To celebrate spring, we have some fun, self-guided activities and contests for you to enjoy in the Education Centre. All month long, take part in the family friendly scavenger hunt and be entered to win an epic prize basket!**
Learn about animal trafficking and the associated dangers with it. Test your knowledge with the animal identification game and find out just how well you know animal skulls, skat, and tracks.*
Meet one of our educators and earn the new flying squirrel pin in the Wildlife Ranger's Pin Program.*
Think you've got what it takes to win a colouring contest? Choose from one of three designs and be entered to win an age-friendly gift basket.**
*Please note the pin program and Ed Centre activities are closed for the Easter weekend.
**Contest closes April 31, 2021 at 3:30pm.
Created by local veterinarian, Dr. Dave Sedgemen, this stunning 16' vintage cedar strip canoe was appraised by undercurrents at $2,000.00 and is filled with over $600.00 of fishing gear essentials, sponsored in part by Surplus Herby's.
A sealed auction will run 9:30am April 2 - 4:00pm April 30, with all proceeds going towards a hoofstock quarantine building. You can view the canoe and gear inside the Theatre Room in the Discovery Centre.
To place your bid, you can visit us in person, or alternatively call our Guest Services team at 250-573-3242 ext. 0, or email Julie@bcwildlife.org to place your bid if you are unable to visit in person.
Starting bid, $1200.00. Highest bidder will also receive a donation tax receipt.
Painting is great for sensory and cognitive enrichment for many of the Park animals, should they wish to participate. Feeling paint on their paws is great for the sensory portion of the enrichment, and seeing the different colours and formations can be visually enriching for some of the animals.
A sealed animal art auction will run 9:30am April 2 - 4:00pm April 30, with all proceeds going towards a hoofstock quarantine building. You can view the animal art inside the Theatre Room in the Discovery Centre. The highest bidder on each individual painting will receive the painting, a colour photo of the animal, and two complimentary general admission passes to the Park.
To place your bid, you can visit us in person, or alternatively call our Guest Services team at 250-573-3242 ext. 0, or email Julie@bcwildlife.org to place your bid if you are unable to visit in person. Shipping is available at the successful bidder's expense.
Note: Unfortunately, we are unable to provide a tax receipt for the highest bidder on the art pieces. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Sold as set
In a hidden canyon in British Columbia’s Southern Interior, a ponderosa pine tree sprouts. Seasons pass as the tree grows, witness to generations of human history in the Okanagan Valley, from First Nations quests to fur brigades, horse wrangling, secret wartime commando training, to the firestorm of 2003. Richly illuminated by maps, illustrations, and historical images and informed by a timeline and historical notes, this fascinating book weaves First Nations history with European settlement and natural history.
Copies of the book can by purchased at Kamloops Wildlife Park and from Crwth Press.
Black Stallion Steals a Mare" (2017)
Limited prints of acrylic
Framed measurements: 14" x 18"
Starting bid: $100.00
"Raccoon kits stuck on a branch", (2005)
Framed measurements: 10.5" x 12.5"
Horse Herding" (2017)
This is an illustration of Kalamalka, one of the resident cougars at BC Wildlife Park, at around four to five-months-old. His photos have been used for the front cover of a children’s book called Luna coming out in 2022, written and illustrated by Loraine Kemp, and published by Crwth Press.
"Luna" (2021)