Calgary Wildlife rehabilitation centre holds ‘baby shower’ [Video]

A Calgary wildlife treatment and rehabilitation centre is holding its annual fundraiser to help support orphaned baby animals.

Calgary Wildlife executive director Beki Hunt says the organization sees up to seven times more animals brought to them in the spring and summer than during the winter months.

“This time of year it would be baby birds, we see some hares, we see skunks,” she said. “Lots of bird patients – raptors, things like that, and later in the year we might see fawns.”

Hunt says though staff are used to the annual increase in animals, but that care costs a lot.

This year, the organization is looking to raise $30,000 through its annual ‘baby shower‘ fundraising event.

“The reason we do that is to bring in those extra funds to help us with medication, food costs and all that sort of stuff,” she said. “But another reason is just education, we’d love for our followers …