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Showing posts with label wildlife shelter. Show all posts
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Luke Goes Home

Luke Goes Home




Luna Meets Dandelions

Luna finds out that all bears love eating dandelions.



Emergency Shelter



With intake numbers exceeding our capacity we set out to expand in the midst of winter. That is no easy task as ground is frozen and snow limits access to possible sites. With the help of our longtime partners at DVV Construction we came up with a workable solution.  Framing and doors were build in an indoor workshop and then assembled in a cleared off spot at NLWS. The result 6 more enclosures that we are quickly filling with cubs in need. 







Happy New Year 2022!



THANK YOU to all of you that support wildlife in need! You are amazing and we are so grateful that you are part of our team! From all of us at NLWS we wish you all the very best for 2022!











Merry Christmas to you and those dear to you! We wish you peaceful times with those you care for and a chance to create more memories! 




This little one arrived at NLWS on Christmas Eve and now thank to all that support us in various ways, now has a warm straw-bed and a full tummy!

A Tree of Hope (Dawson's Lights)



Our tree is already shining bright as we work our way to the top. This Saturday December 18th,  we are running a special event to honor our youngest  supporters.
 
We will feature our youngest fans on our FB page and next week here on our website (in a video), so if you have a child that loves NLWS, has rescued an animal or did a fundraiser for us, send us their story in writing with pictures or a little video. 
 
We look forward to celebrating these young people and their love for wildlife. 








SOLD OUT - 2022 Calendar Until Dec 10th




 
SOLD OUT - Our 2022 is a vailable for a limited time only. Don't miss your chance to enjoy beautiful captures of some of our 2021 rescues.
 




Grizzly Fun

Our 5 grizzly cubs are doing well and are very active. In our rewilding program for grizzlies we don't hibernate the cubs and they keep growing throughout the winter. To avoid habituation to humans we release our cubs at 17 month while they typically leave their mother at 29 month. Growing over the winter gives our yearlings the size of 2 year old's and gives them the best survival chances.

All released bears are fitted with a radio collar to monitor their first year and so far we have no evidence that the early release age lessens their survival chances.



First Cubs of 2021

On March 24th we received a call from the BC Wildlife Veterinarian in regards to efforts to reunite a bear mother and her cubs near Grand Forks BC. The den had been accidentally compromised by road construction and the sow had taken off with one cub, leaving two cubs behind. Hopes were high to reunite cubs and sow and together we worked out a feeding schedule to keep the cubs safe. But after a few days we all had to concede that the mom was not returning and the decision was made to give them to our care.

Peter and Angelika met wildlife officials in Kamloops and took the cubs back to NLWS. The two male cubs are named Brann (Fire) and Loki (Trickster) and have settled in well to their new home. They will remain at NLWS until June of 2022 when they will be released back into a suitable area in the Grand Forks region.



Brann & Loki
Brann
Loki
Peter with Loki

Elusive bear cub caught attempting Canada-U.S. border crossing in northern B.C.

Officers at the Canada-U.S. border between Stewart, B.C., and Hyder, Alaska had cause to paws recently, when an unusual visitor was caught attempting to cross.

According to a social media post from the Canada Border Services Agency, a small female black bear cub "sought entry for essential reasons, but had no travel documents."

 

 

Those "reasons" are believed to be natural food and berries, according to Angelika Langen with the Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter, which has been tracking the bear for more than a month.

For the full article, click here

Follow Our Release Route! July 2020.

Hello! We wanted to show you the great distances we travel to release the bears under our care. We have a long journey ahead of us from Smithers, BC to Williams Lake, to Bella Coola then all the way to Dease Lake in Northern BC. It's going to be a long but worthwhile journey. The bear cubs are doing well, although a little grumpy, but we anticipate a healthy release for them back to their natural and free lives.

Please note: All information is general, with no timelines. All routes are general for visualizations purposes and not representative of the routes we will be taking.

With your help, we're able to provide these cubs with a new lease on life. Thank you for your support.








Williams Lake Cub Arrives

Last week we our 10th cub arrived from Williams Lake. We'll work to update you as their story evolves.



Grizzly Bear Helicopter Release

It's that time of year when we begin our release schedule for the animals under our care. Enjoy this amazing video of two grizzlies being helicopter lifted to their new home and wild freedom.



'Bandit' - Meet The Animals

"Bandit" the ermine (weasel) is ready for release, her broken foot has healed completely. Look how her fur colour is already changing in preparation for spring.



Bear Cubs In The Snow!

Winter Cubs!

As the cubs grow and heal, they need to take time to rough-house and play with each other. The snow provides a fun way for the bears to roll around together, jump into snow piles and dig through mounds... while giving us the feeling that what we do here is truly helping these animals.

If you enjoyed this video please Like, Comment & Share to help spread the word about the work we do.

Thanks for watching. Please consider a donation, your support is important.





Gorgeous Scarf! - Highest Ethical Production Standards

Are you looking for a meaningful gift to yourself or someone you care about?

Well here is an amazing option! Our friend and talented photographer John Marriott teamed up with InFocus Canada and they used one of his pictures to create an amazing scarf. But it gets even better the scarf is made out of recycled material and John asked that 10% of each sale will go to NLWS. How awesome is that!?!


The scarves are produced from 100% recycled plastic and diverts 3 bottles from the waste stream. Only 100 scarves have been produced in this print. All scarves are developed and manufactured employing the highest ethical production standards.

Only 100 scarves have been printed so you better move fast! >> Click Here 



'Rain' - Meet The Animals

Success in wildlife rehab is often measured in short terms, mostly the duration of stay and the growth and healing the animal does in that timeframe.

At NLWS we are fortunate to sometimes get a glimpse into the long term success of our work, mostly with Ungulates that return for winter visits.

In 2011 we received a young moose girl we named Rain and over the past years we have been granted a few visits from her at the onset of winter.





In fall of 2019 she did not return and we feared for her, but yesterday we saw her once again. It is your amazing support that made her life (and that of many others) possible.

Thank you for your big hearts!







Thank You Rancho Vignola!



Please visit Rancho Vignolahttps://www.ranchovignola.com/

Rancho Vignola generously donated bulk nuts and berries for the bears here at Northern Lights Wildlife Society. Thank you! 

As you can see by the video our awesome bear cubs truly enjoyed the treats.

Cub # 8 arrives


Cub # 8 arrived 2 days ago and we are desperately hoping that his vision problems are temporarily. There are no obvious swellings or injuries, but his vision is very, very poor. His mom got killed by a train, so we are hoping that he got bumped by the airflow and got a hit on the head. Only time will tell.

We had other wildlife with head trauma that was blind for up to 3 month and then all of a sudden got better, so we are possibly in for a long wait.











The Sky is the Limit (Part 1)


Day 1: The call came at around 2pm, a bear sow was found dead in the outskirts of Ft St John with 2 cubs hanging in a tree close to her. As this was a vehicle hit and the cubs where suitable for rehab, Conservation Officers turned the capture over to NLWS. Longtime NLWS Volunteer Renata Debolt had a live trap up at location within a few hours, while Angelika and Peter started the 10 hr drive to Ft St John.



Day 2: An early morning checkup by Renata revealed that the cubs had gone no where near the trap and bait. Angelika and Peter arrived around noon and the cubs had still not left their tree. After some monitoring it was decided that getting help in form of a tree climber would be the best way to proceed. Unfortunately calls to local business was not producing the support we needed. Finally as the day slipped into late afternoon the life trap was reset and re-baited and we left the area. The cubs had not left the tree all day and we thought they should be hungry and thirsty enough to follow the easy food trail.




Later that evening we returned with Renata and her friend Stephen Bot, a hobby climber that had offered to assess if he could help. To our dismay the cubs had left their tree without paying any attention to the food offerings and despite a quick search could not be located.


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