Downsview Park's Critter Controversy The Grid, December 14th, 2011
"Local councillor Maria Augimeri is suspicious. She said she's been "fighting with Downsview for almost 17 years," and the corporation's track record in dealing with tenants is getting worse...Amid the uncertainiy, TWC is [still] hunting for a new home."
Toronto Wildlife Centre fears for future at Downsview Toronto Star, December 12th, 2011
"Toronto Wildlife Centre is concerned for its continued future at Downsview Park, despite assurances from the landlord that the animal refuge is in no danger of eviction."
GTA Wildlife hospital endangered Toronto Sun, December 12, 2011
"This news was such a shock," the centre's executive director Nathalie Karvonen said. "we have no extra funds tohandle and emergency of this size...If we close down, even for a short time, there is no other wildlife centre in the Greater Toronto Area to help the tens of thousands of people who call our hotline, and the 5, 000 wild animals that we care for each year."
Toronto Wildlife Centre set to be demolished Global Toronto, Demember 12, 2011
"Toronto Wildlife Centre--the only of its kind in Toronto--is set preparing for emergency after being told by its landlird its buildling is scheduled to be demolished."
Toronto charity animal hospital set to be demolished CTV News , December 12, 2011
The charity says its most urgent need is to find a new location. It says it needs up to 20,000 square feet of indoor space and 15 to 20 acres of land.
Happy ending for injured swan The Toronto Star, June 25th, 2011
"Wight, in an interview Saturday while en route to rescue a seagull tangled in kite strings in a tree, says swans are frequently injured by fishing lures and are sometimes hit by cars. There are hundreds of animals from ducks to squirrels recuperating at the Downsview centre after citizens called for their rescue, he says."
Downtown ducklings, gaggle of goslings helped by Toronto Wildlife Centre The Toronto Star, June 9th, 2011
“There’s an injured being and it deserves to be helped. And these animals are injured because of human impact,” he says. “You’re not going to change the world. But at least you’ve made an attempt to help.”
Backyard brawl in Toronto wounds raccoon The Globe and Mail , June 1st, 2011
"According to the Toronto Wildlife Centre, southern Ontario is home to more than a million raccoons, so Mr. Dong is not the first Torontonian to run into trouble with the law on a raccoon-related matter."
The Fixer: Turkey vulture is a tough bird to bag The Toronto Star, January 7th, 2011
"We called the Toronto Wildlife Centre, which rescues and cares for injured wild animals, and arranged to meet one of its field officers to try to corral the vulture. Alex Rios, an expert at rescuing injured or distressed animals, arrived and tried to sneak up on it, while it perched on the fence of a home next to the park."
Wildlife taken from humane society The Toronto Star, December 1st, 2009, 2011
"Some of the wild animals brought from the THS are in bad shape, said Toronto Wildlife Centre executive director Nathalie Karvonen." read more
Pop-up possums! Everything you need to know about Toronto's newest immigrants Eye Weekly, November 17th, 2010
"Last year, the Toronto Wildlife Centre admitted 73 injured possums to their hospital, according to executive director Nathalie Karvonen."
Waterloo couple rescue injured hawk, The Record, November 5th, 2010
“It’s not normal for a bird like that to be on a front lawn,” said Kuepfer. “I could tell it was in some distress.”
Wildlife Centre proposed for Meaford Simcoe.com September 29th, 2009
"The Toronto Wildlife Centre is proposing a new facility in the Municipality of Meaford on property just outside of town on Highway 26 to help rehabilitate sick and injured animals."
Felis catus and the cull of the wild The Globe and Mail, August 28th, 2009
Written by TWC staff member Erin Luther
"The impact of Canada's 5.5 million outdoor pet cats and our uncounted number of feral cats reaches far beyond our backyards, deep into the ecosystems that support human life. But our hostile reaction to coyotes preying on them betrays a double confusion of the categories into which we sort our animals."
Why our turtles are in trouble The Toronto Star, August 14th, 2009
"Tough to imagine driving over the monster [snapping turtle] without feeling like you hit a boulder – but it's possible, speculates Nathalie Karvonen, director of the Downsview centre, which takes in 30 to 60 turtles among the 5,000 animals that arrive there annually."
Toronto Wildlife Centre: Unsung urban hero of the week spacingtoronto, April 4th, 2008
The writer describes finding an injured pigeon and his positive experience with TWC.
Wildlife Centre sole resource for injured animals, Durhamregion.com, July 27th, 2007
"I am disgusted I can't believe that bird had to die," Ms. Eyre's said. "Someone should have come out immediately."
Nathalie Karvonen, executive director of the TWC, agrees it was a terrible situation for the bird to be in.
"We were actually quite upset that this animal was in this situation for so long," Ms. Karvonen said. "It was a terrible situation for the bird. It's absolutely not something that we would consider acceptable." She said the centre did all it could to try to arrange to pick up the bird."