To provide treatment and care for injured wild birds. To rehabilitate and release birds back to the wild. To provide medical training to veterinary students at the Ontario Veterinary College To compile a database on human impact onnative bird species and the environment. To educate the public through our Environmental Education Programming and Volunteer Program . The majority of injuries treated at the Wild Bird Clinic are caused by human error, ignorance or deliberate cruelty.
Public awareness is the critical first step to reduce the number of needless deaths and injuries .
Every year there are a number of animals brought to the Wild Bird Clinic that have no feathers. The clinic often cannot treat these animals due to the threat of rabies and the specific care needed by mammals and reptiles that the clinic cannot adequately provide. None the less, we can treat some of them. Every year we receive a number of cottontail rabbits, turtles and fawns. The successful treatment and reintroduction of injured birds can be an expensive and time consuming process.