Our FACILITY

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 (including ducks and geese, coots, grebes, loons, swans, herons) and semi-aquatic small mammal (beaver, otter, muskrat) care, we also care for reptiles. 

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.