A wildlife animal rehabilitation centre on Vancouver Island is asking for protective headgear to help keep volunteers safe as it prepares for the upcoming fawn release season.
Each year, B.C. SPCA’s Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre, Wild ARC, the only wildlife animal rehabilitation centre on Vancouver Island, takes care of the young fawns they’ve received until they are old enough to be released into the wild, according to Wallis Moore Reid, the centre’s senior wildlife rehabilitator.
By the time they’re ready to be released, the fawns have grown large enough to pose significant risks to the volunteers, particularly when fawns are herded into special containers like a modified horse trailer and are likely to jump off, kick
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