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.
Answering the distress call of the wild August 26th, 2011
“Most people desperately want somebody to help; they don’t want to leave the animal and just walk away,” says Nathalie Karvonen, director of the Toronto Wildlife Centre... Which is why TWC took four years to compile a 500-page rescue hotline manual for advice on how to handle nearly 300 species —from bats to turtles, snakes to bears."
TWC's executive director comments on the High Park deer situtation August 18th, 2011
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.”