The Canadian Wildlife Institute

The Canadian Wildlife Institute (or TCWI for short) is a large Zoo located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that was open to the public in 1930.
TCWI is also an independent not-for-profit organization dedicated to wildlife conservation. It is one of the few zoos in canada accredited by the AZA, WAZA and CAZA. It is, as of 2023, Canada's most visited zoo. It is also the only zoo in the world to successfully house the endangered Tucuxi and one of the only zoos in the world to house Sumatran Rhinos.
== History ==
The Canadian Wildlife Institute opened to the public in 1930, gaining very large attendance for it's first season of operations. The zoo had mainly native animals like bears but featured few exotics like Tigers, Elephants and Giraffes.
== Exhibits ==
=== African Expedition ===
# African Lion
# Meerkat
# Grey Crowned Crane
# Cheetah
# Common Warthog
# Masai Giraffe
# Plains Zebra
# Ostrich
# White Rhinoceros
# Nyala
# Springbok
# Greater Kudu
# Blue Wildebeest
# Thomson's Gazelle
# Cape Buffalo
# African Elephant
# African Penguin
# Nile Hippopotamus
# Western Lowland Gorilla
# Mantled Guereza
# Mandrill
# Okapi
# Bongo
# Red River Hog
# Golden Bellied Mangabey
=== Asian Trail ===
# Siberian Tiger
# Snow Leopard
# Mishimi Takin
# Red Panda
# Pallas's Cat
# Japanese Macaque
# Japanese Serow
# Tibetan Antelope
# Upland Buzzard
# Komodo Dragon
# Indian Rhinoceros
# Axis Deer
# Malayan Tapir
# Siamang
=== Australia Walkabout ===
# Eastern Grey Kangaroo
# Red Necked Wallaby
# Emu
# Queensland Koala
# Laughing Kookaburra
=== Otter Bay ===
# North American River Otter
# Sea Otter
=== Nature Center ===
# Painted Turtle
# Rubber Boa
# Hoary Bat
# Northern Pacific Rattlesnake
# Bushy Tailed Woodrat
# Meadow Jumping Mouse
# Pacific Gopher Snake
# Rough Skinned Newt
# Steelhead
# Pacific Salmon
# White Sturgeon
# Kokanee
# Westlope Cutthroat Trout
# Coastal Cutthroat Trout
# Dolly Varden
# Arctic Grayling
# Largemouth Bass
# Eastern Brook Trout
# Burbot
# Black Crappie
# Northern Pike
# Mountain Whitefish
# Lake Whitefish
# Lake Trout
# Walleye
# Goldeye
# Inconnu
# Signal Crayfish
# American Beaver
# Northern Flying Squirrel
# Mountain Beaver
# Eastern Meadow Vole
# Bushy Tailed Woodrat
# Western Toad
# Barred Tiger Salamander
# Great Basin Gophersnake
# Sharp Tailed Snake
# Ensatina
# Northern Green Frog
# Northern Red Legged Frog
# Columbia Spotted Frog
# American Shrew Mole
# Western Harvest Mouse
# Great Basin Pocket Mouse
# Western Redback Salamander
=== Your Wild Home ===
# White Tailed Deer
# Mule Deer
# Wood Bison
# Northwestern Wolf
# American Black Bear
# Kermode Bear
# Grizzly Bear
# Mountain Goat
# Stone Sheep
# Groundhog
# Eastern Fox Squirrel
# American Red Squirrel
# Snowshoe Hare
# Yellow Bellied Marmot
# American Pika
# Steller Sea Lion
# Woodland Caribou
# White Tailed Jackrabbit
# Douglas Squirrel
# Least Chipmunk
# Hoary Marmot
# Northern Spotted Owl
# Arctic Ground Squirrel
# Sitka Deer
# Moose
# Canada Goose
# American Red Fox
# Vancouver Island Marmot
# Columbian Ground Squirrel
# Collared Pika
# Harlan's Hawk
# Peale's Falcon
# Cascade Red Fox
# Columbian Sharp Tailed Grouse
# Alaska Red Tailed Hawk
=== Desert Worlds ===
# Greater Roadrunner
# Gila Monster
# Giant Hairy Scorpion
# Burrowing Owl
# Kit Fox
# Desert Tortoise
# Western Desert Tarantula
# Cactus Wren
# Sonoran Desert Toad
# Collared Peccary
# Gambel's Quail
# Swift Fox
# Turkey Vulture
# Arizona Black Rattlesnake
# Fennec Fox
# Sand Cat
# Lappet faced Vulture
# Bat Eared Fox
# Sociable Weaver 
# Aoudad/Barbary Sheep
# Saharan Horned Viper
# Cape Cobra
# Spotted Thick Knee
=== Tropical Complex ===
# Scarlett Macaw
# Ocelot
# Geoffrey's Spider Monkey
# Green Anaconda
# Blue Monkey
# Blue and Yellow Macaw
# Sunbittern
# Lowland Paca
# Electric Eel
# Blue Poison Dart Frog
# Yellow Banded Poison Dart Frog
# Yacare Caiman
# Seba's Short Tailed Bat
# South American Rattlesnake
# Banded Archerfish
# Mata Mata Turtle
# Tucuxi
# Great Indian Hornbill
# Bornean Orangutan
# Sumatran Gargantuan
# Luzon Bleeding-Heart
# Pied Imperial Pigeon
# Javan Pond Heron
# Sumatran Rhinoceros
# Indian Flying Fox
# Müller's Gibbon
# Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat
# Common Treeshrew
# Greater Mouse Deer
# Reeves's Muntjac
# Sumatran Ground Pigeon
# Java Sparrow
# Great Hornbill
# Sun Bear
# Asian Palm Civet
# Pygmy Slow Loris
# Northern Treeshrew
# Leopard Cat
# Golden Langur
# Bengal Slow Loris
# Asian Golden Cat
# Yellow Vented Green Pigeon
# Bengal Florican
# Lesser Florican
# Asian Koel
# Indochinese Grey Langur
# Metallic Starling
# Victoria Crowned Pigeon
# Black Collared Starling
# Golden Crested Myna
# Crested Partridge
# Blue Crowned Laughingthrush
# White Ramped Shama
# Hooded Pitta
# Asian Fairy Bluebird
# Kitti's Hog Nosed Bat
# Lesser Mouse Deer
# Northern Cassowary
# Papuan Frogmouth
# Golden Masked Owl
# Brown Tree Snake
# Ulysses Butterfly
# Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise
# Pesquet's Parrot
# Brahminy Kite
# Long Beaked Echidna
# Mountain Cuscus
# Tube Nosed Fruit Bat
# Northern New Guinea Tree Frog
# Emperor Bird-of-Paradise
# Wahnes's Parotia
# Solomon Islands Skink
# New Caledonian Giant Gecko
# Gargoyle Gecko
# Australasian Grebe
=== Kid Zone ===
# Great Horned Owl
# Galapagos Tortoise
# North American Porcupine
# Cape Porcupine
# Fallow Deer
# Dromedary Camel
# American Alligator
# Prairie Dog
# Nubian Goat
# Saanen Goat
# Golf Coast Sheep
# Miniature Zebu
# Alpaca
# Llama
# Texel Sheep
# Suffolk Sheep
# Baudet du Poitou Donkey
# American Pekin Duck
# Leghorn Chicken
# Silkie Chicken
# Domestic Goose
# Royal Palm Turkey
# Hampshire Pig
# Miniature Horse
# Greater Rhea
=== The Seas ===
# California Sea Lion
# Giant Pacific Octopus
# Horseshoe Crab
# Purple Sea Urchin
# Chocolate Chip Sea Star
# Giant Green Anemone
# Thorny Sea Star
# Banded Sea Urchin
# Ocellaris Clownfish
# Red Lionfish
# Yellow Tang
# Orange Barred Garden Eel
# Short Snouted Seahorse
# Various Corals
# Stoplight Parrotfish
# Pacific Sardine
# Pacific Sea Nettle
# Moon Jellyfish
# Japanese Spider Crab
# Hawksbill Sea Turtle
# Maori Wrasse
# Potato Cod
# Sand Tiger Shark
# Grey Reef Shark
# Great Hammerhead
# Round Ribbontail Ray
# Gag Grouper
# Zebra Shark
# Spotted Eagle Ray
# Blacktip Reef Shark
=== Seabird Aviary ===
# Arctic Tern
# Bonaparte Gull
# Brandt's Cormorant
# Brown Pelican
# Common Loon
# Common Murre
# Double Crested Cormorant
# Herring Gull
# Horned Grebe
# Pacific Loon
# Pied Billed Grebe
# Red Necked Grebe
# Red Throated Loon
# Ring Billed Gull
== Other attractions ==
* Safari Tram
* Giraffe Feeding
* Wildlife Art Museum
* Splash Pads (During Summer Months)
== Conservation ==
The Canadian Wildlife Institute was dedicated to wildlife conservation since it's opening and still is today. It also rescues and rehabilitates local British Columbian Wildlife.
== In Popular Culture ==
The zoo's name was an influence of the name a fictional aquarium featured in Pixar's Finding Dory (2016), called the Marine Life institute. It also has an exhibit called called Otter Bay and another attraction which has the name Kid Zone, though it is not directly inspired by the TCWI's Kid Zone and seems to be more of an indoor exhibit with sea horses. The area the Sea Lion Characters live in is similar to the TCWI's Sea Lion exhibit located outside The Seas Aquarium.
== Gallery ==
File:Canadian Wildlife Institute Brochure.png|Zoo Brochure
File:The Canadian Wildlife Institute Poster.png|Zoo Poster
File:The Canadian Wildlife Institute logo 2.png|Logo variant
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