Items removed from patients at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A project undertaken while volunteering at the Toronto Wildlife Centre. Items removed from wild patients and used for educational purposes: Garbage, bullets, homemade snares, fishing hooks.

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Wire and string, including a homemade snare

A homemade wire snare trap found wrapped tightly around a raccoon’s neck

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Lead Sinker

Lead sinker removed from a bird's stomach or gizzard

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Caulking

Bits of caulking removed from a bird’s feathers

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Lead Sinker

Lead sinker removed from a bird's stomach or gizzard

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Fishing Hooks

Fishing hooks removed from water birds’ feet and beaks

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Bullet

A bullet removed from a squirrel’s face

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Lead Sinkers

Fishing sinkers removed from an animal’s stomach

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Fishing Lures

A selection of fishing lures removed from water birds and turtles

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Litter

Various garbage found stuck on Toronto Wildlife Centre patients

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Wire and string, including a homemade snare

A homemade wire snare trap found wrapped tightly around a raccoon’s neck

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Pop can

The top of a soda can stuck on a swan’s beak

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Container lids

Plastic lids and bottles removed from raccoons’ and skunks’ heads and paws

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6-pack ring

Plastic six-pack holders removed from a patient’s neck

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Kite string

Kite string found tangled in a tree and around a gull’s wing

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Plastic jar

A mayonnaise jar removed from a raccoon’s head

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Pop can

Another cola can removed from a raccoon’s paw

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Pop can

A cola can removed from a raccoon’s paw

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Fishing line and weights

A tangle of fishing line, hooks and sinkers

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String

A tangle of coloured fishing line