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Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society volunteers scrub an eagle that had landed in some oil.
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he Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society, which treats almost 40 species at risk, is running out of facility space as record numbers of wildlife are in urgent need of care. Pearl McKenzie, a volunteer board member of the Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS), said more than half of those patients come to MARS’ Merville facility from the area north of the Oyster River and most get into trouble because of human activities. “Our caseload has almost doubled in the last few years, we’ve gone from an average of 400 to an average of 700,” McKenzie said during a presentation to the Strathcona Regional District board last Thursday. Warren Warrtig, president of the MARS board, said this year MARS will exceed 800 patients, which is too many for MARS to ideally treat in its current space. “Our existing facility is in a renovated garage and there’s shared space with the administration office and our lunch room,” Warrtig said. “We have no space to expand.” MARS has purchased an almost 11 acre site on the Old Island Highway in Merville thanks to a significant amount of money bequeathed
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