MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre is in the middle of its busy – ahem, baby – season.
The nonprofit in Merville currently has a large population of baby animals they’re caring for, all with unique needs.
What remains constant is the need for proper personal protective equipment for caregivers, including gloves, which they’re running short on.
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Among its current residents are a gaze of baby raccoons, a fawn, songbirds and various species of owls. The animals are transported to MARS when they are sick or injured. Some require more care than others, but a few of the birds require feeding frequently.
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To keep the animals and humans safe from whatever they may be carrying, caregivers will changes their gloves every time they go to feed someone new.
The nonprofit put a call out on their social media on June 6 for donations of nitrile disposable gloves. But they’re also in need of financial donations. With the visitor’s centre currently shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MARS isn’t receiving the revenue it would normally generate, nor are as many community fundraising events taking place. MARS is asking anyone who can help to leave physical donations outside the wildlife hospital, which is located at 1331 Williams Beach Road or to donate online: marswildliferescue.com/ways-to-give/.
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