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Education

Wildlife education and rehabilitation benefit animals by providing care and raising awareness, fostering coexistence, and contributing to conservation efforts for future generations.

Education

Bring a group, or bring us to you

Schools, universities, and community groups. Presentations cover coexistence, re-wilding, and what to do when you find an animal.

*The shelter is not open to the public. Animals stay wild, so we come to you.

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School visits

Age-appropriate sessions, K through 12, in your classroom or online.

45–60 min / By donation

University & research

Guest lectures and collaboration on re-wilding and post-release monitoring.

By arrangement

Community groups

Talks for clubs, camps, and municipalities on living alongside bears.

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Ways to help

Get involved

Whether you have an afternoon, a season, or just a few dollars, there is a way to help wildlife in northern BC.

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Volunteer

Feed, clean, drive, or run our biggest day of the year. Several of our staff started here.

Come from abroad

We host students and trained keepers from around the world. Read the requirements before you apply.

Book education

Talks for schools, universities, and community groups, in your classroom or online.

Attend an event

Our annual Open House, the fall auction, and Dawson's Lights. Show up, bring people.

Help from home

Send something off the wish list, donate a car, or shop. No cash required.

Share story

A share reaches people a donation can't. Every rescue we post finds someone new.

What is re-wilding

We don't tame them. We send them home.

Re-wilding means raising an orphaned animal so it can survive in the wild on its own, without ever getting comfortable around people. For a bear cub, that's over a year of care from handlers working hard to stay strangers.

A bear that likes people is a bear that gets shot. It's slower and harder than rehabilitation. It's the only version that works.

How re-wilding works →
Image of a black bear.

Your Donations Save Lives!

Your donation saves Lives  Donating to Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter saves wildlife by providing crucial resources for their care, such as food, shelter, and medical treatment. The shelter rescues and re-wilds injured or orphaned wildlife, giving them a second chance at life. Your donation can directly contribute to the well-being and survival of these vulnerable species.

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Grizzly
Re-Wilding

NLWS rehabilitates black bears from across the province of BC, except from the Vancouver region and Vancouver Island as they are covered respectively by Critter Care Wildlife Society and North Island Recovery Association.

We often get the argument that there are enough black bears in the province and it is a waste of time and resources to rehab black bears. Everyone at NLWS begs to differ with such opinions.

  • Every life has value and deserves to be treated accordingly.
  • Human impact on our wildlife species is growing at an alarming rate and what is common today can easily be endangered or gone tomorrow.
  • Re-wilding bears offers unique study opportunities.
  • We have much to learn and the work we do with black bears can greatly aid in the protection and recovery of endangered bear species around the world.
  • We share our work as widely as possible, work with Universities and other organization in a bid to answer important questions and aim to educate with each bear we raise and release.

NLWS actively offers programs for schools and groups throughout the winter and works with university students from around the world, offering unique study opportunities with the animals in care.

You Can Help Improve an Animals Life!

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Image of a black bear.
Image of an albino bear.
Image of a black bear.
Image of a black bear.

Black Bear
Re-wilding

NLWS rehabilitates black bears from across the province of BC, except from the Vancouver region and Vancouver Island as they are covered respectively by Critter Care Wildlife Society and North Island Recovery Association.

We often get the argument that there are enough black bears in the province and it is a waste of time and resources to rehab black bears. Everyone at NLWS begs to differ with such opinions.

  • Every life has value and deserves to be treated accordingly.
  • Human impact on our wildlife species is growing at an alarming rate and what is common today can easily be endangered or gone tomorrow.
  • Re-wilding bears offers unique study opportunities.
  • We have much to learn and the work we do with black bears can greatly aid in the protection and recovery of endangered bear species around the world.
  • We share our work as widely as possible, work with Universities and other organization in a bid to answer important questions and aim to educate with each bear we raise and release.

NLWS actively offers programs for schools and groups throughout the winter and works with university students from around the world, offering unique study opportunities with the animals in care.

You Can Help Improve an Animals Life!

ShopDonate