Inside this issue: Upcoming Events: June 1 & 2 Fish and Game Outdoor Show June 8 Rock and Gems Show July 1 Canada Day July 21 Market Day Aug. 3-5 Nautical Days Aug. 9-11 Logger Days Cooper’s Hawk Recovers 2 Eagle Strikes and Poisonings 2 How to Help Baby Birds 3 Trumpeter Swan Assistance 3 Volunteers: Sandy & Jackie 3 Membership and Donations form 4 Staff: Maj Birch General Manager Reg Westcott Wildlife Rescue & Educational Outreach Worker Board of Directors: Warren Warrtig President Pearl McKenzie Vice-President Maureen Woodruff Treasurer Julie Hunt Secretary Kristie Persinger John Turner Laurie Ulm Facebook Administrator: Pat Wagar Education Coordinator: Sandy Fairfield Newsletter Editor: Brenda Jones MOUNTAINAIRE AVIAN RESCUE SOCIETY May/June 2013 www.wingtips.org Spring has sprung, and Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS) is prepar- ing to start receiving calls about fawns in distress and sightings of harbour seal pups on the beach. That is the best-case scenario, since animal care staff can then in- form people when it is not appropriate to take the fawn or baby seal away from where its mother left it. In far too many cases, well- meaning individuals assume the baby ani- mal has been aban- doned and take matters into their own hands, carrying the animals to a “safe” place. Last year, 24 fawns were cared for by staff and vol- unteers at MARS, until they were old enough, and strong enough to return to their natural habitats. “Unfortunately, each year we receive far too many fawns, which should be with their mothers,” says Maj Birch, General Man- ager of MARS. “If people don’t remember where they found the fawn, we aren’t able to reunite them with their family, and it is very stressful for the fawns to be bottle-fed by human care- givers.” Maj says not to assume a fawn is abandoned, since mothers will leave them in the grass for short periods of time while they go foraging for food. If concerned about the fawn, leave it alone and watch from a distance, unless you have sighted a dead doe in the area. The same is true re- garding harbour seal pups discovered alone and sometimes vocalizing on the beach. Their moms will leave them on land, while they go fish for food. Continued on page 2... Kidnapping Baby Wildlife Should Be Avoided MARS volunteers bottle feeding fawns—photo by Pat Wagar
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Inside this issue: Upcoming Events:
June 1 & 2 Fish and Game Outdoor Show
June 8 Rock and Gems Show
July 1 Canada Day
July 21 Market Day
Aug. 3-5 Nautical Days
Aug. 9-11 Logger Days
Cooper’s Hawk Recovers 2
Eagle Strikes and Poisonings 2
How to Help Baby Birds 3
Trumpeter Swan Assistance 3
Volunteers: Sandy & Jackie 3
Membership and Donations form 4
Staff: Maj Birch General Manager Reg Westcott Wildlife Rescue & Educational Outreach Worker Board of Directors:
Warren Warrtig President Pearl McKenzie Vice-President Maureen Woodruff Treasurer Julie Hunt Secretary Kristie Persinger John Turner Laurie Ulm Facebook Administrator: Pat Wagar Education Coordinator: Sandy Fairfield Newsletter Editor: Brenda Jones
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Spring has sprung, and
Mountainaire Avian Rescue
Society (MARS) is prepar-
ing to start receiving calls
about fawns in distress and
sightings of harbour
seal pups on the beach.
That is the best-case
scenario, since animal
care staff can then in-
form people when it is
not appropriate to take
the fawn or baby seal
away from where its
mother left it. In far too
many cases, well-
meaning individuals
assume the baby ani-
mal has been aban-
doned and take matters
into their own hands,
carrying the animals to a
“safe” place.
Last year, 24 fawns were
cared for by staff and vol-
unteers at MARS, until they
were old enough, and
strong enough to return to
their natural habitats.
“Unfortunately, each year
we receive far too many
fawns, which should be
with their mothers,” says
Maj Birch, General Man-
ager of MARS. “If people
don’t remember where they
found the fawn, we aren’t
able to reunite them with
their family, and it is very
stressful for the fawns to be
bottle-fed by human care-
givers.”
Maj says not to assume
a fawn is abandoned,
since mothers will leave
them in the grass for
short periods of time
while they go foraging
for food. If concerned
about the fawn, leave it
alone and watch from a
distance, unless you
have sighted a dead
doe in the area.
The same is true re-
garding harbour seal
pups discovered alone and
sometimes vocalizing on
the beach. Their moms will
leave them on land, while
they go fish for food.
Continued on page 2...
Kidnapping Baby Wildlife Should Be Avoided
MARS volunteers bottle feeding fawns—photo by Pat Wagar