B.C. Wildlife Park acquires portable X-ray machine to better serve rescued animals

The B.C. Wildlife Park has finally achieved its goal of purchasing a portable, digital X-ray machine for its animals and for its Fawcett Family Wildlife Health Centre.

The Fawcett Family Wildlife Health Centre in the Kamloops wildlife park is the only full-service animal rehabilitation centre in the Southern Interior and sees about 300 to 500 animals come in every year.

Before getting their own X-ray machine, animals brought in had to be transported to local veterinary offices to have X-rays done, which caused further stress on the animal and used up more time and resources.

Now that the Fawcett Family Wildlife Health Centre has its own X-ray machine, the animals will undergo less stress and be able to avoid additional sedation during travel.

The B.C. Wildlife Park says in the release that it is grateful to the community and donors who helped to make this purchase possible.

For more on the B.C. Wildlife Park, check out their website here.


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Jenna Wheeler is a writer at heart. She has always been naturally curious about what matters to the people in her community. That’s why it was an obvious decision to study journalism at Durham College, where she enjoyed being an editor for the student newspaper, The Chronicle. She has since travelled across Canada, living in small towns in the Rockies, the Coast Mountains, and tried out the big city experience. She is passionate about sustainability, mental health, and the arts. When she’s not reporting, she’s likely holed up with a good book and her cat Ace.