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30 Years of Helping Wildlife
The Alberta Institute for Wildlife (AIWC) is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. AIWC was founded and began accepting patients as of 1993. For the
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been detected in Alberta, as well as many other provinces across Canada. “Avian Influenza: Avian influenza is a contagious
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We Are Open to Accept Wildlife in Need
No day is ever the same in wildlife rehabilitation, without any notice we can receive a wave of new animals in need of care, something
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Nature Continues On
Thousands of birds are making their way back to Alberta for breeding season, many more call Alberta home year-round. As a wildlife hospital, we practice
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Season’s Greetings
As 2016 comes to a close, we look back on the past year and reflect on all of the challenges and successes to help us
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Scared Skunk
Scared Skunk is AIWC’s first children’s book and the third book Michelle and Denver Suttie have written for an animal charity. The goal of these
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Don’t Bat an Eye!
AH! BAT! You might have this reaction if you ran into one of Alberta’s flying, nocturnal critters like the big brown bat or the little
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Update on beaver kit
Last week the baby (kit) North American beaver we have in our care made news across the globe as the video of him enjoying “pool
Can Alberta save the caribou?
The Alberta government released the first draft of a plan to save the province’s woodland caribou after the species’ continued population decline since 1900. Caribou
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Patient numbers soar at AIWC!
As awareness about our organization grows and human-wildlife conflict unfortunately continues to rise, we expect an increase in patients each year. We didn’t expect the
