Mountain View Wildlife Conservation Centre

News Highlights

October 22, 2009

Dear Gala friends and supporters:

What a great Gala we had last Friday evening! Thanks to everyone who made it happen!

Kirk Morrison won the 12-Day Safari in Kenya. - Kirk, we are all green with envy!

A full-house of over 300 friends and supporters of the Mountain View Conservation Centre Society were in attendance at the Langley Coast Hotel & Cascades Casino, tasting delicious foods from around the world, looking at the displays about our conservation programs, listening and watching African music and dance, all of this contributing to a really enjoyable evening.

We hit all our targets to make the evening a success, and to help us with seed-funding for our new visitor centre, our first MultiMedia Theatre legacy chairs were auctioned off, one of them to our dear friends Bob & Sheila Puls, who will now forever be remembered for their good works with the Langley Naturalists. Also, after many requests, we have extended the Gala Special, a combined donation package of an animal adoption and a tour of the Conservatory.

Applications & information about this offer will be made available here soon.

They would make great Christmas presents for your family and friends.

Once again, thank you everyone for attending and for all your support.

See you next year!

Yours truly,
Gord Blankstein,
President and Ceo

Gala Organising Committee:
Malcolm Weatherston Tel:604-728-2080
Tara Sadler,
Celia Durst,
Lynn Raffen.

September 19, 2009

New printable species information sheets available.

It has taken a while but we have finally been able to update our website with new printable species data sheets (pdf's). Many new species now are complete, and new photos and updated information is available for some of our other species.

September 16, 2009

Dr. Greg Rasmussen Presents A Lecture On The Painted Dog Conservation Project In Zimbabwe.

Mountain View is proud to have provided support to the Painted Dog Conservation project in Zimbabwe for the past four years. We have raised well over $10,000.00 for this amazing community-based conservation project. Painted Dogs are among Africa's most endangered species. It is estimated that only 3,000 remain. The Painted Dog population in Zimbabwe is one of the last strongholds of the species and this project is committed to their conservation.

We are please to announce that the director of the PDC, Dr. Greg Rasmussen will be visiting us and providing an in depth update on the conservation efforts going on at the project. He will be presenting a lecture on Wednesday, Spetember 23rd at Mountain View in the visitor center in front of the Painted Dog enclosure. Admission to this event is $10.00. Please come out and join us.

You can click here to download a "pdf" flyer on the event.

To learn more about Greg's project please click here.

July 10, 2009

"Save the Lemurs" event a huge success!

We would like to thank everyone who attended our "Save the Lemurs" event on July 9, 2009. The event was an immense success and we raised over $4500 for lemur conservation in Madagascar. For full details you can click here to read the complete article online.

June 20, 2009

Mountain View Program Updates

The Langley Scouting Group's Cubs and Beavers recently raised $600 for Lemur Conservation, plus our Head Keepers have posted updates on their recent activities.

CLICK HERE FOR the latest stories.

May 20, 2009

Bountiful Births

It has already been a busy Spring this year. Nothing brings us more satisfaction than a new birth and the knowledge that our goals are being achieved. For more details you can click on the "Births" link above, or you can help us by clicking here to adopt an animal.

April 23, 2009

Mountain View's Oregon Spotted Frog Recovery Program is featured in the April edition of CAZA's (the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums) Newsletter. To read the full article, click here.

October 2, 2008

Mountain View Conservation Society Receives Honors

At the Annual CAZA (Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums) in Granby Quebec on October 2, 2008, we received 2 prestigious awards.

The first was the Conservation Award which recognized our exceptional work with the Northern Spotted Owl.

The second, was Caza’s Outstanding Achievement award for our on-going work with the Oregon Spotted Frog.

CLICK HERE FOR the latest stories

Mountain View Gift Shop has unique Snare Art

Wire snares used in illegal poaching, are one of the major threats facing African Hunting Dogs. The Anti-Poaching team of the Painted Dog Project in Zimbabwe, collects the snares and gives them to nearby Iganyana Arts Centre. There, local skilled artisans fashion them into remarkable works of art. Mountain View is proud to offer these pieces for sale to the public. A portion of all proceeds goes back to Zimbabwe to help raise awareness as well as funds, to further support anti-poaching efforts.

To see Snare Art click on the "Shop" tab above.

SEARCHING for a unique gift for SOMEONE special?

Whatever the event, birthday or graduation, our animals are hoping you’ll include them. We make it easy to "adopt" an endangered species.

CLICK HERE to link to our adoption page

Northern Tree Shrew
Tupaia belangeri

Many thanks to Brian Reynolds for permission to use his photo.

WILD STATUS
Low Risk (IUCN Red List rating)

DISTRIBUTION
Eastern Asia from India to the Philippines.

SIZE
Body length: 3.5 cm to 4.5 cm (6-8 inches)
Tail length: 2.5 cm to 3.5 cm (5-6 inches)
Weight: 3.5 to 8 oz. (12 to 24 grams)

HABITAT
Tropical rain forest and secondary growth forests.

REPRODUCTION
Gestation 46 to 50 days
Litters are usually 2 young
Sexually active by 4 months of age.

DIET
Insects, fruits, seeds, leaves and occasionally small mammals and lizards.

INTERESTING TIDBITS

Resembles squirrels in appearance and size.
Soft and dense fur ranges in colour from grey to green with whitish or dark chestnut bellies.
Toe is not opposable.
Tail has long hair.
Lives mainly on the ground and builds nests among tree roots and fallen trunk.
They live in pairs.

HABITAT RANGE

ANIMAL FACT SHEET
To download the information from this page and receive a full page photo of the Northern Tree Shrew click here for a PDF.

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