Mountain View Wildlife Conservation Centre

2010 - News and Info

July 10th, 2010

The Visitor Centre is now open for Daily Guided Tours & Presentations-10.00am & 1.00pm.

Call to reserve seats on one of our Daily Tours, Family & Group Tours, or a Birthday party for this Summer 2010. This year, we are focusing on "Biodiversity" in BC, Canada and around the world, especially focusing on our Canadian "Red-listed" wildlife species that are facing extinction, including our BC Northern Spotted Owls, Oregon Spotted Frogs, and the Vancouver Island Marmots.

Mountain View has been successfully operating these critical breeding and recovery programs for many years, and has received Conservation awards for our Owl and Marmot programs. Our educational tours include up to date information about conservation of the environment, habitat conservation, and healthy ecosystems, here in BC and Canada.

Our Guided Tours are approximately 2-hours long, consisting of an audio/visual presentation in our Visitor Centre, followed by a visit to our 300+Acre Conservation Program areas by foot and by tram. You are welcome to bring your cameras.

We also have an interesting Wildlife Art & Gifts Shop for you to visit and purchase souvenirs for your family and friends.

Call 604-882-9313 today to reserve your guided tour today.

Sunday May 30th 2010, 12-Noon to 4.00pm
MEMBERS & FRIENDS ATTENDED OUR OPEN HOUSE AT MOUNTAIN VIEW CONSERVATION

Langley Field Naturalists presented their "Biodiversity Inventory" of the Flora and Fauna in our Crown Land area. They inventoried over 500 species of animals and plants and trees, and we are now preparing a colourful presentation display of photos and trail maps of the area.
Their "Biodiversity" guide will be available for purchase in the gift store later this summer.

November 20, 2009
Mountain View Volunteer Wins CAZA National Volunteer Award

Mountain View is thrilled that one of our volunteers, Thomas Newman, has been given a national volunteer award by CAZA, for all of the work he has undertaken on our behalf.
Click here to see what Tom has contributed.
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
GIFT CERTIFICATES and our GIFTSHOP
SEARCHING for a unique gift for SOMEONE special? Whatever the event, birthday or graduation, our animals are hoping you include them. We make it easy to "adopt" one of our critically endangered Canadian "Red-Listed" species recovery programs or one of our animals at Mountain View. We also have a variety of gifts and souvenirs for you to purchase in our Gift Store.

CLICK HERE to link to our adoption gift certificate page.

Baby Pictures | Birthday Parties | Animals | Events | Contact Us

Welcome to the Kids Zone at Mountain View!

Would you like a picture of your favourite Mountain View animal?

It's easy. Just click on the Animals link above. Pick your favourite species and animal, then click on the “LEARN MORE” link to see information on that animal.

Go to the bottom of the animal's information page and you will find a section that says “ANIMAL FACT SHEET”. There you will find a link that says “click here for a PDF” that downloads a picture and information on the animal including a map of where it lives in the world. You can print these pages on your own printer. If you have a colour printer, the first page photo would look great on your wall.

You can choose more than one if you like. All the pictures were taken right here at Mountain View.

Just remember, these are PDF files and you’ll need a program like Acrobat Reader to view them.

Drawing an Animal

Do you like to colour? Click on the animal's name and a full page image will appear that you can print. We think pink and purple are good colours for animals. What colours do you like?

Download some Desktop Images

Here are some animal photos you can use as your desktop image on your computer.

Best Buddies
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Baby Grevy's Zebra
800x600 | 1024x768

Painted Hunting Dog
800x600 | 1024x768

The huge Indian Rhinoceros
800x600 | 1024x768

Masai Giraffes having a snack
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Ring-Tailed Lemurs
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Click on the screen size that you want, then right click (Windows) or ctrl-click (Mac) on the bigger image and download the image. 800x600 sizes are around 150Kb download. The 1024x768 sizes are around 200Kb download.