Wild ARC Stats
Since August 1997, Wild ARC has treated over 27,000 wild animals. The main reason these animals are in need of help is due to human activity, generally causing trauma to the animal.
Many of the animals we admit are severely injured after being hit by a vehicle, hitting a building or window, attacked by a cat or dog or even a natural predator, or caught in a fence or netting. Many young animals are also orphaned when their parents suffer from fatal trauma. Some animals are sick with disease or covered in oil or a sticky substance.
In 30-40% of the cases, we are able to treat and release the animal back to the wild after a short or long period in care. Another third of the animals may die in care within hours or days of being admitted or before they even reach the center. The remaining animals suffer from severe injuries, illness, or emaciation that they will never recover from to function in the wild again, and therefore they are provided with a humane euthanasia - another form of release - that from a very painful life. In a few rare cases we are able to locate breeding or educational programs for non-releasable wildlife.
We have seen increasing numbers of wildlife admitted to Wild ARC over the years, likely from a combination of more people becoming aware of Wild ARC, more wild animals being injured or orphaned with increasing human population in the region, and finally, more people being out in the wilderness interacting with wild animals. The spring and summer are the busiest times of the year with many baby animals needing both medical care for injures and supportive care when their parents have been killed.
Wild ARC annual intake 1998 to 2012
Wild ARC - One year overview
Wild ARC patients by species
The BC SPCA Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre provides care and rehabilitation to a wide variety of animal species. (* indicates feral or domestic species adopted out and not released into wild)
Birds (147 species)
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Alder Flycatcher
American Bittern
American Coot
American Goldfinch
American Kestral
American Robin
American White Pelican
American Wigeon
Ancient Murrelet
Anna's Hummingbird
Bald Eagle
Band-tailed Pigeon
Barn Owl
Barn Swallow
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Bewick's Wren
Black-capped Chickadee
Black-headed Grosbeak
Black-legged Kittiwake
Black Swift
Blue Grouse
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown Creeper
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brown Pelican
Brewer's Blackbird
Bufflehead
Bushtit
California Quail
Canada Goose
Canvasback Duck
Cedar Waxwing
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Chukar
Chipping Sparrow
Cliff Swallow
Common Loon
Common Merganser
Common Murre
Common Raven
Common Nighthawk
Common Snipe
Common Yellowthroat
Coopers Hawk
Dark-eyed Junco
Double-crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Domestic Duck species*
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European Starling
Evening Grosbeak
Fancy Pigeon*
Fox Sparrow
Gadwall
Great Blue Heron
Great Horned Owl
Green-winged Teal
Glaucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Golden Eagle
Gyrfalcon*
Hairy Woodpecker
Hermit Thrush
Herring
Gull
Horned Grebe
Hooded Merganser
House Finch
House Sparrow
Killdeer
Laysan's Albatross
Least Sandpiper
Lesser Scaup
Lincoln's Sparrow
Long-eared Owl
Mallard
Merlin
Mew Gull
Mourning Dove
Mute Swan
Northwestern Crow
Northern Flicker
Northern Fulmar
Northern Pygmy Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Orange-crowned Warbler
Osprey
Pacific Loon
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Peacock*
Pelagic Cormorant
Peregrine
Falcon
Pigeon Gillemot
Pileated Woodpecker
Pied-billed Grebe
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Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Racing Pigeon*
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Red Crossbill
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-throated Loon
Red-winged Blackbird
Rock Pigeon
Rhinoceros Auklet
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-necked Dove*
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruddy Duck
Ruffed Grouse
Rufous Hummingbird
Savannah Sparrow
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Short-eared Owl
Sooty Shearwater
Sora
Spotted Sandpiper
Spotted Towhee
Steller's Jay
Swainson's Thrush
Thayer's Gull
Townsend's Warbler
Tree Swallow
Trumpeter Swan
Turkey Vulture
Varied Thrush
Violet-green Swallow
Virginia Rail
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Warbler
Winter Wren
Western Gull
Western Grebe
Western Tanager
Western Wood Peewee
White-crowned Sparrow
Willow Flycatcher
Wood Duck
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow Warbler
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Mammals (23 species)
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Beaver
Big Brown Bat
Black-tailed Deer
Black Rat
California Bat
Deer Mouse
Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
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Eastern Grey Squirrel
Harbour Seal
Hoary Bat
House Mouse
Long-eared Bat
Little Brown Bat
Mink
Muskrat
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Northern Elephant Seal
Raccoon
Red Squirrel
Northern River Otter
Silver-haired Bat
Townsend's Vole
Yellow-bellied Marmot
Yuma Bat
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Reptiles and Amphibians (5 species)
Painted Turtle
Pacific Tree Frog |
Garter Snake
Rough-Skinned Newt
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Red-eared Slider Turtle* |
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