Critter Care Wildlife Society

Critter Care Willife Society

	OPEN HOUSE 2012 TWO DAYS ONLY JULY 14 - 15 Location: 481 216th Street, Langley, B.C. Time: 11:00am to 4:00pm Take advantage of a unique opportunity to see a working wildlife rehabilitation center up close and personal. Learn more about their native mammals of North America than you thought you knew. In short join the 4,000 people that came out last year to their 5-Acre facility in the Campbell Valley Park and simply have fun while supporting a very important cause. A Concession stand will be available to help with those hunger pangs that will arise. SEE YOU THERE! For more information: Phone: 604-530-2064 Fax: 604-532-2009 e-mail: info@crittercarewildlife.org
	CRITTER CARE WILDLIFE SOCIETY Critter Care Wildlife Society is a registered non-profit charity that rescues, rehabilitates and releases back into the wild, injured and orphaned native mammals of British Columbia. They rehabilitate mammals such as fawns, beavers, river otters up to and including black bear cubs and take animals from all areas of Southern B.C. and Vancouver Island. Critter Care is the only facility in Southern B.C. that just specializes in our native mammal species.
	CRITTER CARE BEAR REHAB Since 2003 over 60 Black Bear cubs have successfully been rehabbed and released into the wild by the Critter Care Wildlife Society. While the bears are in Critter Care's Bear Rehab they are kept in strict isolation with only primary caregivers allowed to feed and clean them on a daily basis. This reduces the risk of habituation. Bear Rehab is one of the most expensive rehabs, as the bear cubs will remain in care anywhere from 10-18 months and will more than double in size necessitating vast quantities of fruits, nuts, fish and copious quantities of vegetables. Most of the cubs come to Critter Care because of wildlife-human conflict, as their mothers had become "problem bears" as a result of garbage attraction created by humans, people leaving their garbage out and using non bear proof garbage dumpsters.
Bear Stories 2011
	CHARLIE Charlie came to Critter Care on November 30, and set a new record for number of bears at Critter Care to 17. Charlie arrived from Seachelt and is believed to be Corky’s brother. Charlie was only 34lbs at admission and arrived heavily sedated and ice cold. With warmth, oxygen, and fluids, Charlie pulled through. When Charlie is strong enough he will move into the enclosure with Corky and Tim.
	TIM Tim arrived on November 26 from Hope. Tim was orphaned after his mother and sibling were hit by a train. It took three tries for conservation officers to catch him, but Tim finally cooperated with the Conservation Officers and was captured.
	CORKY Corky arrived on November 25 from Seachelt. Corky and another cub were seen wondering around for a few weeks, before Corky was captured. Corky is an angry boy and constantly shows his displeasure about having us stupid humans around, though he happily gorges himself on the food they give him.
	APPLES Apples came to Critter Care on Nov. 14. from West vVncouver and weighs just 27lbs. He was seen up an apple tree getting something to eat. Hence his name. The little guy is gourging himself, and has a fiesty attitude. He is Critter Care's smallest bear cub at the moment and would not have survived the winter on his own.
	KALA Kala came in at 55lbs from Chilliwack on Nov. 9. Her mom was hit by a car, she was in a tree next to mom's body. She is a sweet, shy bear, but Critter Cares caregivers noticed that the little cub has a rather sad facial expression. No doubt because she is missing her mom. She has gotten better and started playing. She will be joining the other bears on the Nov 16, which should bring some joy into her life. Kala also has an injured paw, but the wound is minor and it will heal.
	MAX Max has joined Critter Care on the evening of Nov. 4 from Squamish. He was seen wandering around on his own for two months already before finally being trapped and brought in. He weighed in at 60lbs, and is a feisty little guy. He will join Kira, Rose, Kaymona, Jeanette, and Sabbath in their enclosure.
	SIMON Simon came to Critter Care from Simon Fraser University. Simon had been seen for two weeks around campus scrounging for food before conservation officers were able to catch him and bring him in. Conservation Officers believe that the cub’s mother was hit by a car.
	JEANETTE Jeanette is the daughter of Whsitler's iconic bear Jeanie. Jeanie lived for the past 20 years on Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains. On the evening of October 20, after two weeks of break-ins to various restaurants and a number of encounters in the village, Jeanie was trapped and euthanized by Conservation Officers and Jeanette was brought to Critter Care. Read her whole story...
	SABBATH Sabbath arrived on the evening of October 16. Earlier in the day a bear was reported near the waterfront in North Vancouver. Sabbath weighed in at only 34lbs. He would have not survived the winter by himself. Read his whole story...
	THE COQUITLAM TRIPLETS: KAYMONA, KIRA AND ROSE These three bear cubs were relocated to Critter Care after their mother was shot in Coquitlam in the beginning of October 2011. Two of the cubs had fallen into a dumpster at Summit Middle School in Coquitlam and became stuck. Read their whole story...
	SHADE On the morning of August 23 Shade was spotted just resting in the shade not that far from the highway with no mom in sight. No one is quite sure how he got seperated from his mom and siblings. Read his whole story...
	THE ANMORE TRIPLETS: KODY, KARSTEN AND KEETON On the morning of August 8, 2011 these three orphaned cubs, known as the Anmore cubs, were captured after their mother was shot and killed near Buntzen Lake after an encounter with an Anmore resident, who unknowingly came between a mother bear and her three cubs while walking his dog. Read their whole story...
	RASCAL Rascal arrived at Critter Care’s doors on June 9, 2011 from DeRoche, where he showed up and lived in a gentleman's yard for almost three days. No one is sure what happened to his mom. Read his whole story...