2026 Bear Rescue Time!
Northern Lights Wildlife is a re-wilding facility whose goal is to provide young, injured, and or orphaned wildlife a safe and healthy environment in which to thrive and prosper. Your support means the world to us and the incredible wildlife under our care.
Found an injured or orphaned animal?
Call us before you do anything else. Don't move or feed the animal.
Note the exact location
A fawn alone is usually fine
Don't handle or feed it
Take a photo from a distance
Keep pets & people back
After hours, call the RAPP line
We take these
Bears and moose · deer and fawns · all BC mammals · birds of prey, which we transfer to a raptor facility
We can't take these
Waterfowl and songbirds. We can't triage them right now, but another shelter can.
Find a shelter that can help →
Wildlife Returned to the Wild
Explore more than three decades of recorded black bear and grizzly releases.
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Each period shows recorded releases during those years.
2026
Recorded releases during the 2026 season.
Each release represents wildlife prepared to return to life in the wild.
Northern Lights Wildlife Society needs you!
Important - We cannot currently triage water fowl and song birds.
Northern Lights Wildlife Society was founded by Angelika and Peter Langen in 1990and provides a safe haven for injured and orphaned wildlife in BC. Specializing in Bear and Moose rewilding, the shelter also accepts all other BC mammalian wildlife and assists with getting injured/juvenile birds of prey (only) to other shelters. Furthermore the shelter is an active participant in public education of co-existence and scientific research. With our dedicated support group of staff, volunteers and donors NLWS continues to expand and offer better chances for wildlife in need.
Who Are We?
Northern Lights Wildlife is a re-wilding facility whose goal is provide young injured and/or orphaned wildlife with a safe and healthy environment.
Donate Today!
Your support means the world to us and the wildlife under our care. Every dollar counts in our efforts to help wildlife find a second chance.
Volunteering
Volunteers have made us what we are today and continue to play a vital role in our organization.
Bear the Responsibility
We all need to carry the responsibility to coexist with wildlife, together we can assist them to thrive in an ever changing environment.
What is Re-wilding?
Wildlife shelters aid thousands of mammals and birds affected by human presence, helping them recover and return to the wild, mitigating our impact on wild neighbours.
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Be on the “know” about what’s happening and how you can help or are helping wildlife in need.
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.
Meet this season's residents
Lungo
Lungo was struck by a vehicle near Mackenzie, fracturing his pelvis and tearing his right hip. His outcome is guarded, but rest, medication and food are aiding his healing.
Support Lungo →
Toddy
Toddy is the only survivor of a family of three. His blind mother could not reach food for her cubs. He now faces a long recovery, and we will do our best to help him there.
Support Toddy →
Kombucha
Kombucha was rescued from drowning near Moberly Lake and settled well. She fought stress induced diarrhoea for weeks, but now thrives exploring with her siblings.
Support Kombucha →
Every dollar, accounted for
86¢ of every dollar goes directly to animal care.
Review annual report to figures from our most recent audited financial statements.
72%
Animal care
Food, formula, veterinary, keepers
14%
Enclosures & transport
Fencing, repairs, fuel, release runs
9%
Research & monitoring
Post-release tracking since 2023
5%
Administration
Insurance, accounting, fundraising
What your gift actually pays for
Every animal we take in eats, needs shelter, and often needs a vet. Here is what that costs.
$20
Formula for one orphaned fawn
$50
Feeds a bear cub for a week
$200
Medical care for an injured intake
$500
A cub's full season through to release
Registered charity
BN: 879681518RR0001
Tax receipts issued for all gifts
Permitted facility
Operating under BC wildlife rehabilitation permits
Since 1990
802 animals returned to the wild
Open books
Read our latest annual report
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See Our Team In Action!
Our talented team of knowledgeable individuals and the animals they care for.
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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.
Get The Latest News!
Follow along as we tell the stories, adventures, and developments here at the Northern Lights Wildlife Society.
- Valkyrie - Burned, Rescued, Wild Again.
Rescue In Golden
⚠️ Important Update. Unable to Rescue!
GRASSY PLAINS RESCUE!!!
Fernie, Grizzly Rescue
Kispiox Bear Cub Rescue Story
Contact Us
Please feel free to reach out and contact us with any question or concerns. NLWS would love to hear from you!
