Urban Safari Rescue Society

06/02/2024

Meet Leon! Leon is a Peace Arch cub scout and he loves animals. He collected 3171 bottles and cans with the help of his family and raised $307 then donated to Urban Safari!! Wow! That’s a lot of work and a lot of money. Thank you Leon you are amazing! If you want to help support Urban Safari you don’t need to collect bottles and cans- you can purchase a ticket in our 50/50 draw. Visit our website for the link. Www.urbansafari.ca

05/24/2024

Holy frog!! A huge thank you to all the staff and students at Hammond Elementary!! They just dropped off a donation cheque for $345.05 raised at their Frog Day event! What a fun way to learn about frogs and to help us out. We are very grateful!
As it turned out someone else also surrendered 4 African Dwarf frogs, pictured here. So it is a froggy day. If you want to help out all the animals at Urban Safari and help get us closer to re-opening purchase a ticket in our 50/50 draw. The draw date is June 28, so don't delay. Here is the link. https://urbansafari.rafflenexus.com/

05/15/2024

Breanne G. from Handy Maid came by the other day and donated her tips from April - $90 !! Thank you so much Breanne, we really appreciate your support and caring about animals. If you want to support Urban Safari and the animals you could purchase a ticket in our 50/50 draw which runs until June 28. Here is the link. The pot is growing and you could win half!! https://urbansafari.rafflenexus.com/

05/12/2024

Looking for a unique and loving last minute gift for your amazing MOM?! Get her a ticket in our 50/50 draw. You would be honouring your Mother's love of animals and her nurturing motherliness and helping to support Urban Safari when we really need it.
click on the link to purchase tickets https://urbansafari.rafflenexus.com/
or visit our website, you can also purchase through our website. www.urbansafari.ca
Happy Mother's Day to all mothers out there. We would be no where without you.

05/09/2024

How to walk a 75 pound tortoise to get him outside for some sun and green grass. It’s a lot better than trying to carry him!
Get your 50/50 tickets to help us reopen. Visit our website www.urbansafari.ca

05/07/2024

Iguana Yoga!! This is the real hot yoga! Rambo, the 10 year old Green Iguana, gets creative and has an extra stretch while eating his lunch. Iguanas are native to Central and South America. Green, or common, iguanas are among the largest lizards in the Americas, averaging around 6.5 feet long and weighing about 11 pounds.
They are also among the most popular reptile pets in North America, despite being quite difficult to care for properly. In fact, most captive iguanas die within the first year, and many are either turned loose by their owners or given to reptile rescue groups.

05/05/2024

The pot is growing! Get your tickets for a chance to win and to help us get over the finish line to reopening. Draw date June 28

Lions, Tigers and Bears are cute, but we are equally crucial to the environment!

05/02/2024

https://urbansafari.rafflenexus.com/
Help us get over the finish-line to reopening. Purchase a ticket in our 50/50 draw running until June 28. You help the animals win and you could win too!
You must be a BC resident and 19 yrs. or older.
Know your limit - Play within it.

05/01/2024

Just a little snippet from last weekend and Party for the Planet. It was fun, busy but great to see everyone and share the animals.

04/27/2024

Come see us today! At Surrey city hall for party for the planet! There’s music, food, displays, games and urban safari with animals!! Such fun on a rainy day

04/25/2024

The Urban Safari Rescue Society 50/50 draw! Help us get to the home stretch toward reopening and we could help you if you win the draw. Win - Win !! Click on the post to purchase tickets.
We are getting closer to reopening to the public. It has been a long hard road but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Now we waiting for a plumbing inspection so the rest of the restoration work can be done.

Lions, Tigers and Bears are cute, but we are equally crucial to the environment!

04/25/2024

Lions, Tigers and Bears are cute, but we are equally crucial to the environment!

04/22/2024

Happy Earth Day! Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. All the animals at Urban Safari Rescue Society hope you can celebrate this day. Take the bus, go for a walk and enjoy the trees and birds, volunteer at an organization supporting conservation, pick up some litter, spread the word of Earth Day around the world, breathe some fresh air. Be kind and be grateful for our Earth Mother. She is going through changes. The Earth will be fine but we must adapt to conserve ourselves and all other life who call Earth home. The Nature Conservancy of Canada is a great organization to support. Among other things, they buy up land and keep it in trust safe from development, mining, forestry and create a home for our wildlife. www.natureconservancy.ca or consider donating to Urban Safari Rescue Society. www.urbansafari.ca we are the only registered charity in BC dedicated to the rescue of exotic animals. We will be participating again this year at the City of Surrey's Party for the Planet. We will be inside in the lobby of city hall and at 12:20pm we will be on stage doing a mini presentation. Hope to see you there.

04/17/2024

Tilly the Tegu lizard soaking up some Spring sun and some Spring flowers. Bring on the SUN!! Tegu lizards are a medium size lizard, about 3 ft. to 4.5 ft. long. Tilly is a Red Tegu and they are native to western Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. Tegus can live 15 to 20 years. The are docile and extremely intelligent. They are skilled swimmers and climbers and spend a lot of time searching for other species’ eggs in the ground.
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04/11/2024

Monthly Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/urbansafari/5guxi1e64d-9104643

04/09/2024

On the weekend we had the pleasure of a visit from the 1st Abbotsford Cub Scouts. Paul, Dohun, Miles, Kaija and Kaydence. They raised money for us through a bottle drive and with that money purchased items that we need such as veggies for tortoises and lizards, Finch food, turtle food and more. THEN they stayed to volunteer for a few hours cleaning the Guinea Pig cages, tortoise room and cleaning up an outdoor area where we will be planting grass to make a picnic area for visitors. Wow guys !! Thank you so much !! You have made a big difference and we are inspired by your hard work. We hope you receive your Seeonee Award Thank you!!

04/06/2024

We are thrilled to let you know that Urban Safari will be at the City of Surrey Party for the Planet again this year. We are proud to have been a participant in this festival since the festival began. Party for the Planet celebrates Earth Day, and is the City of Surrey's premier environmental event. Entering its 13th year in 2024, the event will be hosted in-person on Saturday, April 27 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Surrey Civic Plaza. Come see us and a few of the animals in the lobby of city hall. We will also be on stage at 12:20pm doing a mini presentation. This is a free, family friendly event.

04/05/2024

Meet Bella and Bella, school mates from Cloverdale Catholic School. They came by today with their principal to give us a donation cheque for $337.30 !! The school held a fund raiser and sold popcorn and received donations on our behalf. That is a lot of popcorn!! Thank you to everyone who worked so hard and cared so much! We are grateful and inspired by your kindness.

03/29/2024

Everyone at Urban Safari Rescue Society and all the animals want to wish you a happy and safe Easter long weekend. We hope the Easter bunny is good to you. We also hope the Easter bunny is chocolate - not the real thing.
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03/28/2024

A huge thank you to Jason Ho and the Leap program students at Salish Secondary school for all the hard work and support you have done for Urban Safari Rescue Society!! These wonderful students did a bottle drive, raised $128, made a fun artist poster to keep our spirits up and donated the money this morning to us! THANK YOU!! You are all so kind and hard working. Your card touched us and the money goes directly to the care of the animals. Happy Easter to all!!
www.urbansafari.ca

03/23/2024

Meet Sol, with one of her favourite fabric octopuses. Sol is a ten year old Sugar Glider who was surrendered a couple days ago. Sol's best friend died and Sol's owners are moving out of province. Sol is settling in very nicely - eating, drinking ,sleeping all day and playing at night, just what Sugar Gliders do.
Sugar Gliders are native to Australia and New Guinea. They live high up in the canopy of trees in large colonies of 10 to 30 individuals. They live on insects, tree sap and fruit. They are super cute but really NOT a good pet choice because they are asleep when you want to play with them and awake when you want to sleep. The food they eat also attracts insects into your home.
www.urbansafari.ca [email protected]
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03/20/2024

Starfire the Leopard Gecko is wondering where the sun went?? Starfire was surrendered to us a few months ago. It had been attacked by the former owners cat and lost its tail. It is fairly common for many species of lizards to loose their tails. It is a form of self defense. Starfire will not eat live bugs, like other Leopard Geckos. He will only eat carnivore care, a special special mixture of ingredients mixed with water. He must be hand fed several times a week. Other than that Starfire recovered nicely.

03/13/2024

WooHoo!! Amazing news! We finally received the building permits from the City of Surrey to restore the smoke damaged room. Now restoration can begin and we hope it goes quickly and smoothly. For months we have been planning and re imagining the interior space and now we can start that work for real.
We don't yet have a timeline of when we can reopen, it still depends on contractors etc. But we hope to be open soon. We will announce that happy day so stay tuned. If anyone would like to donate money or materials for the restoration we would be very grateful and so would the animals. Since we are a registered charity, and the only one in BC dedicated to exotic animals, we can issue official tax receipts for donations of money. Contact us at [email protected] or you can donate through our web site www.urbansafari.ca

03/05/2024

Yin, the Whites Tree Frog, is having a zen kind of day. Perfect!
Whites Tree Frogs are native to Australia and New Guinea. A milky white coating called "caerviein" helps them survive in dry areas but they prefer rain forest areas. These frogs range in color from a light blue to emerald green or almost gray across their backs and milky white bellies. Like many other tree frogs, White's tree frogs can change color to some degree. HUH! Interesting!

02/28/2024

We love supporting students and their efforts to learn and make a difference to the natural world.

02/23/2024

The students at Salish Secondary school had a visit from some of our critters today and got a first hand, up close experience in biology and the animal world. There is nothing like experiential learning at any age.
Contact us if you want to provide an experience that will make an impact and they won't forget.
[email protected]

02/07/2024

Recently we were at Hugh Boyd Secondary school doing a couple presentations for their grade 11 Biology classes. It was a great experience with lots of interesting questions. We love coming to schools at all grades helping students connect the dots for the curriculum they are learning. Whether it is preschool to grade 11 - even college level we will come and help support your curriculum, get students thinking about biodiversity and provide them with experiential learning that they will not soon forget. email us and we can set something up for your class. [email protected]

02/01/2024

Start the New Year by making a clean sweep!
Donate your unused clothes and home items. - to Urban Safari and help us raise some money. Drop off 7 days a week- 10am to 4 pm. 1395 176 st south Surrey. Email: [email protected]
604 531-1100

Donate your unused clothes and home items. - to Urban Safari and help us raise some money. Drop off 7 days a week- 10am to 4 pm. 1395 176 st south Surrey. Email: [email protected]
604 531-1100

01/26/2024

Fun and learning at daycare! We were recently at a daycare in Vancouver with our animals and some amazing kids got up close and friendly with some of our amazing animals. ' Morgan was very informative and we learned so much about the animals and insects. Thank you for sharing your passion for these amazing creatures! ' - Erin, Caitlin and everyone.
If you want to book a presentation for your daycare, event, school, high school contact us.
[email protected]

01/20/2024

Donate your unused clothes and home items. - to Urban Safari and help us raise some money. Drop off 7 days a week- 10am to 4 pm. 1395 176 st south Surrey. Email: [email protected]
604 531-1100