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.

Rusty-Spotted Cat
Prionailurus rubiginosa phillipsi

WILD STATUS
Endangered.

DISTRIBUTION
Rusty-Spotted Cats (The Mountain View subspecies) live mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka, but have also been recorded in Gujarat and Jammu provinces in northern India.

SIZE
The Rusty-Spotted Cat is the smallest feline in the world, being half size of a domestic cat when full grown. Weight is 1.1-1.6 kg (3-4 lbs).

HABITAT
They live from sea level to 2,100m (7,000 ft) elevation in humid forest, low scrub, deciduous forest and arid coastal belts.

REPRODUCTION
1-3 kittens born after 67 day gestation.

DIET
Consists of small mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs, and insects with the occasional attack on domestic chickens when the need arises.

WORLD CAPTIVE POPULATION
The November 2001 ISIS report (International Species Identification System) lists 4 institutions world-wide housing 10 Rusty-Spotted Cats of the sub-species Prionailurus rubiginosa phillipsi in captivity.

INTERESTING TIDBITS

They often migrate from the forest to live near and in human settlements. Mother cats have been known to raise kittens in barns and attics, often undetected by the human inhabitants.
Little is know of this cat's habitat because it is secretive, thought to be nocturnal, and is easily confused in a passing glance, with a house cat.
Major threats to their survival are loss of habitat and cross breeding with domestic cats.
They have been known to kill small livestock and poultry.

HABITAT RANGE

ANIMAL FACT SHEET
To download this page and also get a full page photo of the Rusty Spotted Cat click here for a PDF.