Help Your Local Wildlife Rescue Rehab Center

We Love Wildlife for SCWR: Soper Creek Wildlife Rescue is Durham's ONLY Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. They rely heavily on the many educational camps/workshops they host each year, the support of caring volunteers & the generosity of donors in our community. They receive ZERO Government Funding. Covid 19 has greatly impacted their only revenue sources & supports. They have temporarily laid off all staff members & released 95% of volunteers. Baby season is upon us & SCWR desperately needs our community support. Funds raised go towards helping injured, sick, orphaned animals that need caring for until they are healthy & can be released back into the wild. SCWR has done incredible work supporting our communities & wildlife in Durham Region & surrounding areas. Now more than ever its so important to do what we can through these difficult times to support local. The people at SCWR are passionate, dedicated & extremely hard working; our Team of fellow animal lovers want to help. WE NEED YOUR HELP! by making a donation today. Every donation will make a difference. $5, $10, $20 etc can go a long way if we as a community work together! Join our We Love Wildlife fundraising campaign & make a difference for your community & local wildlife. Thank you for your support & generosity! #TeamSachko #WeLoveWildlife #SCWR #SupportLocal READ MORE ABOUT SOPER CREEK WILDLIFE RESCUE www.sopercreekwildlife.com Soper Creek Wildlife Rescue is Durham's ONLY Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. Wildlife Rehabilitation has been deemed as an essential service by the government of Ontario. The service of caring for sick, injured, abandoned & orphaned wildlife is FREE to everyone in Ontario as mandated by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. Making it illegal to charge for the service of wildlife rehabilitation. We do not receive any government funding for wildlife rehabilitation. Why Soper Creek Wildlife Rescue Needs YOUR help: We work to heal & release Species at Risk. The life of each individual animal plays a critical role to the overall survival of that particular species. These species are on the verge of extinction. Working along side other organizations we help save populations of Species at Risk. We work to balance ecosystems. Great consideration is taken into account when choosing release locations for the thousands of animals that come into wildlife centers. Being careful not to over or under populate a given area is critical for the survival for the ecosystem. Over population depletes vital resources for its inhabitants. While under population doesn't provide food sources for apex predators or seed dispersal opportunities. Wildlife custodians work with local municipalities. Most municipalities do not have a wildlife department within their animal services & they rely heavily on wildlife rehabilitation centers. They divert phone calls to the wildlife centers when residents have questions or emergencies about wildlife. Municipalities transfer all wildlife cases to rehabilitation centers. They look to wildlife centers as an expert in the field & request wildlife educational programs at municipal events. This is done without any financial support from the municipalities. The wildlife center incurs all of these expenses. We are part of your community. Soper Creek Wildlife Rescue's family, furred, feathered, two legged, three legged & four legged, plays an active role in your community. Our WILD family & animal ambassadors have walked in your Santa Clause parade. Participated in community events such as Oronofest, Family Safety Day & various school programs is our way of giving back to the community. Soper Creek Wildlife Rescue offered a 7 month long museum exhibit FREE for your children to experience with their class. Over 7,000 students were able to participate in this free curriculum based program. Soper Creek Wildlife Rescue is important to for the children that participate in our educational programs. Learning about the importance of Canada's wildlife whether it be in their classroom, reconnecting with nature through our forest school or watching a wildlife detectives presentation at a local event. COVID-19's impact: Our only source of funding comes from our educational programming (in-school, onsite forest, summer camps, festivals & events), our membership program & your donations. The effects of COVID-19 have been detrimental to our wildlife center, at this time causing us to cancel our educational programs til July 1st. Many Events & Festivals have chosen to cancel gatherings for all of 2020. These programs are our only source of funding to feed and care for the animals. We have lost all revenue sources. We have laid off all staff members. We have had to release 95% of our volunteers. The difficult decision was made to temporarily close the doors to the wildlife rehabilitation center and only care for the animals currently admitted. WE NEED HELP TO RE-OPEN THE WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER