The Prince Rupert Wildlife Rehab Shelter Welcomes your interest in our work website created Apr. 25, 1999

The Prince Rupert Wildlife Rehab Shelter is currently not registered as a non-profit society, although it has most of the facets of a society. We operate totally with the help of volunteers and run with a complete Board of Directors. We rely exclusively on donations from individuals and businesses to run the shelter. If you enjoyed our website and would like to make a donation to continue the work of the shelter, please do! Your donation would be greatly appreciated and will go a long way to ensure the continuing survival of our shelter. WE THANK YOU!

Donations to the Shelter call Tobbi at- 250-627 9270 or Donations to Prince Rupert branch Toronto Dominion Bank, transit number 9340, account number 5201928

snail mail address is P.O. Box 26, Prince Rupert, B.C., V8J 3P4

all Visa cards accepted

L/R -Gunther Golinia- Wildlife Shelter, Glenn Kelly-Acklands Grainger, Greg Kawaguchi of Progressive Steel, Tobbi Gjelsvik-Wildlife Shelter, Charlie Shepherd & Larry Stava- Acklands Grainger, Jim West- Jim West Signs and Kneeling- Mike McMillan of Progressive Steel.

Missing-Dwayne MacNeill of Entire Automotive Services/ Ross Franes of Quality Glass & Don MacLeod from D. Mac Autobody.

The Prince Rupert Wildlife Rehab Shelter was presented with a van compliments of some Prince Rupert businesses. This was spearheaded by Ackland's Grainger who started the project with the donation of the van. Then others were approached to get involved and this is the finished product. It is a beautifully equiped van which will go a long way in allowing the shelter to be able to continue to supply their services to our community. The Shelter thanks all these businesses for their very generous donation.

Photo contributed by Pat Gjelsvik

Disaster at the Shelter

Frigatebird rescued by the Queen of Prince Rupert Ferry, Captain and Crew on the first leg of it's journey back south with a complimentary flight from Hawkair.

TIPPI OF THE AFRICAN LIONS VISITS THE SHELTER WITH A DISCOVERY CHANNEL FILM CREW

DO ANIMALS FEEL PAIN AND FEAR

To make a faster download we have divided our patients/visitors into four categories. Birds, Animals, Pets and Volunteers
Click their NAME to go to their page.

Birds

Animals

Pets

Volunteers

Visitors

Newspaper Clippings

The Board of Directors

Fundraiser 2006

The Prince Rupert Wildlife Rehabilitation Shelter is a 24 hours a day volunteer service, operated by Gunther and Nancy Golinia, two long term residents of Prince Rupert. They have been operating the facility for the past eighteen years and have rescued, rehabilitated and released thousands of wild animals. Wild animals, birds, or domestic pets, all find compassion and care at the Shelter. With no rehab facilities between the Queen Charlotte Islands and Smithers, the animals come in from as far away as Terrace, Kitimat, Dease Lake, Metlakatla and other Islands on the North Coast. An area approximately as large as France.

Wildlife Shelter Site

Patients are brought into the Shelter by concerned citizens, the RCMP, the SPCA, conservation officers, transport and airline companies, etc. The Golinia's receive no payment for this work. The Shelter runs on funds from their pensions and donations from generous citizens of the community, and through this web page, receives the generosity of people who really understand the great need to support a shelter that rescues, rehabs, breeds and releases our vanishing wildlife. The shelter also has taken in hundreds of domestic pets such as ferrets , chinchillas and pet birds that can no longer stay with their owners, and finds adoptive homes for them.

If your cat catches a bird, do not scold your pet. It is bringing its family - you - a gift. Gently take the bird and get it to us quickly. It will die without treatment. Cats transmit a bacterium called Pasteurella through their bites and scratches. In birds this causes Pasteurella Septicemia which means death if not treated. The treatment consists of washing the wounds with hydrogen peroxide, using injectable Ampicillin, and applying antibiotic ointment. The bird is then placed in an Intensive Care Unit, put on Electrolytes and closely monitored. Feces's testing is done within the first couple of hours. Depending on the extent of the injuries, the bird can usually be released in 2 to 6 weeks.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU !!!! The shelter is extremely grateful to the city council and staff, fraternal organizations, service clubs, businesses and individuals for the wonderful support throughout the years. Without their support and generosity, the Shelter could not run. A special thanks also goes out to our veterinarian, Dr. Paul Kennedy and staff who have done a tremendous amount of work in helping the injured animals, and to all who care enough to call for help for injured wild birds and animals". Our Chartered Accountant Al Hooper and members of the board. Many photographs taken and contributed by well known wildlife photographer Peter Finnigan. We'd also like to thank CityTel for providing the Shelter with Internet service and hosting this web site. What is Wildlife Rehabilitation??? Wildlife rehabilitation is caring for wild animals that are injured, sick or orphaned, providing medical/nursing and supportive care to them. Like a hospital only for wild animals. When they have been restored to their normal physical/behavioral abilities (flight etc.), they are returned to the wild. The Golinia's hold the required Provincial and Federal licenses to carry out these activities. The animals injuries are usually a result of human contact in some way (ie: hit by car, powerline incidents, attacked by domestic animals, shot, poisoned, oil spills etc.). The Rehabilitation Shelter does not support the keeping of wild releasable animals as 'pets' because "...their inherent wildness makes them long to be free..." What if I find an injured animal??? If you find an injured animal, call Wildlife Rehab Shelter at 624-4143, for assistance as soon as possible. Never feed the animal or offer water. Keep the animal warm and in a quiet, dark place to reduce stress until further arrangements can be made.

Learning about the birds and animals
makes it possible to really help them.

e-mail = wildlife@citytel.net
FAX - 1-250-624- 4159
Please send us your name so you can be recognized for our donations list.

Donations to the Shelter call- 250-627 9270

Zellers Club Z points can be contributed to # 997 264 658.

Donations to Prince Rupert branch Toronto Dominion Bank, transit number 9340, account number 5201928

OR
Northern Savings Credit Union,
138 - 3rd Ave. West, Prince Rupert, B.C. V8J 3P4 (Account # 414532)

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