Each year Elizabeth’s Wildlife Center in Abbotsford admits over 1500 birds/animals, with approximately 50% being fully rehabilitated and released. The Center receives over 7,000 phone calls per year with questions regarding situations involving injured/orphaned wildlife. The Center serves not only the City of Abbotsford, but a vast regional area as well.
As bird flu devastates a growing number of poultry farms in B.C., wildlife experts are raising the alarm about the deadly virus' impact on wild animals and possible threat of it turning into another pandemic among humans.