Toronto Wildlife Centre

This gallery contains a small selection of photos I shot between 2013 and 2015 while volunteering at the Toronto Wildlife Centre (TWC). TWC is Canada’s busiest wildlife centre, handling over 30,000 calls each year from members of the public and organizations, and admitting approximately 5,000 sick, injured or orphaned wild animals each year. The TWC is an organization made up of hardworking, skilled veterinary professionals, veterinary students and volunteers working on the frontlines of wildlife rescue and rehabilitation in the Greater Toronto area. My work documenting the centre bears witness to our often ambivalent relationship with our wild neighbours and the tragic consequences for animals as a result of our impact on their habitats and ecosystems.

A van with a sign on it reading "Wildlife Rescue" at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A man wearing a shirt reading "Wildlife Rescue" carries a crate in a field.

A man holds a small owl at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A man makes a note on a chart on a wall in a hallway at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

Surgery room at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A whiteboard in the assessment room at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A bird wearing an oxygen mask at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A woman holds an oxygen mask to a Canada Goose at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

Hands hold the talons of raptor at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

Hands feed a small rabbit with syringe at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A raccoon on an x-ray stand at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A raccoon in surgery at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A shelf of blankets with a sign reading "Raccoon Laundry Only Thank You" at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

Hands administer eyedrops to a falcon at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A dead bird in a plastic bag on a table top

A woman holds a hawk at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

Porcupine in a crate at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

An overturned box labelled "Hide Box" at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A large wooden building at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A stork peers between the slats of a wooden building A Canada Goose in an oxygen mask at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

Ducks by a wading pool at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

Bowls of food for patients at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A fox runs in the opposite direction of a cyclist by the side of a road.

Hands operating on a bird wing at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

An x-ray of a bird mounted on a lightbox on a wall at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A coyote is seen through a window in a door at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A woman untangles a falcon from a towel at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A woman in a zerba print shirt holds an oxygen mask to a squirrel's face.

A pigeon with a bandaged leg at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A crow taped to the x-ray platform at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

Blackboard with chalk drawins at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

Children's drawings of birds on a wall at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

Turtle eggs in an incubator at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A snapping turtle in pool at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A loon in a pool at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A coyote puppy leaves a crate at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A woman feeds a coyote puppy at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

Squirrel in surgery A Canada Goose in an oxygen mask at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

Wood animal enclosures at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

Hands administer eyedrops to a coyote in care at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A large yard in front of low building, there are many wooden pallets in the yard.

Kennel crates at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

Lockers and racks of shoes at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

A room of towels with a bin labelled "Bat Towels" at the Toronto Wildlife Centre

Room with cages and carts at the Toronto Wildlife Centre