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Please note: volunteers must be 18 years of age or older. If you are under 18 years of age, we would love for you to join us but only if you volunteer with a parent, guardian or someone over the age of 18!

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Please choose which positions/roles you are interested in. Note: we only accept hotline volunteers during Fall/Winter as we will provide you with training.

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You can choose more than one of these options - as well as choose either Rescue or Transport below, if you are interested in volunteering in multiple capacities.

Please choose which positions/roles you are interested in. Note: we only accept rescue volunteers during Fall/Winter as we will provide you with training.

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Do you have a valid drivers license and access to a vehicle? Please note: this is a mandatory requirement for rescue and transport volunteers. *

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What inspires you to volunteer with the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan?

Do you have any previous volunteer experience? If yes, please explain briefly.

Do you have any special talents or skills that you think would be helpful to WRSOS?

Approximately how many hours do you anticipate that you can volunteer? *

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We are 11 days into the Great Canadian Giving Chal

We are 11 days into the Great Canadian Giving Challenge. Help WRSOS win $20,000 to help keep Saskatchewan’s wildlife wild!
To help us win, all you have to do is donate to us anytime throughout June through CanadaHelps. Click here to donate - https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/WRSOS/ - Minimum $1.00 Donation.

Have you seen our new gear?! 🤩 Here are some of

Have you seen our new gear?! 🤩
Here are some of our lovely volunteers modelling sweaters, t-shirts, masks, hats and much more!

Huge thank you to Impact Marketing and William Joseph for making WRSOS stand out! 🦉

The Wildlife Rescue Society Of Saskatchewan would

The Wildlife Rescue Society Of Saskatchewan would like to bring attention to a virus that affects both domestic and wild rabbits/hares. Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus is in Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia and Quebec. As of June 2021 it is not in Saskatchewan, but that can quickly change. RHDV symptoms include bleeding from the mouth, nose, anus and vulva, seizures, sluggish/lethargic behavior and jaundice from liver failure.
We at WRSOS ask the public to please refrain from touching any rabbits/hares that they may encounter. RHDV is a very contagious disease that can cause significant damage to the rabbit/hare population in Saskatchewan. If you come across an injured, deceased or abandoned rabbit/hare, please avoid touching the animal and call our hotline at
306-242-7177.

What’s the difference between a fledgling and a

What’s the difference between a fledgling and a nestling? 🤓
Fledglings:
- Fledglings are basically teenagers - they will get into everything, beg for food constantly and have not yet learned what they should be afraid of;
- They often spend up to two weeks on the ground before they learn how to fly. During this time they are very vulnerable;
- A healthy fledgling will be able to hop around easily. They often appear similar to adults – sometimes even bigger – but are unable to fly well or at all yet. They have shorter wings and tails than adults and sometimes have bits of down sticking through their feathers.
- Please leave these teens alone! Try to keep children and animals away.
Nestlings:
- Nestlings belong in the nest, hence the name!
- Typically will be partially bald and unable to stand or perch on their own
- Sometimes you will find nestlings on the ground if they have fallen or are blown out of the nest, if you can locate the nest please place the bird back in to it
- REMEMBER: birds have a poor sense of smell and will not reject a baby if it is returned to the nest!
- If the nest is impossible to reach, please try to make your own - visit our website for tips on how to make a nest - http://wrsos.org/nest-on-ground/
These birds should be left alone unless they seem injured, ill or abandoned. Please keep an eye on them for a couple hours before contacting our hotline for assistance.
Please note: we are currently receiving an overwhelming number of calls to our hotline, so if the situation does not seem urgent please first visit our website for advice - http://wrsos.org/wildlife-911/. As we are a non-profit running a free essential service, we would truly appreciate if you could support us by donating - please visit http://wrsos.org/donate/ for more details on how to help. ❤️

With fawn season starting, we’d like to remind e

With fawn season starting, we’d like to remind everyone to leave the animal alone UNLESS it is in distress‼️
#DYK fawns are born without a scent - the mother, or doe, will stay away from her fawn so she does not attract a predator with her scent. A fawn’s defense strategy is to lie very still for long periods of time while waiting for the return of their mothers. Doe's will usually only visit a few times a day to nurse but, are often watching from a distance.
Fawns can be typically left alone but you should give us a call on our hotline if:
- The mother is known to be dead. For example: a fawn is found next to a dead doe on the highway;
- The fawn has obvious signs of injuries – bleeding, broken limbs, flies and maggots;
- The fawn has been chased or attacked by domestic animals;
- The fawn has not moved in over 24 hours;
- The fawn cries for over an hour and no doe responds – but please make sure you are not standing too close and preventing the doe from returning!
If you see any of these signs, please call our hotline immediately at 306-242-7177!

📣 Injured pelican in Regina ‼️ We have rec

📣 Injured pelican in Regina ‼️

We have received numerous calls regarding a pelican with an injured right wing in Les Sherman Park in Regina.

Volunteers made an attempt and were unable to capture it. It appears to be eating well and can still swim without any issues. We will continue to monitor the pelican and attempt another rescue if it’s condition seems to worsen.

Thank you to all the concerned callers! A special thank you to Maxine Earl for these amazing photos of the beautiful bird ❤️

The Great Canadian Giving Challenge has officially

The Great Canadian Giving Challenge has officially launched – help WRSOS win $20,000 to help keep Saskatchewan’s wildlife wild! 🥰

To help us win, all you have to do is donate to us anytime throughout June through CanadaHelps. Click here to donate - https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/WRSOS/ - any amount helps! 😍

This is absolutely heartbreaking! PLEASE DO NOT US

This is absolutely heartbreaking! PLEASE DO NOT USE TREE GUARD TAPE! 🐦💔

These two poor little chickadees were stuck to caterpillar barrier tape. This tree guard tape is covered in glue that essentially acts like cement – EVERYTHING sticks to it, especially small birds and bats. ☹️

While some people use the tape to try and keep caterpillars off their trees, not a single caterpillar was even found on the tape in this instance! We really hope that these little birds will survive this traumatic event!

This tape in particular was purchased at Canadian Tire but we have also found it at Home Hardware and other similar stores. Please do not purchase this product – you’re actually harming animals that will help you with natural insect control! The birds and bats you are potentially injuring are the ones that will eat the caterpillars and other bugs that are disturbing your trees and gardens.

Please be a respectful neighbour and think of your local wildlife before using harmful and deadly products such as these!

Happy International Year of the Volunteer! This ye

Happy International Year of the Volunteer! This year, we have decided to start a new tradition of choosing a Volunteer of the Year. This volunteer was nominated and chosen by her fellow volunteers here at WRSOS.

Drumroll please...🥁

Congratulations to Cina (#DYK her name is pronounced like “Keena”? 😉) Sand!

Cina is one of our incredibly dedicated and hard-working volunteers. She singlehandedly takes care of almost all the rescues in Moose Jaw, and will even go out of her way to drive animals to Regina late at night! No matter the size of the animal or the brutal Saskatchewan weather (Yes, even when it’s -40°C! 🥶), Cina is always willing to grab her equipment and head out for a rescue. Do you remember this post - http://www.facebook.com/WRSOS/posts/2340661716079921 - Cina even spent her entire last summer taking care of fawns!

We wouldn’t be able to keep WRSOS running without volunteers like Cina, who take time out of their busy schedule to help animals in need. We are forever grateful for the support and devotion our volunteers provide to our organization - and we are sure Saskatchewan’s wildlife is grateful too! 😍

Nominations are now open for the 2020/21 year and are open to the public. If you have had a great experience with one of our volunteers this year please consider putting a nomination in using the form below.

https://forms.gle/KfG1LzqQGBruJhjS7

Welcome to our summer students! 🌞 We are so lu

Welcome to our summer students! 🌞

We are so lucky to have received the Young Canada Works and Summer Jobs grants which have allowed us to hire our four awesome students Chastity, Jessica, Maren and Simone. 😍

We are so grateful to have all of their great knowledge and help while working the hotline, doing rescues, and even helping with social media. 🥳

We wouldn’t be able to help as many Saskatchewan wildlife with this much-needed help during our busy season! 🤩

WRSOS would like to give a warm welcome to our new

WRSOS would like to give a warm welcome to our newest board member, Preston Cicchine! 🎉

We look forward to working with you! 🦉

Last week Salthaven Wildlife Rehabilitation and Ed

Last week Salthaven Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Centre was contacted by an employee of a local school in Estevan, about 8 juvenile Cottontail rabbits. Our Vice President Rhiain had been in contact with an employee of the school and shared the importance of not touching the rabbits, possibly blocking the area off, and letting the rabbits leave when they are ready, which should not be too much longer. Rhiain had given the school the hotline number and her personal number as we are always willing to help if needed.

The other day, we received a call from a concerned parent. She had heard that children and young adults were still handling, playing, and even putting the rabbits in their pockets. Because rabbits are very prone to stress, handling can be fatal, and two out of the 8 rabbits had already died. 😔

The parent had gently picked all 6 remaining babies and placed them in a box. She called our hotline and spoke to one of our summer students, Maren. Maren then got in touch with one of our volunteers named Jessica who met up with the caller and carefully transported them to Rhiain where they got a first assessment and treatment. The rabbits are now in the care of Salthaven where they are getting rehabilitated in hopes that they will be returned to the wild in the near future. We are super grateful for the parent who called our hotline - and if you ever find abandoned, injured or wildlife in the need, please give us a call at 306-242-7177. ☎️

Finally, please remember to never handle wildlife! Touching, picking up or playing with a wild animal can be dangerous to you and even potentially fatal for the animal. Our goal is to have people and Saskatchewan’s wildlife #livingtogethersucessfully - please do your part and leave wildlife alone.

A friendly reminder for all who ordered from our R

A friendly reminder for all who ordered from our Rain Barrel fundraiser that curbside pick-up is tomorrow in Saskatoon between 12pm and 4pm! 🦉

Alternate pickups and deliveries ($10 fee) can be arranged by emailing events@wrsos.org! 😀

We held our Annual General Meeting on May 16th and

We held our Annual General Meeting on May 16th and wanted to share some of the awesome work from over the past year!

As an organization, we would like to welcome Jan Shadick into a new role as Rehabilitation Representative.

Our Active Volunteers have doubled from the previous year! We currently have 226 volunteers in total! Our volunteers span 76 different communities, and many travel numerous distances in order to transport and rescue wildlife.

WRSOS served 303 communities across Saskatchewan over the last year. 200 different species of animals were rescued, and a total of 4,691 calls came through the hotline! Calls have increased by 31% from the previous year, and we are still only serving around 1% of the population of Saskatchewan!

These numbers just go to show that WRSOS has rapidly become an essential service to the people and wildlife of Saskatchewan! 🦉

Last week, we got a call about this beautiful fox

Last week, we got a call about this beautiful fox family. 🦊🦊🦊

The caller thought the mother had been hit and killed on the highway leaving four kits behind.
Our volunteers Penny, Patti and Bonnie all went out to set up a trail cam by the den to monitor the family – which confirmed there is definitely an adult still caring for the young kits! 😍

#DYK – both fox parents will help raise the kits? There can sometimes even be an “auntie” that helps out!

This fox den was near a busy street so many people noticed this family and were invested in making sure these kits were still being taken care of. A local business even kept watch for us and told us she had been denning there for at least six years!

We were able to purchase these trail cameras from the funds we raised on #GivingTuesday – so we need to give everyone who donated another HUGE thank you for the support! Thank you as well to the caller, our volunteers, and everyone who was invested in helping this little family! Keeping Saskatchewan’s wildlife wild is no easy task and we couldn’t do it without all of the continuous support! 🥰 #wildlife #animals #fox #saskatchewan #rescue

Wildfire season has started! 🔥 We can assist w

Wildfire season has started! 🔥

We can assist with any displaced, injured or orphaned wildlife in the event of a wildfire. 🦉 🦝

Give the hotline a call if you come across wildlife in need of help!
306-242-7177 ☎️

Just a friendly reminder to let ducks, geese, and

Just a friendly reminder to let ducks, geese, and their babies find their own way to the water! 🦆🥰

While we always want to help out, we've noticed that many parents and the babies become frightened and scatter when approached by humans. This causes a lot of problems - many times all the babies can't be caught and returned to their parents which leaves us with more orphaned goslings and ducklings to care for!

Don’t worry though – if the birds seem to be in imminent danger or no where near water, we will definitely help, just give our Wildlife 911 Hotline a call! ☎️

Just a friendly reminder that today is the LAST DA

Just a friendly reminder that today is the LAST DAY to order from our rain barrel fundraiser! 🌧

Thank you so much to everyone who has ordered! 💗

If you are wanting to place an order or browse products, please visit https://www.rainbarrel.ca/wrsos

Save water, save money, save wildlife! 🦉

Please make sure you are checking window wells reg

Please make sure you are checking window wells regularly! 🏠

It’s the season for babies, and sometimes they end up in odd spots. Window wells can be deep enough to trap certain animals.

Please make sure if you have window wells, that you are checking them regularly. You can also purchase coverings to prevent furry critters from getting themselves into a sticky situation. 🐰

Please give our Wildlife Hotline a call if you find a baby in a window well and don’t know how long its been there. ☎️

A huge thank you to everyone who donated to our Do

A huge thank you to everyone who donated to our Dollars for Daisy fundraiser!

Congratulations to our top donor Anass E. who has won a one night stay Dakota Dunes-Resort , a WRSOS baseball cap and a cute embroidered owl! Another congratulations to Kathy M. who has won a WRSOS hoodie. Winners, please reach out to us to collect your prizes! 😍

We raised a total of $1,050 - which includes an amazing $500 from a silent donor!

Thank you to everyone who has helped Daisy and donated to help cover the costs of her rehab! 🥰

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PO Box 24004 Midtown PO
Saskatoon, SK
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