplights for birds. Available in butterfly, hummingbird and leaf shapes.

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