The Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society (IWRS)
Our FACILITY
Our wildlife care facility in Summerland, BC
In 2021 a local Summerland family has generously allowed us to utilize 3 acres of their farm-property to build our wildlife care facility on. Giving IWRS the support to be able to close the gap of a much needed wildlife rehabilitation centre in the Okanagan.
We serve all communities from Oliver to Salmon Arm. Our valley’s human population is growing, and so is the need for a licensed facility. Our focus is on native water birds (ducks and geese, coots, grebes, loons, swans, herons etc.) and semi-aquatic small mammals (e.g. beaver, otter, muskrat) care, we also care for reptiles (painted turtles and snakes). We also rehabilitate bats.
IWRS has been searching for a suitable property since 2020. We are now using this beautiful parcel to build modular indoor structures and outdoor enclosures for various wild species impacted by human activity.
To date, we have built species-specific housing with various therapy pools for waterfowl, shore birds, diving birds, native turtles and small mammals living around the shores of our lakes and streams.
Our facility is government inspected and licensed provincially as well as federally. We temporarily house wildlife for recovery until release. We solely care for wildlife until healthy again to get a second chance of life in the wild. No permanent wild residents.
We are NOT open to the public for visits or direct drop-offs. This is to protect hospitalized animals from stress while recovering.
Find out how we admit wild patients here.
SMALL MAMMAL HOUSING:
Small Mammal Compound
Beaver room
(inside view)
Beaver pen
(aerial view)
Small mammal pen
(outside view)
Small mammal pen
(inside view)
Small rodent pen
AQUATIC BIRD HOUSING:
Aquatic bird compound
Aquatic bird
conditioning pen
Waterfowl hospital pen
Gosling pen
Duckling pen #1
Duckling pen #2
INDOOR FACILITIES:
Nursery Container
IWRS Containers
Isolation Container
Nursery
Isolation room
Treatment room
Our amazing volunteers building and expanding our aquatic wildlife facility
"Wildlife Warrior
Wood Workshop"
Isolation container
(framing)
Waterbird compound
(roof netting)
Nursery container
(flooring)
Beaver pen
(fencing)
Panel construction
(outdoor pens)
Aquatic small mammal
nursery
Nursery container
(insulation and walls)
Small mammal pen
(predator proofing the floor)
How to Donate
IWRS is 100% volunteer-run. We are funded solely by private donations and sponsorships. As as registered charity, we can provide tax receipts for your donation!
Donate online
E-transfer us directly: donate@interiorwildlife.ca
or by credit card via Paypal
Mail a cheque
Office address: PO Box 988 V0H1Z0, Summerland, BC, Canada
Via Canada Helps
Click above or below to get re-directed to our charity account with CanadaHelps.org
Other ways
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to see our wish list and find out more...