Focus Wildlife
Focus Wildlife is an emergency resource development organization working collaboratively with government, industry, and NGOs to address region-specific emergency wildlife issues. Our mission is to develop and offer resources to aid the plight of wildlife impacted by human activities through response, planning, training, research, and education.
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- Business Type:
- Service provider
- Industry Type:
- Government
- Market Focus:
- Internationally (various countries)
- Year Founded:
- 2004
About Us
Focus Wildlife International was founded in 2004 by Christian Battaglia, a Swiss national and Canadian born Lana Battaglia. Chris is a veteran emergency responder, has travelled the world over the last quarter century responding to oiled wildlife emergencies. Chris holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Learning and Teacher Education. Lana is a wildlife rehabilitation manager with a diverse background in raptor, aquatic bird, oiled wildlife and all-species rehabilitation.
Focus Wildlife was developed to fulfill a distinct and communicated need for oiled wildlife service provision in the Pacific Northwest. Due to a similar and pressing need in Canada, in 2007 Focus Wildlife Canada was incorporated. Since its inception, Focus Wildlife has provided contingency planning, training and consultation services to various industry, ngo and government entities in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Washington State, Oregon, Hawaii, Micronesia and Asia. Focus Wildlife has also responded to numerous oiled wildlife incidents in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Washington State, Oregon and California.
Company Values:
- Location of professional oiled wildlife planning and response in industry-based regime
- Pro-active collaboration to ensure quality deliverables and service provision
- Local and regional resource development
- Commitment to continued learning and progress of best achievable care standards
Values Statement:
Focus Wildlife is a company that strives to provide a safe, healthy, flexible and positive working environment for its personnel. In turn, personnel are expected to conduct themselves in a truthful and professional manner at all times and will treat one another and those we serve, including the wildlife, with integrity, respect, compassion and humanity.
Further, Focus Wildlife believes it imperative to operate in an honest, transparent and inclusive manner with clients, stakeholders and partners in order to acquire, maintain and foster the trust of those we serve and to provide a great level of confidence in the work that we do.
Caring for wildlife is an honour and a privilege. Focus Wildlife recognizes the value of continued learning as a cornerstone of providing best achievable care to wildlife in need, and strives to conduct itself in a progressive and evaluative manner, both to promote its internal growth and development, and to further the field of professional oiled wildlife response.
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