Meet Gallagher, a female juvenile bobcat that a good samaritan found injured and helpless on the side of the road near Gallagher Lake, BC. She was brought to the BC Wildlife Park’s Fawcett Family Wildlife Health Centre (BCWP) by the Conservation Officer Service.
Gallagher had likely been hit by a car and sustained a large laceration to her back leg, and with x-rays courtesy of Oriole Road Animal Hospital, it was also identified that Gallagher has sadly suffered a comminuted femoral fracture, leaving her unable to walk. Her injury required immediate surgery if there was any hope of repairing the damage and returning her back to the wild.
Our little bobcat was brought to the Boundary Bay Veterinary Specialty Hospital, and with the help of Dr. Crawford, Dr. Hutchinson, Dr. De Lombaert, Dr. Denstedt and the dedicated and skilled surgery team, we are happy to announce that her fracture was surgically repaired! You can help us give wild lives a second chance!
Gallagher is not out of the woods yet. Not only will she require recheck x-rays, she will also require a second surgery to remove the plate that is currently holding her leg in place, once her fracture has healed. In the meantime, she is being kept comfortable under the care of our devoted team at the BCWP’s Fawcett Family Wildlife Health Center. Gallagher’s care and surgeries are costly and we need
YOUR help to give her a second chance! The BCWP and the Fawcett Family Wildlife Health Centre is a non-profit organization that relies on the support and generosity of people like YOU!
Click here to donate to Gallagher’s care and help us reach our goal of $3,000.00 Gallagher and the BCWP thank you for helping us give wild lives a second chance!
Hay there! My name is Thunder and me and many of my animal friends at the BC Wildlife Park love to eat hay! We love hay so much that we eat a combined 60 lbs of hay a day! Since we love hay soooo much we need your help! Please buy a hay bale for us!!
After we receive your donation we will put your first name up on our hay wall at the park!
Buy A Bale of Hay! The British Columbia Wildlife Park's mission is to encourage the appreciation of and respect for BC's wildlife and to assist in preserving biodiversity through education, research, captive breeding and rehabilitation services. The BCWP is a non for profit society that relies on donations from individuals like you to help take care of the many animals that call the park home!
The BC Wildlife Park was first established in 1965, and for the past 52 years we have been promoting our motto "Conservation through Education". Each year we offer hundreds of school programs , kids camps , birthday parties , educational workshops and much more! A new centre would allow the education department to expand and diversify its programming!
Draft Plans for the NEW BC Wildlife Park Education Centre
Should you wish to inquire about contribution benefits or about other forms of sponsorship or giving, please contact our Development Office at (250) 573-3242 ext. 225.