A wild animal rehabilitation centre in Vancouver Island’s Metchosin dsitrict is asking for protective headgears to protect volunteers for its upcoming fawn release season.
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But the B.C. Wildlife Rescue Association and Wild ARC are reporting a spike in sickened and dying siskins due to salmonella, and are asking people to remove or at the very least clean their bird feeders and baths to stem the disease. Wallis Moore Reid of Wild ARC said 12 pine siskins were brought in in December and 16 have been delivered to the Metchosin facility so far this month. None were reported last year. Many more likely die unnoticed. It’s been worse on the Lower Mainland, where the B.C. Wildlife Rescue Association reported 127 sick siskins in 2020, including 75 last month. So far in January, 36 sick siskins have been brought in.
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