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Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre: No. 1 of 11

Established in 1984, and operating out of a decommissioned dairy barn for the past decade, Wildlife Haven rehabilitates injured, sick and orphaned wildlife for their return back to the wild.

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Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre: No. 2 of 11

Wildlife Haven has arrangements with trucking companies, regional airlines and the RCMP to take in animals in distress from all over Manitoba.

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In any given year, Wildlife Haven takes in shorebirds, raptors, rabbits, foxes, snakes and salamanders, to name a few.

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The center has partnerships with veterinarians in nearby Winnipeg to provide urgent medical care.

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The center's 90 volunteers include university students majoring in zoology and environmental science.

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In 2017, Wildlife Haven was able to release about a third of the animals it accepted back into the wild.

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In recent years, Wildlife Haven has launched a $2.9-million capital campaign to build a new campus in Île-des-Chênes.

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The new building would include a new wildlife hospital, waterfowl overwintering building, raptor flyways, wildlife enclosures and an amphitheater.

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A new home for the center would also give a base of operations for the Wildlife Haven’s educational outreach program, aimed at schools and the general public.

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The stars of the educational outreach show are the wildlife ambassadors—animals that can’t be released back into the wild because of their injuries—with Max the great horned owl as the headliner.

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Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre: No. 11 of 11

“We had a bobcat who’d been found malnourished and living in a woodpile—he looked like a cat, but roared like a lion. And we’ve seen a lot of snowy owls in the past few years; usually they’re way up north,” says project manager Roger Perron.

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