Help Baby Wildlife in Ontario

Sign below to show your support for animals like Rosie!

Rosie a 5-week old baby raccoon whose mother was killed, was left to die because of government regulations. Thousands of helpless young wild animals like Rosie, face a cruel and unnecessary death every spring because of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources regulations that outlaw responsible and humane help for wildlife, forcing many wildlife rehabilitators out of operation.

The Ministry's heartless advice to people finding an orphan is to "leave the animal there and let nature takes its course."

Help Rosie and thousands of other Ontario orphaned wild animals like those shown here. Please enter your information below to ask Dalton McGuinty to:

*** Honour his promise to reinstate humane help for wildlife

*** Remove Wildlife Rehabilitation from the administrative control of the Fish & Wildlife Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources where there is a conflict of interest; and

*** Establish a Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Committee which will allow for public input and review of policies and regulations affecting wildlife rehabilitation.

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Click to enlargeLike you and I, people are very upset when they discover a baby animal in distress and cannot find help for it. However, once again, with another wildlife birthing season underway, there are thousands of orphaned baby animals being left to die in Ontario because of arbitrary and unnecessary government regulations.

The major barrier is an unrealistic restriction that limits the release of rehabilitated orphaned animals to within 15 kilometers of where they were found. This too often means that animals are dumped back into busy urban areas and without the transitionary care that gives them their best chance of survival.

Click to enlargeBecause of this many rehabilitators have reluctantly had to stop caring for wildlife. As a former wildlife rehabilitator recently wrote "I decided not to renew my Authorization. I refuse to compromise my integrity by placing myself in a position that would require me to lie in order to provide responsible care. And I refuse to provide substandard care. Manipulating the books minimizes the issue and sends out the message that everything is okay - it is not".

Click to enlargeThis website is proof of the growing number of people who know that things are not okay and are demanding change. The Ontario Wildlife Coalition recently met with the Minister of Natural Resources to reinforce the need for these changes and to urge the formation of a Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Committee on Wildlife to allow for public input and greater transparency and accountability on the part of Ministry staff.

Click to enlargeWe will keep you posted on developments for, as one frustrated resident unable to find help for an orphaned baby squirrel wrote, "what has happened to this province - I’ve lived in many less-prosperous countries where there was a compassionate response - this is certainly not the kind of Ontario that I want to call home".

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About Us:
The Ontario Wildlife Coalition is made up of organizations and individuals drawn from wildlife rehabilitation, animal welfare and environmental interests from across Ontario.  Click to find out more.

 
 

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