4 Tips to Help Wildlife This Spring
Spring is here, and in many areas it is the height of baby season. Wildlife rehab centres and wildlife removal businesses are seeing an increase
May 18, 2021
Tag: rehab
Open letter: transparency, independent oversight can resolve BCCOS concerns
Reviews of transportation, drugs, communications and other topics should be standard for armed government agency.
January 17, 2020
Alberta Grizzlies Can Be Rehabilitated
Despite government prohibition, the science shows grizzly bear rehabilitation can be successful in Alberta. Biologist Lisa Dahlseide joins the Defender Radio podcast to lay out the facts.
March 28, 2019
NEWS BRIEF: 528 – On Oiled Wildlife
Wildlife gets left out of conversations about oil clean ups – but they can be heavily impacted by them. Hear more in 5 minutes with Linda Bakker on this news brief!
May 22, 2018
VICTORY: Alberta to allow rehabilitation of orphan black bears
Thousands of letters were sent to the government thru TheFurBearers.com calling for this change. But much work still needs to be done.
April 19, 2018
Mike McIntosh Talks Living With Spring Bears (523)
Black bears are out and about as spring arrives, and it’s up to us humans to make sure we don’t create problems for them. Hear how from the expert: Mike McIntosh of Bear With Us!
April 19, 2018
Cautiously Optimistic: Alberta Ready To Allow Rehab For Bears (514)
Biologist and advocate Lisa Dahlseide joins Defender Radio to talk the science and ethics of wildlife rehabilitation, how Russell’s story progressed this policy, and why it isn’t time to quit speaking for the animals.
February 12, 2018
TAKE ACTION: Protect Russell and other orphaned or injured animals in Alberta
Provincial policy means orphans like Russell and other indigenous species can’t be rehabilitated by experts.
February 1, 2018
504: Advocating For Russell The Orphaned Black Bear Cub of Bragg Creek, Alberta
Russell, an orphaned and injured bear cub in Alberta, can't be helped under provincial policy. A group of advocates intend on changing that.
December 4, 2017
OPEN LETTER: Deputy Minister needs to offer more on Bragg Creek bear cub
Our letter to the Albertan Deputy Minister responding to residents concerned about the injured and orphaned black bear pushes for answers about poor policy.
November 2, 2017
Can Raccoon Rescue kick start compassion?
It isn’t often that a children’s storybook about a family of raccoons can make you smirk, cause your heart to race, fall in love with a character, and walk away feeling good, all within 80 pages.
October 20, 2017
A tale of two tails: you’ll love this story about two rescued beavers in Alberta!
Love at first sight for beavers 16-946 and 17-536 at Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation!
August 24, 2017
The Fur-Bearers offer $1,000 reward in case of tortured Ontario muskrat
A $1,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the identification and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the horrific treatment and death
May 17, 2017
Bat injured by fishing hook rescued and treated
A brown bat became the latest victim of inappropriately discarded fishing gear last weekend in New Westminster, having a hook embedded in her neck. Fortunately,
July 12, 2016
Fawn-napping a dangerous reality for wildlife rehabbers
There are some things we read and don’t believe. Then we talk to the experts who simply nod their heads in a sorrowful manner and
June 7, 2016
Heed advice to leave hares be
Leaving your children and only seeing them for meal time at dawn and dusk may not be great parenting for humans, but for Alberta’s hares,
April 27, 2016
Governments need to step up for wildlife rehabilitators
A lack of legislation and resources is putting wildlife at risk – and the volunteers and non-profits who are their first and last line of
April 8, 2016
LWW2016 webinar: Wildlife rehab, babies, and you
Wildlife rehabilitators are the trained and permitted professionals, which include technicians, biologists, and volunteers, who spend their days helping orphaned, ill, or injured wild animals.
February 24, 2016
Critter Care managing influx of orphaned bear cubs
We know their hearts are big enough to handle it, but with 25 bear cubs in their care, the grocery budget at Critter Care Wildlife
November 25, 2015
Edmonton steps up for animals with funds for wildlife rehabbers
The City of Edmonton has stepped up for the animals again, this time offering $60,000 in temporary funding for the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton.
October 27, 2015
Special care needed for coyote pup who someone tried to raise
An adorable coyote pup is being given special care and attention after suffering an accident and he was found to be a little “too tame”
August 21, 2015
Wild Earth Refuge – and the animals – need your help
Nearly three years ago, Kelli Polsinelli— a licensed wildlife rehabilitator with more than 15 years of experience— started Wild Earth Refuge after recognizing the lack
April 5, 2015
An unintended trap mauls baby skunk
The stories of traps and their victims have been in the Calgary media lately. From a beaver tortured in an allegedly humane Conibear trap to
August 12, 2014
Episode 141: In the trenches of wildlife rehab
As summer is coming to its peak, so are the thousands of wild babies from coast to coast. While APFA works hard to protect them
July 27, 2014
