The Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society was established in 1993 to provide professional care for wildlife rehabilitation. Each year we receive between 2000 and 3000 injured and orphaned wild animals and respond to 8,000+ wildlife-related calls from the public.  Calgary Wildlife is a registered charity and the only wildlife hospital within the City of Calgary. Calgary Wildlife supports positive wildlife outcomes for Calgarians and Calgary’s wildlife

Mission

Keeping communities wild through education and expert, compassionate care for injured and orphaned wildlife.

Vision

Human and wildlife coexistence.

Our Pillars

Care: Best care is our commitment to provide compassionate, expert treatment to injured and orphaned wildlife. We hold ourselves to this by measuring our outcomes each year and hiring and supporting expert staff to work with our wildlife patients.

Educate: Education is our commitment to both positive remediation and prevention of harmful interactions between humans and wildlife. We promote an understanding of the inherent value of wildlife. We inform and educate people to live in harmony with wildlife and to respond appropriately when wildlife incidents or conflict occur.  

Connect: Connecting is our commitment to working with others to keep communities wild. We contribute to collective knowledge, collaborate to provide best care, and foster mutually beneficial relationships with government, professional associations, educational institutions, volunteers, and others towards shared goals. 

Our Patients

Calgary Wildlife receives mostly urban wildlife. With over 400 species of wild animals living in and around the City of Calgary, there is a great variety in the patients that we see! Calgary’s blend of urban and natural landscapes is home to a diversity of wildlife. As city limits expand, human activity increasingly encroaches upon wildlife habitats. We now share our communities with wildlife and encounter them around our homes, backyards and parks. A large portion of the wildlife received by Calgary Wildlife have been injured as a result of some contact with humans or human activity. We give injured or orphaned wild animals a second chance at life.