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The Wild Animal Rescue Centre

By VanEastVet, on Monday, August 24th, 2015

This month, BC’s Wild Animal Rescue Centre celebrates its 18th year in operation, so in tribute to their achievement, the focus of this post is to help understand the nature of their highly-specialized work. Before 1997, wild animal care in BC was handled at BC-SPCA shelters across the province. In other words, the usual crew […]

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Wildlife In Focus 2015

By VanEastVet, on Thursday, August 20th, 2015

Attention photographers and amateur shutterbugs: now is your time to shine! The BC-SPCA Wildlife in Focus photo contest is now underway, and they are accepting admissions right up until September 15, 2015. That gives you just under a month to get the perfect shot of the perfect critter. The contest has two categories: Urban Wildlife […]

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Uri Burstyn is the head veterinarian at Arbutus West Animal Clinic. He studied veterinary medicine at UBC and the University of Sydney. His writing has been published in The Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.