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wild animals as domestic pets.

“T got a call from a woman
once who had found a Saw-whet
Owl (a small bird of prey with an
endearing face), and she wanted
to keep it as a pet,"’ says Wildlife
Care manager Susan iHerunter.

“She clipped its wings, and it

“was getting really upset. | had to
explain to hez that to keep a wild
animal as a pet is illegal.’’

Then there was the case of the
squirrel who went bald after being
put on a strict diet of peanut but-
ter and watermelon seeds.
Herunter says it took a long time
before the squirrel regained its
coat of fur.

Nevertheless, the organization
depends on p¢tople to care for
animals until they bring them to
the Burnaby Lake Centre.

With only a shoestring budget
to work from, it also relies heavily
on volunteers — people like
Hornstein.

With minimal government fund-
ing and shrinking corporate dona-
tions, Hornstein worries about the
organization’s future, especially
when he recalls how close it came

Steven Hornstein:

What made you decide to get in-
volved with the Wildlife Rescue
Association? ‘‘I'd read about it in
a local paper. } like hiking in the
North Shore mountains and was
concerned that I didn’t see much
wildlife. i actually volunteered
because I wanted to know more
,about what kinds of animals lived
in B.C.”

Are you secing more and more
animals at the Burnaby Lake Cen-
tre? “Yes. we’re up 18% over last
year, and will probably top 3,500
this year.”

_ Artists create prints for project

to shutting down a year ago.

Herunter suys that, if any of the
three Lower Mainland wildlife
care centres closed, it would leave
the existing centres ‘tin big trou-
ble’? and unabie to cope with the
extra load.

To ward off any such scenarios
the Wildlife Rescue Association
““drew’’ up a battle plan just over
a year ago to ensure future fund-
ing.

Eighteen B.C. artists were
recruited to create a collection of
original limited edition prints, the
procecds of which will go to hir-
ing a paid fuil-time care worker.

Convincing artists of the pro-
ject’s worth was simple: the
association criginally approached
only eight artists but ended up
with 18 and even had to turn
people away.

Hornstein unzips a large black
carrying case and shows off art-
work created by wildlife artist
Robert Bateman, Toni Onley,
Deep Cove painter Ross Munro,
award-winning Bowen Island ar-
tist Sam Black, and Roy Henry
Vickers.

So far, 10 collections have been

in his own words

What’s the association's main
goal? ‘‘We do everything we can
to reunite animals with their fami-
lies.””

How excited were the artists about
creating artwork? ‘‘Very. The
prints come from woodblocks or
copper plates and are painted by
hand before they’xe put on the
press. One of the reasons many of
them got involved was because
they wanted to work in this medi-
um. Toni Onley, for example,
hadn’: worked in this medium
since the '70s."’

sold (each collection consists of 18
prints and costs $5,000), and
Hornstein hopes they will raise
much more. (The artwork — is
available for viewing at the
organzation’s Burnaby Lake Cen-
tre, 5216 Glencarin Dr.)

There are, however, less expen-
sive ways to help.

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For a minimal fee, anyone can
become a foster parent. ‘Your’
animal will be fully cared for, and
parents receive a full case history
and photograph of their adopted
animal.

For more information on how
you can help, phone the Wildlife
Rescue Association at 526-7275.

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